Russian Covers Crush All Others

Posted on by scott

I give you the Russian cover of Peeps . . .

Post-apocalyptic streetscape? Check.

Rock and roll girlfriend? Check.

Parasite-positive kitteh? Check.

Baleful moon of balefulness? Bonus check!

That is all. See you on Friday for FAF.

116 thoughts on “Russian Covers Crush All Others”

  1. No, this is too much. Now I feel like crying. I want these covers too.

    My solution to this injustice: Print out all the Russian covers and paste them over my US cover. CLOSE ENOUGH.

    And yaaay! first comment! 😀

  4. Holy Crap!!!! That is the most amazing cover I’ve ever seen!!! If I could speak anything in Russian I would so get it! And Peeps is my favorite.

  5. The awesomeness of Russian covers strikes again. Hey! I’m learning Russian I should buy some of these awesome books to practice!

  7. Well this is just great. Now we need to see ALL the Russian covers.
    Scott-la you’ve awoken the beast.
    Seriously awesome cover. Absolutely gorgeous.

  8. yeah? this rocks, but i wanna see the last days cover too!!!
    yeah, and maybe for the rest of your books (though i believe weve already seen UGLIES, or maybe thats from my obsessive googling)

  9. oh my god I absolutely love this cover. And Peeps being one of my favorites of yours I’m so glad to see an update about it(:

  14. Wow. I thought I could never forgive Russia for whitewashing Jonathan FOUR TIMES. Guess I was wrong.

  16. Beautiful. Anyone know where I can get a copy in the US? I already searched the one Russian bookseller I have saved and they don’t have it. Also it’s interesting that the title reads as Inferno, I can’t guarantee that it translates that way, but phonetically that’s what it says. Since Russian actually does have a lot of cognates with English it might, but my Russian/English dictionary isn’t handy at the moment. lol

  18. i am speechless. the awesomeness of the cover cannot be described using mere words. now i must learn russian so i can go undercover and discover the secret of how they make such amazing book covers.

  21. What the hell I’ve missed so many FAFs!!! But don’t worry friends cause Ginny-la’s back! IM NOT DEAD YET!!!! Heehee I luv u Monty python

  23. YEAH GOLIATH IS AT BARGAIN PRICE ON AMAZON!!!!! The only copies of the LBG books are my moms and Im not allowed to bring them anywhere. So finally I can get my own copies!!!!

  24. Katniss:SHOOT ALL SQUIRRELS
    Peeta:FROST ALL THINGS
    Cato:KILL ALL TRUBUTES
    Rue:SET FIRE TO ALL THINGS
    Effie:MAY ALL THE ODDS BE IN UR FAVOR
    Haymitch:DRINK ALL BEER

  25. Oh, my god! I absolutely love these covers! Russians are just awesome. They know what’s happening when it comes to cover-making. By the way, I LOVED Peeps, Ckott. 😉

  31. to Ginny-la: THIS IS NOT PARTY OR CHAT ROOM. AND SCOTT WESTERFELD WRITES AWESOME BOOKS, NOT THE HUNGER GAMES. thanks! 🙂 p.s. i know enough russian to get by reading the covers. and Scott, i went to a russian book store (don’t ask why) and actually got to hold a russian copy!!!

  32. and Isobel, that’s because (ahem, cue evil russian accent) in america, you can always find party. in soviet russia, party always find you. (normal) in other words, russians were pretty bad for everyone. trust me, i know my history books. maybe they got their inspiration from Mr. Tesla *wink* *Goliath tie-in*

  39. Why are people using this as a chat room? You guys know there is an actual forum for you know… chatting? That’d be a better place to take this.

  44. Some people read the hunger games because of the romance, or the action, but I read it because Katniss is so defiant. I LOVE defying people, for some strange reason. Even I don’t know why. Probably because it makes me feel important.

  45. In Social Studies I defied my teacher by not taking any notes on the Roman Republic and reading Catching Fire instead.

  50. Ginny-la, please don’t tell people to shut up. Off-topic chats are fairly prevalent on this blog, but it’s also polite to shift them to the Forum when you’re asked to.

    Lauren @41: if it isn’t bothering anyone, why shouldn’t we stay here?

    I agree with your point in principle, but it seems from tridecagirl’s and Scorpio-Ferret’s comments that you ARE bothering someone. (Like, are you saying that the people who are bothered don’t matter? They do matter.)

    This is how politeness works, everyone. Being off-topic happens, and is okay if it doesn’t overrun the comment thread, but when someone taps you on the shoulder and points it out, you should excuse yourself and move on. Otherwise you’re like those people who talk too loud in restaurants, then start yelling when anyone asks them to talk less loudly.

    It’s not a good look.

  52. Ugh, the first time Scott ever acknowledges me is when he gives me a lecture…I want to cry… 🙁 EPIC FAIL

  54. The problem? Although I didn’t mean for it to happen, my love of Scott Westerfeld has been diminished because of a lecture. The solution? Curl up in bed, eat chocolate, and read Goliath.

  57. Great right after Scott tells me not to be mean I insult Scorpio-ferret. Smooth move.

  59. Wow…it says Forum right at the top of the page. I’ve been on here like, a thousand times, and never noticed that? ANOTHER SMOOTH MOVE FROM GINNY-LA… 🙁 I’m really beating myself up right now…

  60. Don’t feel bad, Ginny-la. We all say stuff on the internet we’d like to take back. (This MAY have happened to me once or twice.)

    I ABSOLVE EVERYONE OF RUDENESS. Now you can all go back to being nice.

  62. Wait…how come Scott has the power to absolve everyone of rudeness? I thought only God could do that 🙂 JK

  65. UUUGGGGHHHHH this has not been a good day. Even the fact that it’s a three day weekend doesn’t help.

  66. Scorpio ferret and tridecagirl can go back to telling me to stop randomly saying stuff again because I’m doing exactly that (saying random stuff)

  68. I HEREBY BANISH MYSELF FROM THE WESTERBLOG UNTIL I LOSE MY STUPID ABILITY TO BE MEAN WITHOUT KNOWING IT, HOWEVER LOMG IT TAKES. So….bye. 🙁 🙁 🙁 I might not see you for a while. I need to take some anger management classes.

  70. @ Ginny-la, cheer up. I can’t figure out how to work the forum so I just use the comments thingies (as do many others I see). There will always be someone on the internet to contradict you or snap at you, but hey, whatever, it’s not like I’ll ever see them in my life, well I assume I won’t. So yeah, also if these internet people want to waste their time being angry with you, it’s their problem, not yours. It’s not like we don’t talk about quality stuff in the comments, well for the most part anyway.

    Okay, all done being thoughtful and consoling…
    WHY ARE THE RUSSIAN COVERS SO MUCH INSANELY AWESOMER THAN THE AMERICAN ONES?????? It makes me very sad.

  71. Wow… it’s already 11:15 am. I just heard Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me playing on the radio. Hmmm… how did I miss the passing of the lat few hours of my life?

  73. Mmmmmm… 99% cacao chocolate bars are better than I thought they would be. Delicious.

  74. I guess I have a breakthrough! Wow, those anger-management classes went by fast. 🙂 thnx, PWH.

  76. I think I’ll change my screen name to Franz cuz
    1. I love Franz Ferdinand (the guy and the band)
    2. I’m sick of person with hat, anyway it’s too hot out to wear a hat.
    3. Franz is actually quite similar to my real life name.
    So yeah, I’ll do that now.

  79. You know what’s weird? Two of my three best friends enjoy listening to me talk about Leviathan. The other one doesn’t, but HE’S the only other one who has read the book! He keeps saying that “It was a good book, but you BLOW IT OUT OF PROPORTION!!!”

  82. I have a map, and I marked each state where I know a Westerblogger lives. I know where Levi lives, and I know that PWH (sorry is it ok if I still call u that) lives on the east coast. And I know where I live. The reason for this map is so that if I ever want to try and meet another blogger I at least have a start. Not much of a start, but a start. Of course, I could always wait till Scott comes around (if he ever does) to california and then see of I could meet you guys.

  84. @79 some people will never fully appreciate Leviathan. One of my friends still can’t get past the whole flying whale concept.

  88. Ha. I wish that I could go to california. By the way, I live in New Hampshire. And I know all that crap about no telling people on the internet were you live but
    A) I don’t think you’re a stalker
    B) It’s this tiny town no one has ever heard of

  90. I hate to say this, but Uglies is a lot like the hunger games. 1 they have a female protagonist 2 it’s set in the future 3 the authorities are watching the protagonists 3 the protagonists have to pretend they are something they aren’t to protect themselves 4 the protagonists are ever-so-slightly in love with someone 5 the government is really strict

  93. @88-I’m twelve and I don’t have a cell phone. I barely know how to use email. Even if my whole family pooled their money together we can’t afford to go to New Hampshire. (we’re not poor we just can’t really afford it) Does that sound like I can be a stalker?

  96. I really want to meet you guys. I know, I really sound like a stalker when I say that. But even if I haven’t met you, barely know you, and have no idea if you could be a stalker, you guts are like my friends!

  97. HAHA YOU GUTS!!!! I meant you guys. YOU GUYS ARE GUTS!!! JK 🙂 that’s actually a kinda funny typo.

  99. @60 Scott- That has, unfortunately, happened to me more times than I care to speak about…

  106. Okay so I just saw the Sexy and I Know It music video and I think I may vomit very extravagantly all over anyone who dares ever sing that song in my presence ever again. Just a warning to you all.

  107. When I walk in the spot
    This is what I see
    Everybody stops and they’re starin at me
    I got a passion in my pants and I ain’t afraid to
    Show it, show it, show it
    IM SEXY AND I KNOW IT

  108. I don’t understand why Russia has awesome covers and ours are marginal. You don’t judge a book by it’s cover, right?
    @Do you know what the word “warning” means? I may vomit extravagantly as well. Another warning. No hard feelings, I just don’t like the song.

  111. When and if I meet you Ginny-la, well… I don’t particularly like to vomit, but I’ll do something equally horrible! No, I won’t cuz I didn’t actually hear you sing it. It’s not even that I hate Sexy and I know that much, only sort. It’s just, that music video. Oh my god… that music video. That repulsive, disgusting music video…

  113. I’ve never seen the video, so I actually like the song. My parents won’t let me see the video.

  115. The song is okay. The video… well, they shouldn’t even allow the preview to be on itunes.

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