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Post by severance on Mar 6, 2010 23:22:51 GMT
John Blackburn - A Scent of New-Mown Hay - Digit Books (1964) Tony looked through the glass and suddenly his head seemed to swell. There was a roaring in his ears and his eyes were very painful. He gripped the case and forced himself to go on working. So that was it. That was what stood at the end of the maze. That was the thing that ran behind you in a dream and which you must never see. He turned blindly away from the case, groping for a chair and fighting his desire to vomit. Now Tony knew what it was, the nameless thing that was destroying humanity. But where had it come from, and how long had they got to find the antidote? |
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Post by andydecker on Jun 5, 2023 8:47:30 GMT
John Blackburn - A Scent of New-Mown Hay (Secker & Warburg, 1958, hc; this edition NEL, 1976, 160 pages) 
Cover by Tim White
Cover found on the net. Thanks to the original scanner.
This is a new edition. The novel was published quite often over the years by different publishers, an earlier edition was issued by NEL in 1968 with a Pennington cover. There is a Valancourt edition avaiable at the the moment.
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Jun 5, 2023 14:53:21 GMT
Cover art was much better back then. I wonder how easy it is to make a living as a cover artist these days? Most modern covers I see are poor generic stuff or some out of copyright image. Back then I'd imagine the art could help the book sales; when I look at old books on say the archive I can be drawn to a book by its cover. I don't read SF, but some of the art is superb. With the rise of AI it can only get worse for artists.
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Post by dem bones on Jun 5, 2023 17:32:13 GMT
One of the main reasons for starting Vault was to celebrate the paperback art we loved, and those who created it and, often as not, received no credit for doing so. Turned out it was the look and feel of the books got many of us interested to begin with. We kind of picked up on the written content as we went along.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jun 5, 2023 21:53:30 GMT
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Post by bluetomb on Jun 9, 2023 10:53:58 GMT
I particularly remember the cover with the green lady, as my mum considered it almost too risquƩ to allow little me to have it from a village fete book stall.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jul 21, 2023 21:35:47 GMT
I do not mean to hijack this thread, but I cannot find the Valancourt requests thread (if there even ever was one). I want them to release an ebook of John Peyton Cooke's THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, which I remember as fantastic.
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 22, 2023 0:29:08 GMT
Here's two NEL covers - presumably trying attract different readers! The top one is clearly of most interest to the likes of us. It looks fantastic. Does it reflect the contents of the book? The bottom one has only a little weirdness patched onto the arms and leg of the girl/woman. |
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 22, 2023 0:34:29 GMT
John Blackburn - A Scent of New-Mown Hay - Digit Books (1964) Tony looked through the glass and suddenly his head seemed to swell. There was a roaring in his ears and his eyes were very painful. He gripped the case and forced himself to go on working. So that was it. That was what stood at the end of the maze. That was the thing that ran behind you in a dream and which you must never see. He turned blindly away from the case, groping for a chair and fighting his desire to vomit. Now Tony knew what it was, the nameless thing that was destroying humanity. But where had it come from, and how long had they got to find the antidote? Back on the subject of good prose again. Is the above supposed to represent a good blurb? It makes no sense to me whatsoever. |
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Post by Knygathin on Jul 22, 2023 1:21:26 GMT
One of the main reasons for starting Vault was to celebrate the paperback art we loved, and those who created it and, often as not, received no credit for doing so. Turned out it was the look and feel of the books got many of us interested to begin with. We kind of picked up on the written content as we went along. I am nearly always DISAPPOINTED in the content!!! It rarely lives up to the art. Very few writers have a good sense of color and form; they are mostly interested in plot and character motivation, in a hurry to tell their story, and forget about, or don't have the eye for, striking visuals and weird forms. |
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Post by andydecker on Jul 22, 2023 8:48:36 GMT
I do not mean to hijack this thread, but I cannot find the Valancourt requests thread (if there even ever was one). I want them to release an ebook of John Peyton Cooke's THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, which I remember as fantastic. Its here, but no posts since 2013. |
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Post by andydecker on Jul 22, 2023 8:57:19 GMT
I am nearly always DISAPPOINTED in the content!!! It rarely lives up to the art. Very few writers have a good sense of color and form; they are mostly interested in plot and character motivation, in a hurry to tell their story, and forget about, or don't have the eye for, striking visuals and weird forms. Its an age thing. Things I devoured with 20 I find bland and unreadable today. |
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Post by dem bones on Jul 22, 2023 8:57:56 GMT
I do not mean to hijack this thread, but I cannot find the Valancourt requests thread (if there even ever was one). I want them to release an ebook of John Peyton Cooke's THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, which I remember as fantastic. Its here, but no posts since 2013. You're better to contact them direct HERE |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jul 22, 2023 13:07:46 GMT
Its here, but no posts since 2013. You're better to contact them direct HEREI shall consider it; thanks. |
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