uglies the collector's set uglies pretties specials extras scott westerfeld

I practically live in the bookstore near my house and, unfortunately, I had never really noticed the older covers amongst the other books in the store. Over the years, I have been hearing only positive things about the books “Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras”, but I had never had the courage to try them out myself. I think you’ll agree that the dude rocks. The rest of you should click here for an archive of his other work. And that would mean less food, clothing, and shelter for me. Covers matter, and a lot of you, possibly many thousands, would never have seen the Uglies series without his strokes of genius. You can tell.) The new ones also have a cool, clinical feel that nails a lot of what the series is about.īut I will take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Rodrigo Corral for his awesome work on the first cover of Uglies. ( Pretties had a different designer than the other three, in fact. It’s for non-fans (who probably don’t read this blog) that this new look exists.įor me the Original Style covers are still classics, but I get why S&S has to hit the refresh button after, what, six years? And you have to admit that these new covers are very lovely indeed, and are unified in a way the Original Flavor ones weren’t. Maybe they never even noticed the series on the shelves.

These are for all the people who’ve never picked up Uglies because the old covers looked boring or stupid to them. You guys already HAVE my books, after all. So really, the new covers aren’t for fans at all. If you’re a fan, after all, that old look was probably the reason you picked up the books in the first place! Fans mostly don’t like new looks for books, because the old covers are the ones they’re used to. Of course, whenever new covers appear online, they create dissent and controversy.

The new covers are finally leaking into stores, though, so now is a great time to show them.Ĭlick here for the bigger and zoomable version. They’ve been around on the internets for a while, but I haven’t shown them here. Instead, allow me to belatedly roll out the new Uglies covers! I’m headed out to the Blue Mountains for a weekend of birthday fun, so there will be no Fan Art Friday this week.

Uglies the collector's set uglies pretties specials extras scott westerfeld