[LMB] Back to Lois' covers after smart apostrophes in Word

Paula Lieberman paal at gis.net
Mon Oct 1 04:55:10 BST 2007


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter H. Granzeau" <pgranzeau at cox.net>


> At 11:28 PM 9/28/2007, Paula Lieberman wrote:
>>Hmm, it just occurred to me to wonder about SF covers and people with
>>non-normal color vision.  Maybe the old Baen covers on Lois' books don't
>>look quite so appalling to them....
>
>
> I have partly defective color vision.  I find red and green to be
> nearly the same, but can tell the difference when the colors are
> sufficiently bright.  I think that aqua is blue, however, and don't
> see red flowers in a bed of green leaves, or apples on a tree, and a
> sign with red letters on a green background is hopeless at any distance.

.....
>
> Those covers are just butt ugly in any color.

LOL!

It makes me apprehensive about the cover for the to-be-written Nexus book. 
Will the cover for that be part of a matched  set of butt ugliness?

Hmm, are there any "ugliest covers of the year" awards/nominations? 



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