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    From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to All on Fri May 17 15:24:01 2024
    No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..

    http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/


    PUBLIC DOMAIN ATROCITIES

    a while back, i got a beautiful edition of one of my all-time
    favorite books -- zuleika dobson -- for my birthday. when
    i was trying to find the specific edition on goodreads, to
    brag about my beauty of a book, i came across this edition:

    and it rattled me to my core. books in the public domain
    -- books anyone with a digital file, a printer, and a dream
    can produce and sell, can be a sweet side hustle for people
    looking to make a quick buck, and they are free to make
    their own choices when it comes to the cover art they select,
    but this one cracked me up because it is not even close to
    representing the contents or the tone of the book. i decided
    to do a deep dive into the world of public domain publishing,
    to see what else was out there. and OH, the discoveries i
    made...
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to tednolan on Sat May 18 09:41:38 2024
    On 17 May 2024 15:24:01 GMT, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan
    <tednolan>) wrote:

    No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..

    I saw a film of /Wuthering Heights/ and, yes, it could be considered
    SF -- in the broadest sense.

    It's been a while since I read /The Secret Agent/ and nothing comes to
    mind as SF. I remember Hitchcock's film version (/Sabotage/, not /The
    Secret Agent/ or /Saboteur/) better, but it is pretty clearly set in
    reality. The book, of course, has more in it.

    http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/

    Hilarious indeed! I would say "click-bait", but I'm everyone had the
    same thought. Especially the E-Romance editions.

    Fortunately, most of the PD ebooks I buy appear to use the original
    cover of whatever edition they scanned in. Or at least something that
    makes some sort of sense. Or is an image of an actual painting done
    way back when when the book was written or the time it is set in.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Sat May 18 17:13:30 2024
    In article <v2abgg$2qbcd$1@dont-email.me>,
    Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 17/05/2024 10.24, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_.. >>
    http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/

    Hilarious!

    Years back, rasw regularly got complaints along the lines of "Rock
    Hardnose is stated *in the text* to have red hair, yet the cover
    shows him with black hair!"

    Those folks didn't know how good they had it.


    I see the post went out under my dummy subject line: oops!
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From WolfFan@21:1/5 to Ted Nolan on Sun May 19 16:49:46 2024
    On May 17, 2024, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan wrote
    (in article <lapb4hFnujfU1@mid.individual.net>):

    No SF on the list except perhaps _Wuthering Heights_ & _The Secret Agent_..

    http://bloggycomelately.com/books/public-domain-atrocities/

    PUBLIC DOMAIN ATROCITIES

    a while back, i got a beautiful edition of one of my all-time
    favorite books -- zuleika dobson -- for my birthday. when
    i was trying to find the specific edition on goodreads, to
    brag about my beauty of a book, i came across this edition:

    and it rattled me to my core. books in the public domain
    -- books anyone with a digital file, a printer, and a dream
    can produce and sell, can be a sweet side hustle for people
    looking to make a quick buck, and they are free to make
    their own choices when it comes to the cover art they select,
    but this one cracked me up because it is not even close to
    representing the contents or the tone of the book. i decided
    to do a deep dive into the world of public domain publishing,
    to see what else was out there. and OH, the discoveries i
    made...

    not public domain, but The Winnah and Still Champion in the Covers Which Have Nothing To Do With The Story And Are Deeply Offensive is:

    http://www.dendarii.co.uk/Covers/German/twa_de.jpg

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