kryz: Pan Macmillan is re-issuing Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy series in September with a new set of covers, in celebration of 30 years since the original publication. The first book in the series features a ‘DIY cover’, and comes with stickers so that readers can create their own design. “We knew the key for this would be to make the books attractive to the Hitchhiker’s newcomer, but also have some hidden or cryptic element for the die-hard fans,” says Chris Pelling of Crush. “The books themselves are farcical (and possibly a bit psychedelic), so the simple comic style set against the real life photo of space seemed to fit the slightly surreal style of writing.” (via Creative Review) Thinking about buying those. Again.

kryz:

Pan Macmillan is re-issuing Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy series in September with a new set of covers, in celebration of 30 years since the original publication.

The first book in the series features a ‘DIY cover’, and comes with stickers so that readers can create their own design. “We knew the key for this would be to make the books attractive to the Hitchhiker’s newcomer, but also have some hidden or cryptic element for the die-hard fans,” says Chris Pelling of Crush. “The books themselves are farcical (and possibly a bit psychedelic), so the simple comic style set against the real life photo of space seemed to fit the slightly surreal style of writing.”

(via Creative Review)

Thinking about buying those. Again.