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RED TATTOO cover art here!


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#1 zencat

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 03:53 PM

Amazon.co.uk has finally posted the cover art for Benson's next Bond book. Here it is.

#2 RossMan

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 06:04 PM

Very nice cover, different from what we've seen so far. I hope they'll have the US cover up soon also the text from the dust jacket.

Does anyone else kinda wish that they'd stop labeling each new book as "The New Bond Adventure", I mean it's only going to be the new Bond adventure for a year until the next one comes out.

#3 zencat

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 06:14 PM

mccartney007 (18 Jan, 2002 06:04 p.m.):
It's nice that Hodder finally decided on that coverart.  They have been talking about using that since October or so.

Of course, there's always the remote possibility that what's posted on Amazon is NOT the final cover art. This was true of TWINE and TND (and the US ZMT paperback).

#4 The Admiral

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 06:48 PM

Look's great! Definetely looks like a Bond classic cover.

Can't wait!

#5 mccartney007

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 08:47 PM

zencat (18 Jan, 2002 06:14 p.m.):
Of course, there's always the remote possibility that what's posted on Amazon is NOT the final cover art. This was true of TWINE and TND (and the US ZMT paperback).


Oh yeah. I forgot about that! Maybe it will be just a proof cover.

#6 Icephoenix

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Posted 19 January 2002 - 09:51 AM

Fantastic. Really going back to the roots. Perhapd they finally listened to the fans suggestions?
Different to Zencats and Mine, new style, but with an old 'touch'.

#7 The Admiral

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Posted 19 January 2002 - 10:06 AM

I've spoken to the man himself, and it is the completed cover art. I can't wait! It looks so good!

#8 James Page

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Posted 28 January 2002 - 11:27 PM

Exactly!!!!!!

I can't help thinking it looks like the box for some frozen chinese food, you know, the ones with the little packet of crispy things you put on top after it's been nuked :-)

#9 James Page

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Posted 27 January 2002 - 08:05 PM

Sorry to go against the groove folks, but I really don't like it at all. It's not very "Bond" branded, and looks as though it's been knocked together in a matter of a few hours. All of the elements in the image are misaligned and unbalanced. Very poor.

Compare it to Benson's first real outing, Zero Minus Ten, and the difference in quality shows a mile off (the mushroom cloud as the pupil in the eye is brilliant):

http://images-eu.ama...02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

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Posted 28 January 2002 - 08:48 AM

hmmm....

#11 zencat

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Posted 05 April 2002 - 04:08 PM

Just got my RED TATTOO UK hardcover yesterday. The dust jacket looks pretty sharp in the flesh, especially the back (posted here).

#12 The Admiral

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Posted 06 April 2002 - 02:52 PM

Seeing it in the flesh, I agree totally with Zencat, it looks so much better.

However, have you noticed that the "Praise for RB" is the same as the other books...

"Welcome back, Mr. Bond. We've been waiting for you...Benson has gone back to Bondian basics in a fast-moving world of bedrooms, firm breasts, betting and bruises." INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Why the repitition?

#13 General Koskov

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Posted 07 April 2002 - 05:46 PM

Dave (06 Apr, 2002 03:52 p.m.):
However, have you noticed that the "Praise for RB" is the same as the other books...

Why the repitition?


Forgive my anti-Benson feelings, but I belive the repetition is due to the sad fact he has nothing new to offer since they wrote that.

However, having just finished NDOD I can't recall any specific mentions of 'firm breats'. A 'firm plot' might be the next step for Benson. :)

#14 General Koskov

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Posted 07 April 2002 - 06:01 PM

For my more 'on topic' statement about the cover...it's fabulous! The first one shown is so much better than the usual: 'JAMES BOND', with:

0
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in the 'D' of Bond.

I think Penguin is trying to do the same thing by assuming that by fifty years later, we should all know which books are Bond and not superfluously putting his name and number on the cover.

#15 zencat

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Posted 07 April 2002 - 06:44 PM

General Koskov (07 Apr, 2002 06:46 p.m.):

Dave (06 Apr, 2002 03:52 p.m.):
However, have you noticed that the "Praise for RB" is the same as the other books...

Why the repitition?


Forgive my anti-Benson feelings, but I belive the repetition is due to the sad fact he has nothing new to offer since they wrote that.

No. It's just laziness on the part of the publisher. They did the same thing with Gardner. A review blurb from License Renewed was used right up to the end. Besides, it's a good blurb.

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Posted 10 April 2002 - 12:37 PM

That back cover looks fantastic !. Why didn't they put the "JAMES BOND 007" on the front ?. If they did it would have been the best Benson cover yet !.

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Posted 28 January 2002 - 11:52 PM

James Page (28 Jan, 2002 11:30 p.m.):
Exactly!!!!!!

I can't help thinking it looks like the box for some frozen chinese food, you know, the ones with the little packet of crispy things you put on top after it's been nuked :-)


I was wondering what it reminded me of but I think you've hit the nail square on its top.

I'm thinking a sort of soy/chilli sauce combination, brought to you direct from Beijing in Peckham!

Of the three art works above, the one on the right gets my vote. Better branding, more dynamic.

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 04:44 PM

yeah this is a great cover for me.
We don t see too much that it is James bond and that s good.

I hope the french cover will be as good.

If some people want i ll post picture of the covers from the Benson Novel in French, to see the difference .

#19 scaramanga

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 04:52 PM

Great cover! Certainly better than the UK cover for Never Dream of Dying!

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 05:18 PM

I like it. It's one of the first covers in a long time that has a classic Bond feel.

level007 (18 Jan, 2002 04:44 p.m.):(edited)
If some people want i ll post picture of the covers from the Benson Novel in French, to see the difference .


I'd love to see the french covers, level007.

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 06:04 PM

It's nice that Hodder finally decided on that coverart. They have been talking about using that since October or so.