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[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..

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PUBLIC DOMAIN ATROCITIES

a while back, i got a beautiful edition of one of my all-time
favorite books -- zuleika dobson -- for my birthday. when
i was trying to find the specific edition on goodreads, to
brag about my beauty of a book, i came across this edition:

and it rattled me to my core. books in the public domain
-- books anyone with a digital file, a printer, and a dream
can produce and sell, can be a sweet side hustle for people
looking to make a quick buck, and they are free to make
their own choices when it comes to the cover art they select,
but this one cracked me up because it is not even close to
representing the contents or the tone of the book. i decided
to do a deep dive into the world of public domain publishing,
to see what else was out there. and OH, the discoveries i
made...

[Michael F. Stemper]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..
http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/

Hilarious!

Years back, rasw regularly got complaints along the lines of "Rock
Hardnose is stated *in the text* to have red hair, yet the cover
shows him with black hair!"

Those folks didn't know how good they had it.

[Ted Nolan <tednolan>]

Post by Michael F. Stemper

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..
http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/

Hilarious!
Years back, rasw regularly got complaints along the lines of "Rock
Hardnose is stated *in the text* to have red hair, yet the cover
shows him with black hair!"
Those folks didn't know how good they had it.

I see the post went out under my dummy subject line: oops!

[Paul S Person]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..

I saw a film of /Wuthering Heights/ and, yes, it could be considered
SF -- in the broadest sense.

It's been a while since I read /The Secret Agent/ and nothing comes to
mind as SF. I remember Hitchcock's film version (/Sabotage/, not /The
Secret Agent/ or /Saboteur/) better, but it is pretty clearly set in
reality. The book, of course, has more in it.

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/

Hilarious indeed! I would say "click-bait", but I'm everyone had the
same thought. Especially the E-Romance editions.

Fortunately, most of the PD ebooks I buy appear to use the original
cover of whatever edition they scanned in. Or at least something that
makes some sort of sense. Or is an image of an actual painting done
way back when when the book was written or the time it is set in.

[WolfFan]

No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..
http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/
PUBLIC DOMAIN ATROCITIES
a while back, i got a beautiful edition of one of my all-time
favorite books -- zuleika dobson -- for my birthday. when
i was trying to find the specific edition on goodreads, to
and it rattled me to my core. books in the public domain
-- books anyone with a digital file, a printer, and a dream
can produce and sell, can be a sweet side hustle for people
looking to make a quick buck, and they are free to make
their own choices when it comes to the cover art they select,
but this one cracked me up because it is not even close to
representing the contents or the tone of the book. i decided
to do a deep dive into the world of public domain publishing,
to see what else was out there. and OH, the discoveries i
made...

not public domain, but The Winnah and Still Champion in the Covers Which Have
Nothing To Do With The Story And Are Deeply Offensive is:

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[Robert Carnegie]

Post by Ted Nolan <tednolan>
No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..
http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/
PUBLIC DOMAIN ATROCITIES
a while back, i got a beautiful edition of one of my all-time
favorite books -- zuleika dobson -- for my birthday. when
i was trying to find the specific edition on goodreads, to
and it rattled me to my core. books in the public domain
-- books anyone with a digital file, a printer, and a dream
can produce and sell, can be a sweet side hustle for people
looking to make a quick buck, and they are free to make
their own choices when it comes to the cover art they select,
but this one cracked me up because it is not even close to
representing the contents or the tone of the book. i decided
to do a deep dive into the world of public domain publishing,
to see what else was out there. and OH, the discoveries i
made...

I'm mainly amused, and have said so if
comments are accepted 5 years after those
articles were posted, by "Vexin Classics"
which I take to be a foxy tribute to the
line of works by female authors in the
imprint of "Wendigo", and by some of /these/
books being illustrated beyond the cover -
which isn't examined there, and I'm
hesitating to volunteer. Well, except
for _Pride and Prejudice_ where Elizabeth
Bennet is unexpectedly confronted at home
by Lady Godiva. I will read that.

Indeed I think the typical thing is that
interior art in a fiction book corresponds
to the story better than the cover does,
but I expect that these editions may not
follow that rule.