Britfan Wrote:...just beat someone to a signed Harbingers...
Yeah! Good for you.
Stephanie
Abe's raised eyebrows caused furrows in his extended forehead. "Five in twelve hours?"
"Oh, and like you've never had a cranky day?"
cobalt79 Wrote:Britfan,
I was able to get a copy of Freak Show a few months ago, what Maggers said is so true.
Limited hard back on UK E-bay - current bid is £28 (about $56) and reserve not met yet
Think I may have to go looking for the paper back
The artist formally known as Britfan
Just added Freak Show - the Limited signed was on it's third relist on E-bay.
I figure i was destined to buy it - gave others 2 chaces - and it was just sat on e-bay calling to me
I'll never be rich - this FPW habbit is starting to get expensive
I figure i was destined to buy it - gave others 2 chaces - and it was just sat on e-bay calling to me
I'll never be rich - this FPW habbit is starting to get expensive
The artist formally known as Britfan
Britfan Wrote:Just added Freak Show - the Limited signed
[SIZE="3"]The paperback cover was hideous, but I was especially pleased with the Borderlands Press edition (one of the most beautiful hardcovers I've ever been in). Phil Parks did the cover (a brilliant sideshow poster) and the interior art. My idea (for the hardcover only) was to write Phil himself into my backstory as an artist who was hanging around, sketching the freaks. Phil's artwork was given the look of pages torn from a sktech pad. This integration of art, artist, and story makes the hardcover a unique book (I think).[/SIZE]
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fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]The paperback cover was hideous, but I was especially pleased with the Borderlands Press edition (one of the most beautiful hardcovers I've ever been in). Phil Parks did the cover (a brilliant sideshow poster) and the interior art. My idea (for the hardcover only) was to write Phil himself into my backstory as an artist who was hanging around, sketching the freaks. Phil's artwork was given the look of pages torn from a sktech pad. This integration of art, artist, and story makes the hardcover a unique book (I think).[/SIZE]
How much input do you have in cover art, Paul? I agree it is =very= important. Especially the spine--author and title LEGIBLE!!! Don't get artsy-fartsy. Had a conversation once with a certain Big Name whose name I will not mention...OK, OK
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]The paperback cover was hideous, but I was especially pleased with the Borderlands Press edition (one of the most beautiful hardcovers I've ever been in). Phil Parks did the cover (a brilliant sideshow poster) and the interior art. My idea (for the hardcover only) was to write Phil himself into my backstory as an artist who was hanging around, sketching the freaks. Phil's artwork was given the look of pages torn from a sktech pad. This integration of art, artist, and story makes the hardcover a unique book (I think).[/SIZE]
How much input do you have in cover art, Paul? I agree it is =very= important. Especially the spine--author and title LEGIBLE!!! Don't get artsy-fartsy. Had a conversation once with a certain Big Name whose name I will not mention...OK, OK, Joe Haldeman--who confided he was so disappointed about the cover of MINDBRIDGE he had to sit down in a 53rd St. bar to calm himself before going to his publisher's art department and maybe doing something bad.
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]The paperback cover was hideous... [/SIZE]Have to agree with that, it's not pleasant to look at, but it was the only copy I could get at the time. But the story is fantastic, Maggers and cobalt are right on the money.
Britfan Wrote:Just added Freak Show - the Limited signed was on it's third relist on E-bay.Nice one Dave, congrats on your win. Unfortunately, my pockets don't run to getting special editions, just getting the books sometimes is hard enough, when they can only be found outside of the UK.
I figure i was destined to buy it - gave others 2 chaces - and it was just sat on e-bay calling to me
I'll never be rich - this FPW habbit is starting to get expensive
I did splash out on 'The Last Rakosh' though, a birthday treat.