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16233451 No.16233451 [Reply] [Original]

>The front cover is a painting or bust of the author.

>> No.16233454

It's almost as low effort as this thread.

>> No.16233455
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>>16233451
>front cover is the author busting on a painting

>> No.16233502

>>16233455
I didn't know Jackson Pollock wrote a book

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>The front cover was hand drawn by the author

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>>16233451
>Q: How many missiles do you want to be visible on the cover?
>A: Yes.

>> No.16234106

>>16233451
Milkgraberapu.jpg
The front cover is a painting of bust of the author (female).

>> No.16234125
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>the author's name is bigger than the title

>> No.16234152

>>16233594
who greenlit that monstrosity

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>>16233594
>writes a story about Nazis being resurrected to help defeat an alien invasion
Absolutely based

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>>16234152
The Troy Rising book series is a great read and the amount of flying missiles shown is not overselling the content at all. The name Hot Gate is reference to battle of Thermopylae.
>>16234162
I really wish he continued the Legacy of the Aldenata series.. its been 11 years now since last addition.

I also just recently realized one of his books is more relevant now than ever before: The Last Centurion, released 12 years ago now, has
>mutated bird flu breaking out in 2019 in China, going global and crisis continuing to 2020, 2021.. Causing people to drown in their own fluids.
>international, domestic travel shut down or limited
>social distancing mentioned, people trying to use dust filter masks to protect themselves from infection etc..
>lot of talk about vaccines, receptor site mutations, antiviral drugs, prophylactic drugs, protecting the economy vs. stopping the virus..
>names a whole lot of problem with pandemic contingency planning

>> No.16234321

>>16234285
I'll check it out, sounds interesting. Thanks for the recommendation

>> No.16234477

cool thread anonymous, interesting concept but might need some reworking

>> No.16234523

>>16234162
Absolute madman

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>the front cover is this painting again

>> No.16234574

>>16233451
Nothing is more of a turn off than reading "tour de force"

>> No.16234617

>>16234569
Hey, say what you will, but Taylor has taste.

>> No.16234975

>>16233451
I really hate how Everyman’s Library does this. Who wants to see Salman Rushdie’s lazy eye on the cover of Midnight’s Children?