Ran Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 That's very interesting. If that were true in this case, it would imply HBO is influencing the tie-in covers in a way they find best suited to their own purposes (i.e. promoting the series). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Before "Blade Runner" came out the publisher who had the tie-in novelization rights to the film wanted Philip K. Dick to write a new novelization based on the movie...which was based on his original novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep." Of course Dick thought the idea was insane and eventually convinced the publisher to re-release the original novel but with tie-in art to the film. The book was released with the new title "Blade Runner," but had the original title in a parenthetical below the rebranded title.That's the version I have, bought by my brother from Scholastic I believe when I was in 3rd or 4th grade.I am horrified by the idea of that a novelization of the movie might have displaced the original. It sounds like the idea from someone who doesn't really care about good fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 According to WiC, Bantam have said the art is only a placeholder, not the final image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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