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    Rozelle’s Bagman: Nabokov, natch, took an active interest in the dust jacket and paperback cover art, liking most end products, pissing on some others. [therumpus.net] more »
    the_pants: Hmmmm. With a name like Vladimir Nabokov, the books need more vampires on the covers. I only read books with vampires on the covers. Just throw a f... more »
    eatsshootsleaves: So we're all pretentious literary twats here, right? That's what I thought. So anyway, apart from Pale Fire and Lolita, what are his best works? I've... more »
    rumpofsteelskin: Literacy rates are one marker of a society; however, this may only mean that people have Harry Potter and not Nabokov as their highest achievement. Tr... more »
    TroisFilles: I hate new covers. The original cover usually represented a snapshot in time. Who the heck wants to read a Nancy Drew book with Nancy all fat and in l... more »
    Menardo: High-end graphics for paperbacks and republishing backlist isn't "a trend" or some desperate, last ditch effort to sell books. It's actually what publ... more »
    manchops: Oh, the words aren't all that big, give it a shot. Hey gawker--how about crediting the artists/designers? They're pretty amazing looking. more »
    AzureTexan: I'm confused. They're actually asking me to judge a book by its cover now? more »
    pony_express: Decades ago People magazine reviewed Nabakov and every middle class couple felt it there duty to read Lolita so they could appear literate at cocktail... more »
    aztecprincess: Invictus is painfully bad, no matter what A.O Scott says, creaming his pants for another piece of hack work by Clint Eastwood. (I thought Damon's acce... more »
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