Czech and German covers…
September 25th, 2010 | by Paolo |…for PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES and THE WINDUP GIRL
I really like both of these. Very cool to think of them finding their way into new languages.
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…for PUMP SIX AND OTHER STORIES and THE WINDUP GIRL
I really like both of these. Very cool to think of them finding their way into new languages.
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5 Responses to “Czech and German covers…”
By Randall on Oct 13, 2010 | Reply
I find it interesting the difference in imagery used for the German cover via-a-vis the one I’m reading. Picking up the German book, I’d expect a glossy, high-tech world, whereas with the other (US version? original?) you get a sense that, in this version of the future, something has gone very, very wrong.
By Carl V. on Jan 8, 2011 | Reply
While I am a big fan of your U.S. covers for these books, it makes me wish I could read the language because I’d love to pick up each of these. Great covers.
By Achmed Khammas on Feb 13, 2011 | Reply
Dear Paolo, I just have finished ‘Biokrieg’ (the German translation). Fine, very fine!! I love it with its persons, animals, energies and airships.
To use windup-technologies after the oil-age is logic – and I will refer to it in my online-publication about past, present and future of renewables (see the chapter about muscle-energy here: http://www.buch-der-synergie.de/c_neu_html/c_01_01_muskelkraft.htm). Wunderful is also the idea of energy storage through the use of high-capacity springs.
BUT: Where are the other technologies like solar-cells (even biological ones), wind (like the ingenious ‘windbelt’ as example) or waves and tides?!
Waiting for the next translations…!
By Tomas on May 1, 2011 | Reply
I’m looking forward to read The Windup Girl in Czech. I have Pump Six and it’s really one of the best books I’ve ever read.
By Michiko Kobayashi on Jul 1, 2011 | Reply
Wow. To be honest, I wouldn’t have picked up the German version based on the design and title.
I’m halfway through The Windup Girl in English though, and I’m absolutely loving it.
I haven’t read a novel in a while (I’ve been devouring non-fiction) and this is the first one that’s been able to really engage me in several months.