tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362670344247251470.post842525556079704565..comments2024-03-05T13:57:58.486-05:00Comments on Daniel Waters: But Does it Spark Joy? Daniel Watershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00056797282149019086noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362670344247251470.post-77312621823700522732019-01-27T17:03:25.837-05:002019-01-27T17:03:25.837-05:00I confess I buy books for their covers all the tim...I confess I buy books for their covers all the time. I've heard arguments that you can judge a book by it's cover because the "better" books get more design budget and attention, but I find that theory spurious in several ways. In the best case scenarios, there is some aesthetic tie between the cover art and the interior of the book--not necessarily a representational tie--when I was in college I bought loads of those Vintage Contemporaries because of the covers, and in high school and college I was buying Bantam Spectra science fiction paperbacks because of the cover designs, and in both cases there were rewards to be found when the sensibility of the cover art enhanced or underscored the fiction housed within. But just as often there was heartbreak and disappointment.<br /><br />And then there was the time in my late twenties and I realized that my three favorite books at the time--Infinite Jest, Generation X, and a beautiful new edition of Beryl Markham's West With The Night--all had blue covers with clouds on them. Coincidence or conspiracy? And imagine my delight when Generation Dead came out with blue sky...<br /><br />I often bought vinyl records because of the covers, also Daniel Watershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056797282149019086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362670344247251470.post-72272155681006742662019-01-26T17:26:11.737-05:002019-01-26T17:26:11.737-05:00I do love the quotation on the Don Camillo cover, ...I do love the quotation on the Don Camillo cover, which is funny because I try not to judge--or pick out--books by their covers.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975028272143207826noreply@blogger.com