Covers
What think you?
Both ask questions, but is one more likely to be picked up at random than the other?
The US cover of Tales from Outer Suburbia
or the Australian and British one?
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International Edubloggers
What think you?
Both ask questions, but is one more likely to be picked up at random than the other?
The US cover of Tales from Outer Suburbia
or the Australian and British one?
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Personally, I much prefer the Australian/British cover. It epitomises “outer suburbia” and evokes nostalgia, warmth and space for the imagination to take root. The American cover creates the impression that “outer suburbia” is somewhere on another planet and is rather soul-less. I wonder what others feel/think?
July 4th, 2009 at 8:41 am
The Australian cover seems to link two prosaic images of suburbia, the dog and the TV, in a surreal way, while the colour is anything but suburban – it evokes the Australian outback. The diver on the US cover is not suburban in any way but is juxtaposed against the suburban landscape. All food for thought. Thanks for your thoughts, Cathy.
July 14th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I often wonder at the change. At face value there often does not seem to be a good for the changes. Another example was Alison Goodman’s latest YA book. In Australia it was published as The Two Pearls of Wisdom. In the US/UK the title became Eon: Dragoneye Reborn and Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye respectively. These anomalies are often great for getting student discussion started in classes
July 31st, 2009 at 1:42 pm
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