tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post5328322351775463144..comments2023-10-08T03:29:16.941-05:00Comments on Aaron Polson: Conjure ThisAaron Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-43196574291320853512012-04-05T08:51:39.489-05:002012-04-05T08:51:39.489-05:00Too bad about the cover, Aaron. It's such a wo...Too bad about the cover, Aaron. It's such a wonderful book, but cover art is always about marketing rather than enhancing the literary experience. Still ... whoever slapped "urban fantasy" on this ought to be slapped back, good and hard.<br /><br />BTW -- we're discussing CONJURE WIFE this month at the Literary Horror group on Goodreads. Drop by.Robert Dunbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14319047876341531702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-62113563137786067382012-03-30T15:38:15.332-05:002012-03-30T15:38:15.332-05:00I guess we should just be thankful they didn't...I guess we should just be thankful they didn't put her in a mid-riff and slap a small-of-the-back tribal tattoo on her.<br /><br />A quick google image search indicates that none of the various covers this book has had over the years have been particularly kind to Tansy.<br /><br />I'll always prefer the movie poster:<br /><br />http://ironbombs.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/1962_burn_witch_burn_poster_01.jpg?w=604bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03895443221200994288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-36098252195249366252012-03-30T11:32:11.698-05:002012-03-30T11:32:11.698-05:00Don't worry, Aaron. I'm still "that ...Don't worry, Aaron. I'm still "that guy" too. I always will be.<br /><br />About the cover, yeah, it'd bug me. But that's because I'm overtly sensitiveness to marketing, consumerism, and conformity of all types.Anthony Rapinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581208296144295224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-15258798262357777472012-03-30T09:47:52.528-05:002012-03-30T09:47:52.528-05:00For me the cover of a book plays an important fact...For me the cover of a book plays an important factor - it's like setting the overall tone of the reading to come; then I go to the title.<br /><br />I've seen many a great image ruined by shite fonts, and vice versa. Get the combination right and the thing just comes to life.Mark Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002166292175980928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-54034614091989143432012-03-30T09:15:39.551-05:002012-03-30T09:15:39.551-05:00See, if you'd got the ebook you wouldn't h...See, if you'd got the ebook you wouldn't have been thinking about the cover...<br /><br />(although I still sometimes buy paper books too like you)James Everingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04717149514440381738noreply@blogger.com