Extras UK Cover

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Since this week is all about covers from other countries, check this out:

Yes, it’s the UK cover of Extras, which comes out November 3, only a month after the US release date. You can order it here.

I’m not quite sure what kind of bottle that is. A milk bottle? Or is it more lab equipment?

In any case, it’s just as brain-rattling as the previous Uglies covers from the UK:

The chopped-up doll parts makes these covers much creepier and darker, as if the series was about surgical atrocities. Which you could argue that it is, I guess. The images and colors are all so intense, especally the one for Specials, which focuses more on the cutting than the US one. Too much so for me, but the booksellers over there love it.

And you gotta appreciate how the image sets up the tag line: “Don’t let fame go to your head.”

Heh, heh. (Because it’s, like, heads. Oh, yeah, you got that already.)

Update: Because a couple of people have asked, this link to all my books listed on Amazon.co.uk gives you a quick overview of the British covers.

78 thoughts on “Extras UK Cover”

  2. whoa! i actually got 1st! not that it matters anymore, but i’m still excited!

    and i love that line at the bottom, lol. that speacials cover is kinda scary though. i wish they’d kept with the amputated doll parts.

  3. Those are sooo different and sooo creepy-ish. I don’t particularly like the whole barbie doll thing, but it gets the message through I guess. The third one, for specials, kind of seems out of place because it goes barbie, barbie, razor, barbie. Of course we don’t want a picture of a barbie cutting herself but still… x.x

    I still have to say my favorite covers are the German ones. But it’s still cool to see all the different things different countries come up with.

  4. I’ve never left a comment here before, but I’m starting to think that Graham Norton is designing all your UK covers–he’s got the dismembered doll thing going on on his show, too.
    Just thought it was kinda funny. And yes, it’s kinda creepy as well.

  5. That specials cover is kinda creepy. But I like it! I like their covers. It’s hard to tell which ones I like better. But the Extras is SO cool. THat would have been cool if they put the little eye thingy in the Barbie heads.

    Why do they have different covers for different countrys? I never really knew why they would want to change it different every time. But maybe because they had more ideas for covers? Hmmm…

    Well, It’s hard to decide. I REALLY like these ones, but I really like the German ones too…but I think I like these ones better. But of course, I like the U.S. ones the best!!!

    Kadie-Wa

  7. Is there a way to order the books from the other countrys? i wounder which ones I would order…maybe the UK ones so I could read it. Because I don’t speak any other languages, except a little french from my mom.

    Kadie-Wa

  10. The Specials cover kind of creeps me out. But the covers look cool. But they still are a tad bit creepy

  13. wow those covers are really freakyful (he he my word). i’m not sure i would buy a book with a cover like that… well, maybe. but probaly not. i like the American covers better! the German ones r my fave tho. ^_^

  14. A quick note to Kadie-wa:

    You can buy any of my UK editions at http://www.amazon.co.uk, as per the link in the entry:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Extras-Scott-Westerfeld/dp/184738126X/ref=sr_1_19/202-0866663-8276663?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188186964&sr=8-19

    But just so you know: Parasite Positive is just the English title for Peeps. They change the name in the UK sometimes (like we did with Gold Compass and HP1) . “Peeps” apparently sounded to Sasha Cohen to British ears.

  15. Ohhhhhhh. Hehe 🙂 I thought that it was a new novel. Whoops, but cool cover still! 🙂

    YAY! I’m goona see if I have enough money to buy one!! EKK!! THat would be SO SO SO (etc.) COOL!!

    Kadie-Wa

  16. How does ‘Peeps’ sound too Sasha Cohen. I’m sorry, but I must be the only one who doesn’t like that nasty man. But I do love all these fexcellent new covers! And I think the reason why each country has a different cover is because teens are different everywhere, they are even more different when they are from different countries. And maybe it’s like Kadie-wa said, they have different marketing ideas all over the place.

  17. Parasite Postive sounds like a pretty cool title too. I was about to ask it if was essentially Peeps, but it looks like you got there first 🙂

  19. Okay, so how much US money would 3.99 be? And it has that little symbol infront of the 3.99. I can’t figure it out! 🙁 But I’m goona keep trying.

    Kadie-Wa

  20. Wow, I didn’t make any sence. Lemme try again. Okay, in UK it is 3.99 with the little sign in front of it. How much money would it be in the US??

    Kadie-Wa

  25. wow, that is pretty intense. i actually saw the UK edition of “Pretties” in the bookstore in central minnesota. but i didnt get it until now. lol

  26. thats definatley strange
    ok ita kinda scary actually
    especially the one with the bloody blade thingy
    definatley weierd

  27. the UK Midnighters covers look too… adult-y. like something my dad would read… actualy, i think he read a book with a cover similar to those. ya know, the font and color and stuff. XD

  31. i like them. but the german covers are still my favorite except for the specials german one. I really don’t like the midnighters uk covers. No offense but like look quite trashy novelly. 🙁 Makes me sad.

  32. Kadie-Wa

    i saw it at the barns and noble in st cloud. it was on the table for teens, although it might not be there anymore. but i picked it up and almost got it…….kinda wierd!!!!!!! but i bet its still there.

  44. Oh haha Actually I didn’t get it until u said it (the tagline head thing). I was thinkin that since (i think) now everything is based on how “known” u are Aya’s going to do something with her click and become in the top numbers and then she’s going to get big headed and something terrible is going to happen 🙂 And Tally will save everybody!!!! lol jk but maybe

    sorry for any mistakes I’m on my phone cuz my lil brother won’t get off

  45. Oh and I know what kind of bottle that is but ill have to wait until I can get on the computer to tell ya

  46. VERY dizzy-making. those covers creep me out! i wonder what the German cover’s gonna look like?! those ones are seriously ICY! im gonna buy them. my friend can read them to me. (she speaks grmn)

  48. Awesome!!!
    i love it!
    but my question,
    do pretties and specials have the same tagline?
    because thats kind of weird.

  49. ive noticed something… this version of the covers make the books seem really girly and they really arent

  50. You know, if they made a movie of Extras, background-people could go around saying “I’m an extra on Extras!” which would be extra cool.

  51. wow I like those U.K. covers.. I like the amputated doll parts one, I don’t know why it just gives off this certain vibe. it does make it seem all dark and creepy. yeah the German covers are… interesting. lol.

  53. i know you said this a long time ago courtney, but there’s 2 sasha cohen’s: the ice skater (girl) and sasha baron cohen (from the “Borat” movie). i think scott was referring to the latter.

    and i’ve heard that barbie qoute too!

  55. whoa thats pretty creepy i must say. but why dont they hav a barbie on the specials cover?? thats actually Pretty cool (he he he…) the covers are so bright and colorful yet so dark and eerie…. extra awesome!

  57. I actually am a big fan of the razorblade, I found that to be a really disturbing, though interesting, part of Specials, and one which was not discussed all that much.

  58. Wow thats …interesting?

    when my friend first showed me Uglies it was for a book report and she acutally tied a barbie to the Box we had to use…

    can’t wait for Extras (i keep scaring my friends by how much about your books i know)

  59. Why don’t you ever come to DC or anyhwere near there! please i’m begging Meeting you is like my life dream! Not to mention i have about 25 other friends that would want to come plus all their friends =) i understand if where you go isn’t completely up to you but maybe ask?

  60. actally Morgan-la, they say many times that the Cutters use knifes only! and branders but that’s beside the point.

  62. This does seem like a pretty ridiculous first comment here (I’m pretty terrible at commenting…), but I think you can buy bottles like that from Ikea…I think I have some.

    I just recognised them…most likely different, I don’t remember the fancy sticking-out trim thing around the bottleneck (YEAH at that description), but yeah…Ikea. (I spend too much time in Ikea).
    Defiantly creepy-making. 😛
    This does seem like a pretty ridiculous first comment here (I’m pretty terrible at commenting…), but I think you can buy bottles like that from Ikea…I think I have some.

    I just recognised them…most likely different, I don’t remember the fancy sticking-out trim thing around the bottleneck (YEAH at that description), but yeah…Ikea. (I spend too much time in Ikea).
    Defiantly creepy-making. 😛

    I’ll write something long and interesting when I’m not hungry and suffering from homework/Ikea-nostalgia overload…

  65. haha. yeah i was like, “isn’t Parasite Positive just the old name for peeps?” or whatever.
    (i like peeps much better, sorry)

    i have to say, i dont really like the UK covers. like someone said, they make it really girl and targeted at like, 12 yr olds. not that that’s bad.. but it doesnt really cover the full scope of distopia/cutting/beauty thing.

  66. dammit. why do i keep forgetting to write stuff?

    anyway: WAY TO PROVE MY POINT OF QUICK SUCCESSIVE POSTS, SCOTT. haha.

  67. “i know you said this a long time ago courtney, but there’s 2 sasha cohen’s: the ice skater (girl) and sasha baron cohen (from the “Borat” movie). i think scott was referring to the latter.”

    ohhhhhhhhhhh…

  68. Cool cover!!
    That’s annoying… I thought the UK book was coming out at the same time as the US one. That’s a long time to wait!!

  70. i dont like them ether! i still have nightmares about barbies! ever since my old babysitter ripped the head off of half of them when i was like 6 or something, i havent touched a single barbie. chills.

  72. lol yeah i have a few barbie horror stories.

    like once i was playing at a friend’s house when i was about 5, and i left two of my barbies there.
    well, she had two dogs, and the next day she gave them back to me in tears because her dogs had gotten ahold of them before she noticed, and my barbies no longer had feet.
    lol.

    and I JUST GOT TO GO BACK-TO-SCHOOL (clothes) SHOPPING TODAY! i got this one shirt that says “I love peace” in hebrew on it. people are gonna be like “what’s that mean?” which was kinda my goal. i always get at least a couple of things that people either a) have to laugh at, or b) are extremely bewildered by.

  74. Ahh! Personally, I love the UK ones much more than the US ones. No offence. But the UK ones are gives off that vibe that something is most certainly wrong with the world. And the US ones are just kindof… boring. Not that they are bad. Just perfer the UK ones. So yeah. The Specials cover is creepy though. I’m not quite as fond of that as the other ones. But the Extras one is great. I really like that one.

  75. i just got this shirt with writing that takes up the whole thing. it says like…when i went to the store today, i saw this shirt and so i decided to read it (more boring stuff around here) it was kind of weird. i was trying to figure out what it meant when i realized that it really didn’t mean anything. then i started to feel kind of stupid by the time i got to the bottom. i’ll bet you’re feeling really stupid right now huh?…and that’s the end!

  76. my dad didnt know and accidentally got me the UK version of pretties.(luckily it’s in the same language and i didnt get like, german or something) so i hadnt seen the real united states version other than on here until my best friend got it and that was maybe a week ago and then,the whole cover!!!! geez this all a shock to me!!!1

  78. I really like the U.K. covers. There as good if not better than the U.S. covers. I think they explain more about the books and how perfection is key in the cities. I mean, come on, what can say that better than a Barbie doll? Barbie is perfect.

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