question about the books cover

[kzilla689]

i have the paper back version of this book and im curious why they have train which im asuming is blain. my question is why is train blue and not pink? I cant understand y the people who designed the cover made it blue instead. in the book they clearly say that blain is a pink monorail. could someone please explain to me why this is?

[J.T. Adams]

https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-zWx9KA-N4NAb8g5pg6j818mWWrmK_tx8UMeSniXEyoroHXv_

This cover? Is it blue or just ghostly?

[Spideyman]

My book does not have the train on the cover. Could it be a picture of Patricia, who was blue, while Blaine was pink?

[Becks19]

i have the paper back version of this book and im curious why they have train which im asuming is blain. my question is why is train blue and not pink? I cant understand y the people who designed the cover made it blue instead. in the book they clearly say that blain is a pink monorail. could someone please explain to me why this is?

The copy I had of Waste Lands had a black train that showed a skull on the front. I don't take this train to be Blaine, but Charlie the choo choo. I think when you get to Wizard and Glass it will make sense. It is hard to explain further, without blowing the story. I hope this helps a little bit.

[Owlnuggets]

I think they thought a blue and black cover would be more attractive than a pink one.
Notice that all of the accents of the book are black and blue.

[Stan_Richards_of_Windsor]

They do it with all the copies. My version has a brown train:
Maybe they thought pink would dissuade some people from reading it? I don't know.


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[kzilla689]

yeah i guess it could be her, but Blaine was main character of the waste lands lol

[champ1966]

My copy has a picture of Roland an Eddie in font of Lud

Eddie looks like David Banner from the 70's TV versin of The Incredible Hulk

[cat in a bag]

I always thought it was Charlie the Choo-Choo too, not Blaine.

[kzilla689]

yes that cover

[Becks19]

https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-zWx9KA-N4NAb8g5pg6j818mWWrmK_tx8UMeSniXEyoroHXv_

This cover? Is it blue or just ghostly?

That is the cover I had, and the train looked black to me. And the description describes Charlie. Not Blaine or Patricia who are supposed to be sleek and bullet like.

[GNTLGNT]

....just to make folks ask questions...worked great didn't it?....:biggrin2:

[champ1966]

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This is what I thought Blaine looked like

[king family fan]

So many covers. amazing for the same book. I just love to collect the different covers.

[randallFlaggfan1]

Well, the cover depicted on my personal copy shows a train in silhouette, with a blue hue in the background..

[popsqueak]

Hey I never thought of that, great spotting, I think you might be right!!!

[The Nameless]

Wondered what the hell you were talking about then. I keep forgetting that every King book has about 6 million different covers. Mine is a UK publication by Hodder/NEL, they are all the same size and style with only slight differences and different colours - except Dark Tower (vol 7) which is much bigger in height width and number of pages, plus it has lots of full page illustrations. It doesn't fit my collection.

Anyway, here is my wastelands front cover.
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[Chris1974100]

thats the version that i bought in the secondhand bookstore last month, its one of the best cover of Waste Land

[Chris1974100]

I think this is the best cover for the Waste Land 17452