[MD] New UK edition of LILA

[ian glendinning]

Isn't there a Butterfly in Lila anyway .... ?

High up in the New York hotel room where he meets Robert Redford.
Or did I imagine it ?

Ian

On 3/12/06, David Harding <davidharding at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 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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