Comments on: Eclipse cover posts http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/05/11/eclipse-cover-posts/ ...making my own great leap forward... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/05/11/eclipse-cover-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-145365 Jonathan Sun, 11 May 2008 09:27:43 +0000 http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/05/11/eclipse-cover-posts/#comment-145365 I'm aware Jeremy is a supporter of the panel. I hope they have a rewarding and beneficial discussion on the panel. Beyond that, I'm staying away from the topic. I do hope you enjoy E1, when you read it. I like it a lot. On the 50/50 toc - I don't know if it makes things better or worse, but I only noticed that after the fact when the cover conversation began publicly. Till that point, I'd honestly not given it any thought. I’m aware Jeremy is a supporter of the panel. I hope they have a rewarding and beneficial discussion on the panel. Beyond that, I’m staying away from the topic. I do hope you enjoy E1, when you read it. I like it a lot. On the 50/50 toc – I don’t know if it makes things better or worse, but I only noticed that after the fact when the cover conversation began publicly. Till that point, I’d honestly not given it any thought.

]]> By: Jackie M. http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/05/11/eclipse-cover-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-145301 Jackie M. Sun, 11 May 2008 05:10:35 +0000 http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/05/11/eclipse-cover-posts/#comment-145301 Anyway, if it's any encouragement? The panel description does indicate that people haven't forgotten the 50/50 table of contents. And I, personally, am still looking forward to reading those stories by that collection of authors. I can see why you would find this sort of attention upsetting, of course. But I think it doesn't necessarily have to be all negative? Or even mostly negative... in dicussing the contrast between the cover and the ToC, the panel will also include constant reminders of the actual content of the book. Which probably serve as a pretty handy bit of free advertising. Anyway, if it’s any encouragement? The panel description does indicate that people haven’t forgotten the 50/50 table of contents. And I, personally, am still looking forward to reading those stories by that collection of authors.

I can see why you would find this sort of attention upsetting, of course. But I think it doesn’t necessarily have to be all negative? Or even mostly negative… in dicussing the contrast between the cover and the ToC, the panel will also include constant reminders of the actual content of the book. Which probably serve as a pretty handy bit of free advertising.

]]> By: Jackie M. http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/05/11/eclipse-cover-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-145298 Jackie M. Sun, 11 May 2008 05:05:28 +0000 http://www.jonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/2008/05/11/eclipse-cover-posts/#comment-145298 Hey, I thought you might like to know: I did just chat with the individual who submitted the panel... she actually did it because of an extended e-mail communication with Mr. Lassen, in which he suggested that perhaps the debate about the Eclipse One cover could be used as a jumping-off point to discuss the broader issue of female-to-male representation in the genre. I realize the panel description doesn't necessarily lend itself to that interpretation... but I think that's prolly as much the one-shot-and-you're-done panel submission form as it is the temperament of the original argument. Hey, I thought you might like to know: I did just chat with the individual who submitted the panel… she actually did it because of an extended e-mail communication with Mr. Lassen, in which he suggested that perhaps the debate about the Eclipse One cover could be used as a jumping-off point to discuss the broader issue of female-to-male representation in the genre. I realize the panel description doesn’t necessarily lend itself to that interpretation… but I think that’s prolly as much the one-shot-and-you’re-done panel submission form as it is the temperament of the original argument.

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