Literary Hub is very pleased to reveal the cover for Naomi Alderman's new novel The Future , which will be published by Simon and Schuster this November. Here's more about the book from the publisher: A compulsive technological thriller, The Future is a tour de force of intelligence and storytelling, marrying white-knuckle narrative propulsion with an intellectually dazzling critique of the world we have made, in which a few billionaires profit on the lives of many and lead us willingly to our doom. And here is the cover: Jackie Seow, VP, Director of Art, Simon and Schuster told Lit Hub: The Future is an epic piece of feminist fictionFiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places in ways that are imaginary or inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose – often referring specifically to novels, novellas, and short stories.[4][5] More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium, including not just writings but also live theatrical performances, films, television programs, radio dramas, comics, role-playing games, and video games.... in a male dominated sci-fi genre with strong human connections. Naomi's previous book, The Power , has a huge fan base so the cover for The Future needed to resonate with them. The rabbit and the fox represent opposing ideologies: fear and survival, respectively. We tried many different styles of illustration, and even photography and kept revisiting that theme. David Litman, one of the 3 designers working on this cover, redrew the fox and rabbit in a linear overlapping graphic with the suggestion that each was in a silver and gold foil. We loved it! It was strong and unique. We were eager for something with the visual pop of The Power , so we played around with just the solo fox and it was still strong but lacked the layer and duality of the previous. The editor suggested we […]
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