![]() ![]() JM Dent (1993) illustration: Haughton Forrest.īantam (1994) illustration: Henri Rousseau.Įaston Press (1995) illustration: Jeff Fisher. ![]() Magnum Books (1968) illustration: Douglas Rosa.īerkley Highland (1970) illustration: Paul Lehr. The one I like best of this selection is Cuchi White’s illustration for the 2001 Gallimard edition, a picture that does much to convey the novel’s disturbing blend of speculative fiction and outright horror. Even Penguin seem to have been confounded of late their illustration of feline eyes peering through undergrowth could again be used on many other novels, while their most recent edition sports a maze design which doesn’t communicate anything of the book’s content to a curious reader. Bantam’s Rousseau painting would suit many other novels but doesn’t belong with this particular book. The novel has great illustration potential but few of the covers below seem to have given the matter much consideration. ![]() That said, some early covers might be bad but they look like masterpieces next to some of the fatuous offerings from the current ebook bonanza. The examples here are among the better ones, Wells’ novel having been blighted over the years by monstrosities as hideous as those that fall from Moreau’s vivisection table. ![]()
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