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22: Telling a Book by its Cover
As the heat builds, and clouds of pollen choke the skies, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson find themselves of a mood to stare at the pretty pictures gracing the jackets and e-files of books and ponder how they came to be. To that end they have hobbled across the simmering landscape to seek out Irene Gallo, art director at Tor Books and Tor.com, to enlighten them on the process.
The discussion encompasses the relationship between book and cover, deadlines, fan feedback, and the aesthetics of different decades. Will we ever see embossed covers come back? And what does it take for a cover to impress John?
Irene also talks about her participation in the Illustration Master Class, and everyone recounts the culture they have recently consumed.
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Irene Gallo
Show Notes & Links
Show Notes (Hang On To Your Wallets…):
The Complete Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan
The Complete Mazalan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson
Karen Memory, by Elizabeth Bear
The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
The Scarlet Gospels, by Clive Barker
Space is Just a Starry Night, by Tanith Lee
Nemesis Games, by James S.A. Corey
Fire with Fire, by Charles Gannon
Sisters of the Revolution, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer
Ray Bradbury (Modern Masters of Science Fiction), by David Seed
B.P.R.D.: A Plague of Frots, by Mike Mignola & Guy Davis
And the Usual Suspects:
2015: The Year in Books
2015: The Year in Shorts
Irene Gallo at Tor Dot Com
Irene Gallo’s “AMA” at Reddit
Illustration Master Class
Galactic Patrol
The Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series
Rick Sternbach’s Known Space Covers
Silver Surfer, by Dann Slott, Mike and Laura Allred
Zen Mind, Beginniner’s Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Eating Vietnam, by Graham Holliday
Injection, by Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey
Sword of Sorrows, by Gail Simone & Sergio Davila
“The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies”, by Matthew Kressel (read by Kate Baker)
“Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes”, by Thomas Ligotti
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By Fred Kiesche, Jeff Patterson and John H. Stevens
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As the heat builds, and clouds of pollen choke the skies, John E. O. Stevens, Fred Kiesche and Jeff Patterson find themselves of a mood to stare at the pretty pictures gracing the jackets and e-files of books and ponder how they came to be. To that end they have hobbled across the simmering landscape to seek out Irene Gallo, art director at Tor Books and Tor.com, to enlighten them on the process.
The discussion encompasses the relationship between book and cover, deadlines, fan feedback, and the aesthetics of different decades. Will we ever see embossed covers come back? And what does it take for a cover to impress John?
Irene also talks about her participation in the Illustration Master Class, and everyone recounts the culture they have recently consumed.
Fred Kiesche, John E.O. Stevens and Jeff Patterson with Irene Gallo
Show Notes & Links
Show Notes (Hang On To Your Wallets…):
The Complete Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan
The Complete Mazalan Book of the Fallen, by Steven Erikson
Karen Memory, by Elizabeth Bear
The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison
The Scarlet Gospels, by Clive Barker
Space is Just a Starry Night, by Tanith Lee
Nemesis Games, by James S.A. Corey
Fire with Fire, by Charles Gannon
Sisters of the Revolution, edited by Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer
Ray Bradbury (Modern Masters of Science Fiction), by David Seed
B.P.R.D.: A Plague of Frots, by Mike Mignola & Guy Davis
And the Usual Suspects:
2015: The Year in Books
2015: The Year in Shorts
Irene Gallo at Tor Dot Com
Irene Gallo’s “AMA” at Reddit
Illustration Master Class
Galactic Patrol
The Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series
Rick Sternbach’s Known Space Covers
Silver Surfer, by Dann Slott, Mike and Laura Allred
Zen Mind, Beginniner’s Mind, by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Eating Vietnam, by Graham Holliday
Injection, by Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey
Sword of Sorrows, by Gail Simone & Sergio Davila
“The Garden Beyond Her Infinite Skies”, by Matthew Kressel (read by Kate Baker)
“Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes”, by Thomas Ligotti