The gay/not gay dilemma concerning the proposed cover(s) for Against Gravity continues. Curiously, everyone who's seen a print version of the newer design still prefers the old design: everyone who's seen only the online version of the newer design (posted in a private message group for Glasgow sf writers) prefers the newer design.
I know this is hard without actually being able to see the damn things, but bear with me. I can't really post them up willy-nilly, unfortunately, since the designs are somebody else's property.
Basically, both designs feature a naked male figure, half-glimpsed through a forest of superimposed details, all to great effect (look at any of Steve Rawlings' other covers for Neal Asher or Sherri Tepper and you'll see what I mean): however, the newer design's figure looks, frankly, like he just walked out of a Jean-Paul Gaultier advert. But again, the background's got this really nice, kind of gritty effect I like, so maybe ...
Ech - I should probably hurry up and make my mind up.
3 comments:
Authorial choice in cover design has always been for me, "This is nice ISN'T IT!" To which the weak reply, "Yes, master." You have choices????
Neal
Well - they did ask if I liked the cover, I said yes, then they changed their minds! Go figure. Maybe you haven't had any really horrendous designs shown to you yet, as I ... er, moving swiftly on ...
There was some tweaking in The Line of Polity. All the covers depict a figure when opened out. In the original version the head was protruding in from the side onto the front cover -- looked rather silly.
Neal
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