Kristen Shahmir wrote: >Is the COVER of the book really that important?!! Maybe Salinger wants >his readers to begin a work with absolutely no contrivances as to how the >characters appear, etc. i kind of prefer them this way. Somehow i can't >see a rosy cheeked studio art design of Holden. It would just ruin it >somehow. I like simple covers too and I know that Salinger insists that his book covers have no pictures or anything like that but the burgundy cover version of Catcher that someone else mentioned is very simple too and in my opinion MUCH nicer than the white covers with black writing. That burgundy one just has an overall better quality feel to it when you hold it in your hand. The white-covered books just look unprofessional. My copy of "RHTR,C and S:AI" is a very simple yellow cover with white writing. The copies of "F&Z" and "Nine Stories" that I have are the white covered ones and they're annoying, but I couldn't find any other. =================================================== david@cybermail.net - http://www.biogate.com/david ===================================================