Comments on: Edward Gorey's illustrations for War of the Worlds http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 07:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Koocheekoo http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1676017 Koocheekoo Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1676017 You can get it here, Dlo. :) http://www.goreystore.com/shop/books/edward-gorey-war-worlds-book You can get it here, Dlo. :) http://www.goreystore.com/shop/books/edward-gorey-war-worlds-book

]]> By: Koocheekoo http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1676012 Koocheekoo Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1676012 I have one - got it a couple years back. Very lovely. I got it from the Gorey store.  http://www.goreystore.com/shop/books/edward-gorey-war-worlds-book I have one – got it a couple years back. Very lovely. I got it from the Gorey store.  http://www.goreystore.com/shop/books/edward-gorey-war-worlds-book

]]> By: Ryan Lenethen http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1675903 Ryan Lenethen Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1675903 The top one looks more like the cover of the Pastafarian bible! The top one looks more like the cover of the Pastafarian bible!

]]> By: Kernos http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1675548 Kernos Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1675548 A reprint is available ISBN 1590171586 A reprint is available ISBN 1590171586

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1675513 Thorzdad Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1675513 That Gorey-illustrated version is the one I checked-out from my grade-school library over and over.  Cool. I loved the drawings. Didn't know Gorey from Adam way back then, though. That Gorey-illustrated version is the one I checked-out from my grade-school library over and over.  Cool. I loved the drawings. Didn’t know Gorey from Adam way back then, though.

]]> By: Labbit http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1675304 Labbit Sun, 10 Mar 2013 02:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1675304  Eh draws Alines and doesnt afraid of anything.  Eh draws Alines and doesnt afraid of anything.

]]> By: Bram Janssen http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1675246 Bram Janssen Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1675246 The illustration with the "The Coming Of The Martians" caption really reminds me of the ferry scene in Spielberg's adaptation. I wonder if he had that illustration in mind. The illustration with the “The Coming Of The Martians” caption really reminds me of the ferry scene in Spielberg’s adaptation. I wonder if he had that illustration in mind.

]]> By: Matthew B. Tepper http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1675122 Matthew B. Tepper Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1675122  No, but R. Crumb is well-known for drawings of Alines.  No, but R. Crumb is well-known for drawings of Alines.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1675101 Dlo Burns Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1675101 :( I've never found one. :( I’ve never found one.

]]> By: Lolotehe http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1675057 Lolotehe Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1675057  I'm completely with you on this. I got a copy for my mom from a bargain bin and, years later, got one for myself. I see it frequently on clearance.  I’m completely with you on this. I got a copy for my mom from a bargain bin and, years later, got one for myself. I see it frequently on clearance.

]]> By: planettom http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1674972 planettom Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1674972 They did a 2005 reprint of WAR OF THE WORLDS with the Edward Gorey illustrations.  It's out of stock on Amazon, but probably not too hard to find on eBay and such. In the 1970s, I found the original 1960 hardcover in my elementary school's library.    That back-cover (actually wrap-around to front-cover) illustration of the little people being fried by the Heat-Ray; I knew, I had to read this book! They did a 2005 reprint of WAR OF THE WORLDS with the Edward Gorey illustrations.  It’s out of stock on Amazon, but probably not too hard to find on eBay and such.

In the 1970s, I found the original 1960 hardcover in my elementary school’s library.    That back-cover (actually wrap-around to front-cover) illustration of the little people being fried by the Heat-Ray; I knew, I had to read this book!

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1674886 Preston Sturges Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1674886 It's a shame nobody has ever tried to do a movie version that stays close to the book.  The writing is extremely visual and practically reads like a movie script.  It’s a shame nobody has ever tried to do a movie version that stays close to the book.  The writing is extremely visual and practically reads like a movie script. 

]]> By: Y0YO http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1674881 Y0YO Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1674881 Those creatures supposed to be Alines? Those creatures supposed to be Alines?

]]> By: Count Blastov http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1674880 Count Blastov Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1674880  Right, , but this book, just WAR OF THE WORLDS with his cover and illustrations? It's everywhere. I see it all the time.  Right, , but this book, just WAR OF THE WORLDS with his cover and illustrations? It’s everywhere. I see it all the time.

]]> By: Muscato http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1674870 Muscato Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1674870 I think the implication is "not included in any of the Amphigoreys"... I think the implication is “not included in any of the Amphigoreys”…

]]> By: Count Blastov http://boingboing.net/2013/03/09/edward-goreys-illustrations.html#comment-1674860 Count Blastov Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=217597#comment-1674860 Is this "little seen"? I find reprints of it all the time. Is this “little seen”? I find reprints of it all the time.

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