Covers so bad…..Soma by Charles Platt

Imprisoned on Chthon, … Aton was forced by his captors into a training program calculated to turn him into the ultimate tool of unreasoning destruction. Published by Grafton Books, 1988. Front cover illustration is by Bruno Elletori.

We love: the broad blade, the discreet handling of the beheaded body and the scream.

Comment:
“The pose of the man replicates the pose of an Ancient Greek relief sculpture, that of Perseus slaying the Gorgon…a delicious allusion!

I love your “Covers so bad, we love them!” section…as I said, I thought it might be interesting to turn some of the covers into blank gift cards by sticking the front cover “wholus bolus” onto a folded piece of card the same size as the cover. They did this at “Sapho’s Books” in Glebe (my old haunt!). To the best of my knowledge, the sale of said cards is still going strong…I think you and your staff share the knowledge, vibrancy and enthusiasm for books, readers and litterature that the great Katerina Cosgrove once imbued to Sapho’s Books…”

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