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Gnomic Utterances. These are traditional, and are set at the head of each section of the Guidebook. The reason for them is lost in the mists of History. They are culled by the Management from a mighty collection of wise sayings probably compiled by a SAGE—probably called Ka’a Orto’o—some centuries before the Tour begins. The Rule is that no Utterance has anything whatsoever to do with the section it precedes. Nor, of course, has it anything to do with Gnomes.
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Date: 2010-08-17 05:56 pm (UTC)I hate the choice of photos for the repackage--I wish they'd shown the ethnicity of the model more prominently--but overall, it's a better piece of design for the marketplace (more dramatic color and design, comparable to what's selling in the genre today). The sad thing is that what makes the design more modern and appealing would not change if they'd have gone with a more accurate cover model--it only would have been stronger, in my opinion.
I suspect the reason for the fade at the top, the ambiguity, is that these are stock photos (and most stock photos that are of pretty, thin, white girls who are models), and not even stock photos of the same model. Which doesnt' surprise me, as cover shoots are expensive, which makes the repackage even more expensive.