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“Gray is the color… the most important of all… absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor.”
This weeks theme: A cover that is predominantly grey.
My Choice: The Giver
The whole premise of this book is that “normal” people in the community see only in black and white, so I figured there would be a lot of covers that are predominately grey, but of the 203 editions, these are the only grey covers:
Covers:
Ember 2006 | HMH Books 1993 | Random House 1999 | Arqueiro 2014
Argo 2013 | DTV 1998 | HarperCollins 1994 | Artforum 2014
Nha Nam 2014 | EMC 2002 | Texto Editores 2004 | Loewe Verlag 1994
KMS 2012 | McMilan 2015 | Tai WAN 2013 | Createspace 2017
Least Favorites:
So Close:
I like the idea of the gray cover with revealed parts of color, and these covers are so close to being awesome, but they just miss. The first I don’t like the art style, the second looks like a 90s cd cover, the 3rd I can’t tell what is going on on the right, and the 4th is sketched too lightly.
Favorites:
Winner:
This is the Viatemese edition and I love the pop of red and the bubbles of color floating off of the apple. The red and the gray work really well together. Too bad that it reminds me of Twilight.
The Vietnamese edition is my favourite as well! 😀 It looks amazing!
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I love that it is super detailed an yet super simple at the same time!
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Holy shitake! I didn’t realize there were so many! The Giver is a fabulous book and yes the pop of red is eye-catching but I still like the old wise man on the front.
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I was surprised too! I know I had to read that book in school but I didn’t know it was that popular haha. And even tho I like the Viatemese cover I will still always think of the old man cover when I think of the Giver
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So many of these cover choices are unique and interesting! But the first image will always be my forever vision of “The Giver” since it’s the one I always saw at school. Nice feature this week!
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Thats the cover I read in school too, so that will always be the one I associate with it too!
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Ooh I’ve never read this. I think I like the Vietnamese as well, and the Argo and Arquiero versions aren’t too bad either.
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The only reason I read this was because it was required in school haha.
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Wow, the Artforum 2014 cover intrigues me, though not exactly what I picture when I think of this book. I think I’m just so used to the first cover which is the one I see everywhere 🙂
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The Artforum 2014 reminds me more of Brave New World than The Giver, but I guess they are both Utopians so it could make sense? Haha and I will always think of the first cover too
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I am 100% with you on your pick for this one, out of all the covers it feels the best to me, I don’t know, I like that it’s not super busy.
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Yup! I agree its super simple but still very striking 😀
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