Book Covers I Like Today

First is one courtesy of Joseph and Book Covers from the NY Times Book Review:

Joeseph refers to is as “[a]n enigmatic image that seems to work,” but I’d have to be a little more emphatic — I love the image. Thanks, Joseph.

The sencond is from Amazon’s top-preorder list: Rush: Chemistry.

Some things about this cover really work for me — the overall look, well executed if not exactly original, the type, transparencies, and placements — but perhaps I’m not enough of a Rush fan to tell at first glance that this title’s about a band. Without the shelving (“I’m in music!”) info that a pre-order list doesn’t provide at the top level, I assumed by the title that it was a science book.

Then again, perhaps it’s just Monday monring…;)

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Posted by Giles, Monday, January 9, 2006, at 10:56 AM.
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Comments:

Agreed. I was looking for more text, assuming the title was ‘The Rush to Learn Chemistry’ or somesuch. Maybe the intent was to stand apart from all the other band bio books?

Aaron , January 12, 2006 5:08 AM (#)

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