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Are there any ugly books in your field? I am not talking about a book's content, but rather what the book looks like. I would to know about the most aesthetically challenged books in your field. I propose this volume as a good starting point: http://www.amazon.com/Formal-Axiology-Critics-Value-Inquiry/dp/9051838972/Can anyone beat this? What are the two figures on the cover doing? Waiting for the mother ship? Why are they naked? What do they have to do with the subject of the book? Kindly post a reply with a link to the cover of your candidate for our "Ugly Book Award." |
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2007, 07:48:37 AM » |
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Wow. That is a very bizarre cover.
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2007, 08:10:32 AM » |
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Wow. That is a very bizarre cover.
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Indeed. Do people normally run, screaming, from debates about axiology? |
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2007, 09:05:19 AM » |
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I cannot match that cover and declare it the winner.
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2007, 11:24:22 AM » |
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That is just... wow. Maybe those are a couple of very excited critics of formal axiology?
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2007, 01:02:50 PM » |
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Thank you for that link. I got a laugh that I really needed, after a tough week.
Obviously, it would be hard to top formal axiology, but I'd love to see more contenders! We need this thread! (I will poke around in my books to see what I can find, also).
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2007, 01:35:12 PM » |
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What is formal axiology? Is it the study of how wheels roll round and round? How is it different from informal axiology? By what you are wearing when you study the wheels roll round and round?
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2007, 01:40:49 PM » |
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Oh, I've got one: The Music of AfricaOf all the possible images they could have chosen for the cover.... why, why why? VP |
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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2007, 02:00:59 PM » |
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Oh, I've got one: The Music of AfricaOf all the possible images they could have chosen for the cover.... why, why why? VP Oh. My. Dog. Wow. Sorry, OP: Foxy Voxy wins this round. cbl |
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2007, 02:07:10 PM » |
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Oh, I've got one: The Music of AfricaOf all the possible images they could have chosen for the cover.... why, why why? VP That definitely beats Axiology... |
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« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2007, 02:10:58 PM » |
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That definitely beats Axiology...
Well, certainly the font is worse. But, this isn't just a "Ugly Font" award. We need more book contenders before declaring a winner. Let's see more! Perhaps some of you have worked hard at a book for years, and then when it is published you are horrified at the cover that the publisher created. I have had nightmares about that scenario. |
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« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2007, 02:20:35 PM » |
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And on that cheery note...A curator I once worked with discovered after his book came out that the work of art on the back cover was UPSIDE DOWN. He was frosted, especially since he'd been very specific about these things.
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« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2007, 02:48:25 PM » |
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I have a candidate. The publishers seem to have realized just how horrible the original cover was, since the edition available via Amazon is much better looking. I don't think that first photo really does justice to the ugliness. It's shudder-inducing, trust me. That flesh-toned background with purple lettering, and shapeless red and green graphic just look awful together. |
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« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2007, 03:06:01 PM » |
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That definitely beats Axiology...
Well, certainly the font is worse. But, this isn't just a "Ugly Font" award. Um, santommaso, did you actually look at that cover? I don't think we were dismayed by the font. Really. Look at the image, please. cbl |
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