http://easol.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] easol.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] lkh_lashouts2008-01-12 09:38 pm

Well thank God!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Lf7DmvWZL._SS500_.jpg

Finally, a cover that doesn't look like porn. Too bad about the contents -- I think they cannot be salvaged.

But I can't help but wonder if the publishers are tightening the reins a little, wanting it to look more crimey and less like naked women's tinted body parts. Given LKH's deserved reputation, I wonder if they are trying to rope in a different audience than teenagers and embittered divorcees, or just maintain their dignity.

(Although I gotta say, I would HATE that cover on any normal book -- so grimy)

[identity profile] kessie.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
It definitely looks more like a crime novel than urban fantasy. It reminds me of the UK cover of the latest Dexter novel, in terms of colour and shading, though naturally you can't compare the content of the two books. XD;
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[identity profile] drho.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
It looks like a poster for Hostel 3.

[identity profile] ctrl-issue.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
And I still giggle at the fact that her name is so much larger than A) the title and B) the name of the series the book is associated with.

[identity profile] brandiweed.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't be surprised to see such a cover on a true-crime book.

[identity profile] guardians-song.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
It is a true-crime book.

Against sanity and commas.

[identity profile] daphne-gateau.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
I hope those scissors will be used to give Nathaniel a haircut.

Maybe the publishers are hoping it they give the book and entirely different cover the readers will be duped into thinking the inside is something new as well.

[identity profile] tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
And that horrific puppet. *shudder*

[identity profile] artemis-rex.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
I'm just glad not to see a weirdly colored body part close up and/or bondage. No offense to those who enjoy, but I have to admit, when they went to those covers, it was a weird feeling going up to the checkout with them.

... not that I'm buying them anymore, but still ...

[identity profile] kerame.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe the designer's making a sneaky, editorial comment on the castrating, spine-severing, soul-killing nature of the DoomCrotch?

[identity profile] daphne-gateau.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
I agree.

That is one strange cover choice.

[identity profile] hellozombies.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
You mentioned Dexter--you receive a cookie. *gives cookie*

I actually do like the cover for Blood Noir. I still won't read it, of course. But now I won't have to point and laugh when I see it on a shelf.

[identity profile] othellia.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Really? My first thought was Saw. (Yes, there will be orgasmic blood.)

[identity profile] carolpent.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
I like how it's grungy with scissors. It makes me wonder if there's going to be some sort of back-alley abortion situation going on.

[identity profile] pearkiwi.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
They're trying to trick people into thinking that there's going to be more plot then "wangst/(sex) mention of (sex) a bad (sex) guy/wangst/sex/sex/whining/sex."


Back when I still bought the books, the close-up bondage body shot embarassed me too. And it was really fun reading them in class in high school.

[identity profile] contrariwise.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. I definitely did a double-take when I clicked. I like it better than the tinted body parts, but I wonder if it's some designer's comment on Anita's scissor legs? What with all the constant opening and closing, ya know?

[identity profile] assplund.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
WTF SCISSORS.

[identity profile] gothgoddessrhia.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
This does not look like an LKH cover. It's weirding me out. I would like it as a SAW or Hostel poster, but an LKH book? It's false advertising!

HATEEEEEE ITTTTTT

[identity profile] voguexcouture.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I hate this cover....

I don't know, I am just used to different from her and I REALLY HATE this cover. The first thing that came to mind was SAW and I won't watch that either...wtf was she thinking.


I HATE THIS COVER. >> Yes, now I think my point has been made.

[identity profile] mystickiwi.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember, back in the day when the books were still readable and entertaining I would get so much crap for reading porn based solely off the books covers. I wish they'd started with this theme and progressed to the tinted body parts

[identity profile] nightangel486.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree that it's better than the S&M covers, but I still don't care for it much. Too much negative space, for one thing, the 'An Anita Blake novel' text just looks weird and lonely floating out there in the grimy whiteness.

And what the fuck do the scissors have to do with Anita Blake, or this book in particular? If I had lived in a cave my entire life and had no idea who LKH was or what the series was about, this cover would tell me absolutely nothing.

Oh...I get it now. They did that on purpose so people who hadn't heard of it wouldn't know what it was really about and might think it actually, you know, had a plot.

[identity profile] ayako.livejournal.com 2008-01-13 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess it's kinda of a cool cover for any other book but since it's an Anita book I can't help but wonder why the scissors are there.

D:

For the love of god, no porn + scissors

D: D: D:

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