Mar 09
Click for full imageDorian’s Art Direction: Kali, eh? Goddess of death and destruction? It’s not exactly…well, friendly, now is it? I tell you what. Make the cover pink. Bright pink. That’ll be more…cosy, like.
Published 2008
Many thanks to Dorian!
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March 9th, 2011 at 10:32 am
Spray painted fluorescent pink is totally the wrong colour for this book, it should be a completely black cover to reflect the dour contents. Black writing, too.
March 9th, 2011 at 10:50 am
If you don’t know anything beforehand about Dan Simmons’ books, your expectations judging by the cover will go something like this:
“SONG OF KALI
The raw, gritty story of the rise and fall of Britain’s first all-Hindu Punk Rock band.”
March 9th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Is it any defence to say this was part of a promotion featuring spray painted grafitti art style covers for a collection of horror novels? No? OK, moving on . . .
March 9th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
OH MY FRAKKING GODS WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!
I have been visiting this sit for several months and this is the first time I have actually yelled aloud at the book cover presented. Mercy. I may have to go back to bed and get up again.
March 9th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Looks like something Dave McKean tossed off !
March 9th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
You bloody kids, quit that graffiti rubbish before I call the police!
March 9th, 2011 at 4:30 pm
No excuses Simon! Kinda looks like Kali has just taken a left hook to the face.
March 9th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
A.R. @ #2, that’s EXACTLY what I thought! And no, I don’t know Dan Simmons’ books. Hilarious, thanks!
March 9th, 2011 at 9:16 pm
Action Kate, if the cover horrified you, that’s probably the intended effect.
March 10th, 2011 at 9:37 am
Is it just me, but it looks a lot like someone’s creeping up behind “Kali” with an intention to throttle… Don’t look behind you…
March 10th, 2011 at 1:59 pm
Nix@9: well, Dan Simmons’s work is rather horrifying, so it’s at least truth in advertising. He makes me queasy in a way Stephen King never could.
…in fact, please excuse me, just thinking about DS’s stories has made me so ill I have to go throw up now.
March 10th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
Glad to see that Kali supports breast cancer research.
March 10th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Wow Banksy isn’t as good as he use to be.
March 13th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
@#2
I’d read that.
March 14th, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Nary a mortal can hear the Song of Kali and live — the dread tune which sounds like this:
“ANND III-IIIII… WWILLL AAALWAAAYS LLLLOVVE YOUUU-UUU-UUU…”
March 21st, 2011 at 6:27 pm
It reminds me of the Hindu festival of Holi, actually. Lots of brightly coloured paint and powder is thrown around on that occasion.
(Serves me right for having a day job to do with religions!)
Of course I fully expect it to be nothing to do with the Festival of Colours and just a weird-ass book cover.