It's the thirteenth book, though.
Has anybody mentioned how funny that ‘it’s not Firestarter’ cutaway at the end of the teaser video was? It got me laughing out loud to have the normal fine production teaser video followed with that dry humor reality shot. Like saying ‘ya ya, it’s a bunch of flames, but I know what you’re thinking, and it’s NOT Firestarter.’ Hahaha, that was good!
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I'm just curious why did you choose to give each lettered edition a different burned original cover ?
And , god forbid though, did you burn the original books of which you used the covers? 🤔
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Question. The 26 original covers. Are they reproduction copies or real original covers. If so, what a feat finding them.
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It’s a look back at the publishing history of the book. So the idea is to show a different cover on each edition, thereby providing that retrospective mentioned on the announcement page. The way I see this is that it’s partly a found art piece.
Fahrenheit has been published in so many different editions, and I really didn’t want to do anything cutesy or gimmicky, or even try to compete with other editions. So instead of coming up with yet another ‘clever’ design, the idea developed to simply show what had been done before, but in a new way. It’s just found art in my opinion, with the added benefit of a leather bound book, and the interiors beautifully designed and printed. And of course it’s the great novel; with all of these elements coming together to create this fully formed object. Call it a book. Call it art. What ever you’d like. It’s something complete, born out of some sort of universal spirit of creation, and something you can hold and turn over and open up and feel and experience and put down and feel good about. Anyway, that’s the intention.
It didn’t matter to me that the covers were primarily paperbacks. Some of the best covers are the paperback ones. But what I’ve really enjoyed seeing is people pointing out the cover they remember reading for the first time and the sense of nostalgia that comes along with it.
I will tell you that finding the screws that are used to affix the acrylic panel to the cover was a nightmare and took forever. The biggest screw suppliers in the world didn’t even have what I needed. It had to be a Chicago screw and a very specific length, head and barrel diameter. No one had one that small. Eventually I found a company in Canada who made them, and at that point you could say the frustration was only beginning. Anyway I won’t bore you with the details. After many months I actually have the screws, which are perfect. Covers burned, check. Acrylic panels cut, check. Book designed and printed, check. Art done, check. Materials ordered, check. What’s left. Ah, yes we must now bind them! The final step in the process.
You see, sometimes it’s best not to ask me a simple question because I have a tendency to provide a not so brief answer.
And no, I did not burn the books. Just the covers.
Take as long as you want with the answer!
When I saw all those covers, crispy around the edges, the message I received was the power and endurance of the written word. The failure of censorship. And the triumph of the human spirit. The book has a long history and is still very relevant. It has a message that cannot be destroyed. It rises through the ashes.
Yes quite true Jeff.
Yes I must thank Br!an for his assistance in locating many of these. We ended up with a few short, and I wasn't sure if there were that many different covers out there. I did manage to dig up the remaining balance though. Using originals was important to me, I didn't want to make a copy of a cover and burn that.
Just one of each. I sort of 'sculpted' them with the fire to get those different shapes. Of course, I didn't have complete control over how the flames burned the paper, but I could turn the cover to direct the flame, and burn certain places, etc.
I just looked and I don't have a copy of FAHRENHEIT 451, although I know I read it. I must have taken it out of the library. Now I'll have two copies and I will be able to read it again. What a red hot deal!
I'm sure if there is intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, they are wise enough to stay away from us.
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This, right here, is why I’m a customer of yours for as long as you keep publishing, Paul. The combination of creative vision and tenacity.
And I love hearing about little details like this - the intention behind a particular design, and the nuts and bolts (or screws) of putting everything together.
Maybe one day, you’ll put a memoir together of your experiences in producing each of these publications - “Suntup stories”, if you will.
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― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club
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