Post by account_disabled on Dec 19, 2023 22:51:59 GMT -5
The cover you see is that of Terry Brooks' novel The Magic Kingdom of Landover , a cover which, as soon as I saw it when the book came out, I contested. The image is a collage of elements present in the novel: the castle the Paladin Willow, the sylph In the illustration, however, there are also two characters who do not exist in the novel and who, when it was published, I had already seen. Who I am? Landover Landover The curly-haired dwarf is a portrait of David Steinberg as Meegosh in Ron Howard's 1988 film Willow , while the blond wizard is Billy Barty as High Aldwin from the same film. What do they have to do with the novel in question? Absolutely nothing.
The designer perhaps confused the name of a Special Data character from the novel, Willow , and the title of the film Willow . Or, perhaps, she simply made little use of her imagination and used those two dwarfs, a race that does not appear in the story, seen in the film. Why not use the original American cover, in which the characters actually present in the novel appear? My idea, however, is another. The cover is commissioned by the publisher, who gives precise directives on how it should be illustrated. Maybe it was the publishing house itself that wanted to exploit the image of the two actors? The mystery remains. How that wrong cover remains.But what is a story if it doesn't have a reader? It is a silent reality imprisoned in unconsciousness.
He doesn't even notice it. The legs move on their own and you see yourself flying over the unknown void. Fear grips him for a moment, just a moment, until his feet hit the ground on the other side.Brian Clark (@copyblogger) June 10, 2013 Brian Clark often uses this technique to promote his and other bloggers' posts. He rewrites the titles, intriguing readers with alternative and always effective titles.A post titled The Power of the Double-Whammy Headline: How to Increase the Chances of Your Content Being Read became Are two headlines better than one? Are two headlines better than one? copy.bz/19eP33H — Brian Clark (@copyblogger) June 10, 2013 Brian Clark often uses this technique to promote his and other bloggers' posts. He rewrites the titles, intriguing readers with alternative and always effective titles.
The designer perhaps confused the name of a Special Data character from the novel, Willow , and the title of the film Willow . Or, perhaps, she simply made little use of her imagination and used those two dwarfs, a race that does not appear in the story, seen in the film. Why not use the original American cover, in which the characters actually present in the novel appear? My idea, however, is another. The cover is commissioned by the publisher, who gives precise directives on how it should be illustrated. Maybe it was the publishing house itself that wanted to exploit the image of the two actors? The mystery remains. How that wrong cover remains.But what is a story if it doesn't have a reader? It is a silent reality imprisoned in unconsciousness.
He doesn't even notice it. The legs move on their own and you see yourself flying over the unknown void. Fear grips him for a moment, just a moment, until his feet hit the ground on the other side.Brian Clark (@copyblogger) June 10, 2013 Brian Clark often uses this technique to promote his and other bloggers' posts. He rewrites the titles, intriguing readers with alternative and always effective titles.A post titled The Power of the Double-Whammy Headline: How to Increase the Chances of Your Content Being Read became Are two headlines better than one? Are two headlines better than one? copy.bz/19eP33H — Brian Clark (@copyblogger) June 10, 2013 Brian Clark often uses this technique to promote his and other bloggers' posts. He rewrites the titles, intriguing readers with alternative and always effective titles.
