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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Nov 20, 2015 20:33:08 GMT -5
I kind of like this one, except for the font used for "Lemony Snicket" - it's too sparse.
The Ominous Omnibus has a movie tie-in dust jacket, but thankfully the actual cover and inside of the book are unrelated to the movie.
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Post by bear on Nov 20, 2015 20:35:57 GMT -5
I got the first 3 books in a movie tie-in bundle thing from the second hand book shop and Jim Carrey isn't on it. well this is what mine looks like  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2015 20:48:53 GMT -5
this is mine:  |
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Post by Skelly Craig on Nov 20, 2015 21:39:00 GMT -5
Wrong. The U.K. editions had different covers - still by Helquist. ...Until TPP, at which point they just used the American ones, probably owing to the pressures of simultaneous publication on Helquist's workload. wow, that's bizarre. those have got to be the ugliest illustrations i've ever seen Helquist do, then. Are you talking about the ASoUE Egmont covers? Because how could you think they're done by anyone other than Helquist? I actually prefer the Egmont covers for TRR, TWW, and TCC to the US covers. And TMM and TVV are almost the same, but I really love that there are two different versions for most of ASoUE. |
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Post by bear on Nov 20, 2015 22:54:26 GMT -5
i don't know man, i mean i've only seen the covers from low quality google images, but they just seem like gross caricatures of Helquist's style to me. the one for TCC is okay
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Post by Dante on Nov 21, 2015 4:07:52 GMT -5
I would really love if there was a new edition bought out for the tv show, with a cinematic-ly picturesque image from it being the front cover. While I'm with bear in not really liking tie-in editions - I don't own any of the movie editions of ASoUE, I don't consider them to be proper editions - then I do think they serve a useful purpose, and at the very least I am always interested in seeing what new adaptations and interpretations contribute, so I rather hope there are such editions, too. At a bare minimum, it's cross-advertising - "now a major Netflix series!" I'll nab a copy as soon as it's out and reveal all. Planning on getting thirteen different copies of TBB, Dante? Or have you surpassed that already? Hmm, good question. Let me check. ...No, looks like I only have eight copies of TBB at the moment. Oh, that's the same number as I have of ?1 copies. i don't know man, i mean i've only seen the covers from low quality google images, but they just seem like gross caricatures of Helquist's style to me. the one for TCC is okay Worth noting that the Egmont TBB cover is the same as that for the U.S. box set, The Trouble Begins (and I think is probably the worst). The Egmont covers were mostly produced at a period somewhat further into ASoUE than the HarperCollins ones - Egmont's TBB didn't come out until around the same time as HarperCollins's TVV - so Helquist's style had developed a bit, but it also looks like he actively chose to use a more painterly art style with more of a character focus for the Egmont editions than he did for most of the HarperCollins editions. The difference is most pronounced with TMM and TVV, for which Helquist more or less remade the same image. |
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Post by B. on Nov 22, 2015 6:05:12 GMT -5
While I'm with bear in not really liking tie-in editions - I don't own any of the movie editions of ASoUE, I don't consider them to be proper editions You aren't a real collector. |
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Post by Dante on Nov 22, 2015 9:13:31 GMT -5
It's enough for me that The Puzzling Puzzles was reissued in a more canon editions, and the below-dustjacket art for The Ominous Omnibus was eventually reused for The Notorious Notations. The rest is just movie merchandise.
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Post by Dante on Jan 5, 2016 3:43:29 GMT -5
Although Amazon still advertises a release date of 25th February for this, a new article suggests March instead - well, maybe the last week in February is close enough? According to the article, the new edition is likely to have "new bonus material with information about the author and their works." I'll nab it when it comes out and bring you all the details. |
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Post by Dante on Mar 1, 2016 12:19:49 GMT -5
And here it is! I thought I'd bring the whole collection together to mark the occasion.   The special bonus material comprises one interview with Mr. Snicket along the usual lines of such things, and... the Author's Notes from The Bad Beginning Rare Edition! This is the first time they've ever been published in the U.K., to my recollection. Other minor differences: - Beatrice dedication moved to copyright page;
- Dear Reader and Kind Editor letters removed;
- Contents page included;
- Page headers feature snazzy eye icons;
- Author's Notes presented in slightly larger font size.
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Post by Tryina Denouement on Mar 1, 2016 12:43:43 GMT -5
I like the back of the cover, but I still prefer the French TBB cover. Now that is something I want to be seen reading on the bus or train!
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Post by Hermes on Mar 1, 2016 12:52:20 GMT -5
Ho! I might buy this: having the BBRE notes, without having to look the up on 667, would certainly be worthwhile.
PS. What else is a Modern Classic?
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Post by Dante on Mar 1, 2016 13:01:12 GMT -5
PS. What else is a Modern Classic? (Colin Dann), Whispers in the Graveyard (Theresa Breslin), Kensuke's Kingdom (Michael Morpurgo), You're A Bad Man, Mr Gum! (Andy Stanton). Possibly also The Snow Spider (Jenny Nimmo), and others. |
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Post by Skelly Craig on Mar 1, 2016 13:13:43 GMT -5
Are the snazzy eye icons art we've seen before somewhere? If not, would you mind scanning one, or taking a pic?
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Post by B. on Mar 1, 2016 13:30:44 GMT -5
9 copies of TBB! I think I say this everytime he posts a book pic but I wish we could see the rest of the library in the background.
I might buy this if I can find it in a shop somewhere (too much effort to explain to my parents why I'm ordering a second copy online when it arrives in the mail).
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