Comments on: Standing out or fitting in? http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/03/24/standing-out-or-fitting-in/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:21:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stephen Sweeney http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/03/24/standing-out-or-fitting-in/#comment-12453 Stephen Sweeney Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:38:30 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/2008/03/24/standing-out-or-fitting-in/#comment-12453 I'm quite ashamed to have only just discovered Iain M Banks. Did enjoy reading Consider Phlebas, though the ending did bring me down. Still, I'm looking forward to more of his novels :) On the subject of covers: Well, at least the US covers still retain their classy appearance. We need only look at the US editions of the Harry Potter books to see how very wrong it could have gone. And as far as sci fi books go, I would NEVER pick up a scifi book if the jacket featured loads of explosions, lasers, etc. Those are just tacky, and I'd feel embarrassed to even take it over to the counter to purchase :) I’m quite ashamed to have only just discovered Iain M Banks. Did enjoy reading Consider Phlebas, though the ending did bring me down. Still, I’m looking forward to more of his novels :)

On the subject of covers: Well, at least the US covers still retain their classy appearance. We need only look at the US editions of the Harry Potter books to see how very wrong it could have gone.

And as far as sci fi books go, I would NEVER pick up a scifi book if the jacket featured loads of explosions, lasers, etc. Those are just tacky, and I’d feel embarrassed to even take it over to the counter to purchase :)

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