[MD] New UK edition of LILA

[Michael Hamilton]

Ian,

Well remembered, but... it was a moth, not a butterfly. And now that
you brought that back into mind, I think the same goes for the new
Lila cover.

On 3/12/06, ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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