[MD] New UK edition of LILA

[David Harding]

Dan,

Thanks for the info. However, it's disappointing. It's a shame Pirsig 
couldn't create the covers as he wanted because of constraints placed by 
the publisher whose aim is to promote a book rather than support an 
authors creativity. There may be a time when it's common place for 
authors create a whole book and not just the words, or edited words, 
within it. Because most on MD have at least some inclinations of the MOQ 
becoming a culturally commonplace Metaphysics, would it be unreasonable 
to ask Pirsig to create covers for his two books, if he hasn't already, 
for future generations?

Thoughts?

-David.

Dan Glover wrote:
> Hi Ant and David
>
> When I was putting LILA'S CHILD together I had an idea for the cover, which 
> I shared with Robert Pirsig in a letter. He wrote back that he had some 
> ideas for the covers of his books too, but the publisher hires a graphic 
> artist to do the cover. He said that the professionals who do such work do 
> not accept input from the author as a rule. That's something I didn't know 
> and I found very interesting. As far as the new cover of LILA though, 
> perhaps Mr. Pirsig had a hand in it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
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