George Orwell + Shepard Fairey = All kinds of awesome

[ghostsofgiants]

Penguin books recently reissued 1984 and Animal Farm with covers designed by Shepard Fairey, one of my favourite atrists.

The girl at the book store and I then talked about how rad Orwell was and how he shits all over the likes of Ayn Rand. Good times. :thumbsup:

[Dangerously Amused]

1. Very, very cool art!

It is encouraging to see such a talented and wise young artist getting this kind of exposure.

[enigmatic]

2. That's great!

The 1984 cover is just about perfect.

[gmoney]

3. Any "funny outtakes" or "bonus features" ?

Foreword by anyone interesting or other goodies?

I can't judge this book by its cover!

[ghostsofgiants]

4. It's Orwell, it doesn't need any foreword or goodies.

They're killer stories with some killer cover art, and that works for me.

[gmoney]

5. True...

Just wondering if there was something that would justify me buying another copy besides the spiffy cover art.

Sort of like how Elvis Costello seems to re-master and re-release his entire catalog every 2 years... how many times will it take him to get it right? The first vinyl sounded pretty good to me. ;)

[ghostsofgiants]

7. It's cheap, if that's justification. $11 a copy here.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. OMG! WANT!

Badly! :o

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Aren't they awesome?

I heard about it months ago, but I saw them at the book store when I was there and had to buy them.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. I'm going to see if I can get my hands on them down here

Thanks so much for the tip. :D

[NightWatcher]

10. great, I already own 3 copies of 1984. Looks like #4

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71S7JNZV0QL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_AA219_PIsitb-sticker-dp-arrow,TopRight,-24,-23_SH20_OU01_.gif


sure, add another to the collection

[ghostsofgiants]

11. The first one looks like something out of School House Rock.

[NightWatcher]

12. it's an ancient copy that was given to me

[Book Lover]

15. That is actually the pubbed-in-1984 commemorative edition

Waltr Cronkite wrote the Foreword, and Erich Fromm the Afterword.

[name not needed]

13. Anything + Shepard Fairey = All kinds of awesome

Wish this was still in stock

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Truth.

That print is dooope.

[swag]

16. Damn, thanks for the alert!

That is beautiful.

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Word.

This thread almost dropped completely under the radar. x(