Thursday, 4 October 2012

World's worst book covers

This article starts speaking of the worst sci-fi book covers en general, from Good Show Sir, which the writer really likes. If you go there, they are indeed awful covers, mainly retro (from the 60's to the 80's), mainly nonsense.




Then, there's Tutis Classics work. The Guardian itself has an article from 2008 where they announce the launching of Tutis's online catalogue. Nevertheless, if you follow their URL, the site is down. Going through Caustic Cover Critic's blog about Tutis's work (here), you can see why their covers are so despised; they use images that don't relate the plot of the books, and sometimes are the complete opposite of it. A few books even have the same illustrations, photoshopped to look a little different.



Go to World's worst book covers in The Guardian's website to find out more.

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