The police hats clearly say "E.R" meaning "Elizabeth Regina" referring to Queen Elizabeth II ruling. Since she died in 2022, does that mean the story could take place up until then?
Thoughts?
Genuinely one of the best pieces of prose I've read in a while
Most book covers draw Coraline with black, brown or blue hair, so this was a surprise. I kind of like it in it's own way.
Sorry, but just getting a random photo of Margaret Atwood and putting a filter with lines over it isn't really telling anyone anything about the book's content.
This is the first edition cover of the book and it is quite different to later editions. Instead of the Handmaid outfit imagery, it instead has this surreal image of a man holding an infant girl with a grown woman's head attached.
But I think this cover is actually very meaningful.
This cover is very reminiscent of old Christian icons of Mary and baby Jesus, which ties into the religious imagery in the book. Specifically, certain icons of baby Jesus would draw Jesus with an adult face on a baby body, to symbolise his divinity.
Therefore, I think we can assume that the man in this cover image is the Commander, and the woman he is holding is the Handmaid, and the symbolism of her with a child body represents how adult women are infantilized by the regime. The fact she is nude in the image also adds to this feeling of disturbing intimacy.
The Commander is also leering at her menacingly, while her expression has literally had another facial expression plastered over it if you look closely, showing how women have been suppressed and have to hide their true feelings in Gilead.
In conclusion, this is an underrated cover.
Sorry, but I don't remember the scene where Jim Hawkins rides on a bicycle on frozen ice through a mist.
She has been dubbed the "worst character design ever"
It is very popular for people to joke about superpowers being "useless". But no super power is truly useless, it just depends on how it's used.
For example, take Cannonbolt from Ben 10. His only power is to roll up into a ball. Useless right? Except Ben was smart enough to use it to offensively to roll around and smash into enemies.
Or Spot. His only power is to make portals into himself, which seems useless, until he used it to transport himself to anywhere he wanted and make himself into a portal that can absorb anything.
I like the "His Dark Materials" books by Phillip Pullman, but I prefer sci-fi over fantasy. Can someone recommend a similar book but with science fiction elements?
The kid had it coming.
I'm a bit confused by this one. I'm guessing that's meant to be Napoleon on the cover? But why does he have that facial expression? Also, it's very hard to tell that's meant to be a pig. I'm pretty sure those are meant to be Epaulettes on his shoulders, but they're badly drawn and look more like his hands pointing at something.