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I agree with all of this Mark but I'm just wondering for a book that
is purported to be situated in the late 60s early 70s, having that 80s
look seems strange. or late 70s--more Nicolette Larson than Country
Joe

giving not taking alot of love
rich

On 2/11/09, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Besides the 80s look, I suggest (sans neon) that it evokes garish
> mass market "pulp fiction' titles from earlier decades............
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> Here's my gloss on the difference and the difference it makes:
> Most mass market pulp fiction covers have human figures on them......
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> (for marketing reasons, for fiction, people on a cover 'sell' a book  better
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> For TRP, what has happened to "people"---the loss of their humanity--is one
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> that is served by no humans, even pulp-stagey, on the cover.
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> But a car, an object we Americans (in general) have loved more than our
> fellow beings?
> Perfect from V. to now....
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> And neon! in TRP----see artificial lighting everywhere----a screaming issues
> forth.....
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>>> amazon has uploaded the new cover and the pg length is now 384.
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>>> what's interesting about the cover which might have been mentioned
>>> here is that it looks so 1980s--that ugly neon
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>>> rich
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>> . . . in magenta and kelly green,  Zoyd's favorite color combo . . .
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>> http://www.amazon.com/Inherent-Vice-Thomas-Pynchon/dp/1594202249
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