Difference between revisions of "Bleeding Edge cover analysis"

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[[File:BE-Final-Cover.jpg|350px|thumb|''Bleeding Edge''<br />'''Cover design:''' Evan Gaffney<br />'''Jacket Image:''' Luis Martinez/LuisMMolina//Getty Images<br />'''Publication date:''' Sep 17, 2013|right]]The dust jacket for the first hardback edition, although technically grayscale, has a shiny finish that reflects light in shifting colors depending on the angle from which it's viewed. There's likely a name for this effect, but I don't know it!
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[[File:BE-Final-Cover.jpg|350px|thumb|''Bleeding Edge''<br />'''Cover design:''' Evan Gaffney<br />'''Jacket Image:''' Luis Martinez/LuisMMolina//Getty Images<br />'''Publication date:''' Sep 17, 2013|right]]The dust jacket for the first hardback edition, although technically in grayscale, has a shiny finish that reflects light in shifting colors depending on the angle from which it's viewed. There's likely a name for this effect, but I don't know it!
  
 
The image of the server farm, which is on both the front and back covers, evokes two of the main themes in ''Bleeding Edge'' &#151; the Internet and the World Trade Center twin towers.
 
The image of the server farm, which is on both the front and back covers, evokes two of the main themes in ''Bleeding Edge'' &#151; the Internet and the World Trade Center twin towers.
  
 
The fact that the back cover shows this same image with no type over it, completely unadorned really reinforces the twin towers connection. It wasn't until I saw the back cover that I made this connection.
 
The fact that the back cover shows this same image with no type over it, completely unadorned really reinforces the twin towers connection. It wasn't until I saw the back cover that I made this connection.

Revision as of 18:24, 9 September 2013

Bleeding Edge
Cover design: Evan Gaffney
Jacket Image: Luis Martinez/LuisMMolina//Getty Images
Publication date: Sep 17, 2013
The dust jacket for the first hardback edition, although technically in grayscale, has a shiny finish that reflects light in shifting colors depending on the angle from which it's viewed. There's likely a name for this effect, but I don't know it!

The image of the server farm, which is on both the front and back covers, evokes two of the main themes in Bleeding Edge — the Internet and the World Trade Center twin towers.

The fact that the back cover shows this same image with no type over it, completely unadorned really reinforces the twin towers connection. It wasn't until I saw the back cover that I made this connection.