Comments on: Our Year Of Agatha Christie Covers: 1: Death In The Clouds http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:41:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Steve Starrs http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-431861 Steve Starrs Fri, 30 May 2008 20:06:42 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-431861 Well, the UK series "Doctor Who" recently did a story set on the day Agatha Christie disappeared. The story was a parody of murder mystery stories and featured various Christie book titles in the script. The title of this Doctor Who story................."The Unicorn and The Wasp" ( The wasp was an alien lifeform ! ) Well, the UK series “Doctor Who” recently did a story set on the day Agatha Christie disappeared. The story was a parody of murder mystery stories and featured various Christie book titles in the script.

The title of this Doctor Who story……………..”The Unicorn and The Wasp” ( The wasp was an alien lifeform ! )

]]> By: Alan http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-422732 Alan Sat, 17 May 2008 19:20:06 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-422732 ha ha ha. this cover DID 'inspire' the who ep! ha ha ha. this cover DID ‘inspire’ the who ep!

]]> By: Alix http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-392353 Alix Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:35:59 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-392353 Frankly even I forget to contribute to my flickr groups, so I wouldn't worry too much about it! Frankly even I forget to contribute to my flickr groups, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it!

]]> By: jeff w http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-392186 jeff w Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:11:39 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-392186 Oops I promised Alix I would contribute to her flickr page and forgot. Will try and do better soon. Not that I'm anti-small animals or anything, but here's hoping for weasel and WOL in future weeks of OYOACC. Oops I promised Alix I would contribute to her flickr page and forgot. Will try and do better soon.

Not that I’m anti-small animals or anything, but here’s hoping for weasel and WOL in future weeks of OYOACC.

]]> By: Pete http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-392145 Pete Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:18:13 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-392145 Looks like someone will be ideally placed to contribute to this regular column then! Greg, we'll be finding some good covers for you, there really are some bizarre ones waiting for you. Looks like someone will be ideally placed to contribute to this regular column then!

Greg, we’ll be finding some good covers for you, there really are some bizarre ones waiting for you.

]]> By: Alix http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391880 Alix Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:28:36 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391880 http://www.flickr.com/groups/85619071@N00/ flickr group, flickr group! http://www.flickr.com/groups/85619071@N00/

flickr group, flickr group!

]]> By: Greg Fanoe http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391869 Greg Fanoe Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:50:23 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391869 I just started reading Agatha Christie myself, and my brief exposure reveals that almost all of the books are interchangeably entertaining. All of the books I have have v boring covers though. I just started reading Agatha Christie myself, and my brief exposure reveals that almost all of the books are interchangeably entertaining. All of the books I have have v boring covers though.

]]> By: Lena http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391813 Lena Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:50:29 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391813 Thanks Lex! My favorite Rankin is actually one where he realizes he needs other people and isn't actually the lonely miserable bastard he thinks of himself as being...I can't remember the title right now, but it ends up with his sidekick being endangered by a madman in a plane (sans wasps). Thanks Lex!

My favorite Rankin is actually one where he realizes he needs other people and isn’t actually the lonely miserable bastard he thinks of himself as being…I can’t remember the title right now, but it ends up with his sidekick being endangered by a madman in a plane (sans wasps).

]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391800 Marcello Carlin Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:21:17 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391800 It'll be a different story when you get there, Lex, just mark (sinker) my words... It’ll be a different story when you get there, Lex, just mark (sinker) my words…

]]> By: lex http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391795 lex Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:07:23 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391795 lena, i would start with <i>the murder at the vicarage</i> or <i>murder on the orient express</i>, which are 'classic' christies, then go...anywhere, really, from there! i tried to read ian rankin but i started really hating rebus - that sort of middle-aged male grumpiness is such an annoying pose, and i tend to find any art which deals with people having mid-life crises unbearably tedious. lena, i would start with the murder at the vicarage or murder on the orient express, which are ‘classic’ christies, then go…anywhere, really, from there!

i tried to read ian rankin but i started really hating rebus - that sort of middle-aged male grumpiness is such an annoying pose, and i tend to find any art which deals with people having mid-life crises unbearably tedious.

]]> By: lex http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391793 lex Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:03:34 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391793 the illustration is accurate insofar as in the book a) there is a plane b) there is a wasp (OR IS THERE???) i would venture that had the relationship between plane and putative wasp been akin to the one illustrated above, the plot would have been very different. the illustration is accurate insofar as in the book a) there is a plane b) there is a wasp (OR IS THERE???)

i would venture that had the relationship between plane and putative wasp been akin to the one illustrated above, the plot would have been very different.

]]> By: Lena http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391781 Lena Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:16:24 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391781 One day I hope to gain permanent residence status in the UK & for all I know they will drill me on British crime writers I've read. I've read lots of Ian Rankin, but feel Agatha could be my ace in the hole. Where should I start with her (I don't know if stories about gigantic wasps attacking planes is the ideal first try)? One day I hope to gain permanent residence status in the UK & for all I know they will drill me on British crime writers I’ve read. I’ve read lots of Ian Rankin, but feel Agatha could be my ace in the hole. Where should I start with her (I don’t know if stories about gigantic wasps attacking planes is the ideal first try)?

]]> By: Tom http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391763 Tom Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:59:18 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391763 It's like Lollards Days round here. It’s like Lollards Days round here.

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391759 Pete Baran Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:42:16 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391759 ALAN COREN. ALAN COREN.

]]> By: Alan http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391740 Alan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:03:21 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391740 after the stone/rock/henge age and the bronze age came the iron age. But who was the first ironist? after the stone/rock/henge age and the bronze age came the iron age. But who was the first ironist?

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391737 Pete Baran Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:58:03 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391737 Its Fontana's 11th Impression, 1970 (nice decimalisation price range on the back). I'll scan it for you soon, its a trip! Its Fontana’s 11th Impression, 1970 (nice decimalisation price range on the back). I’ll scan it for you soon, its a trip!

]]> By: a logged out p^nk s lord sukråt wötsit http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391732 a logged out p^nk s lord sukråt wötsit Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:51:06 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391732 a hengist is someone who fails to appreciate EXPERIMENTAL HORSA <--- p^nk s joke of the WEEK omg *sigh* a hengist is someone who fails to appreciate EXPERIMENTAL HORSA <— p^nk s joke of the WEEK omg *sigh*

]]> By: Alan http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391722 Alan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:22:28 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391722 nothing for 'death in the air' either. there is a record of a 1967 edition of DU - but no cover in our archive... yet. Bonus Fontana fact - the Fountain logo was designed for Collins by famous weirdo Eric Gill. I've recently seen the logo back on some HC book jackets. That fishies dsign turns out to have been a "Christie" style used for all her books at some point in the 70s. WAIT 'Death in the Clouds' found it! All quite prosaic covers (that we have). The earliest being a generic green 'Crime Club' design. The most recent featuring a SPOILAZ ... 'blow pipe' in the hands of an air passenger. nothing for ‘death in the air’ either. there is a record of a 1967 edition of DU - but no cover in our archive… yet.

Bonus Fontana fact - the Fountain logo was designed for Collins by famous weirdo Eric Gill. I’ve recently seen the logo back on some HC book jackets.

That fishies dsign turns out to have been a “Christie” style used for all her books at some point in the 70s.

WAIT ‘Death in the Clouds’ found it! All quite prosaic covers (that we have). The earliest being a generic green ‘Crime Club’ design. The most recent featuring a SPOILAZ … ‘blow pipe’ in the hands of an air passenger.

]]> By: Tim http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391719 Tim Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:16:04 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391719 The only time I can recall coming across the word "Hengist" before is as the forename of the Jim Dale character, Hengist Pod, in "Carry On Cleo". (Er, a quick search shows me he was in fact King o'the Jutes, who knew?) Is a Hengist someone who has v particular and traditional views on Henges (e.g. what materials any given henge is made from)? The only time I can recall coming across the word “Hengist” before is as the forename of the Jim Dale character, Hengist Pod, in “Carry On Cleo”. (Er, a quick search shows me he was in fact King o’the Jutes, who knew?)

Is a Hengist someone who has v particular and traditional views on Henges (e.g. what materials any given henge is made from)?

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391718 Pete Baran Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:12:40 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391718 Also known as Death In The Air. Destination Unknown needs to be seen (scanned) to be believed. Nevertheless happy for you to join in on this project and perhaps even talk about about your knowledge of the art of the cover. Also known as Death In The Air.

Destination Unknown needs to be seen (scanned) to be believed. Nevertheless happy for you to join in on this project and perhaps even talk about about your knowledge of the art of the cover.

]]> By: Alan http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391716 Alan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:04:59 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391716 I just happen to have access to a massive archive of agatha covers. however the oldest 'Destination <s>Calabria</s> Unknown' i currently have is from the 70s and is a geometric fishies image. if you want it, i'll upload and post. most of the covers from the 30s-50s were green coloured, perhaps piggy-backing on the penguin green crime jackets. maybe we never published 'death in the sky' as it's not in our records :-( I just happen to have access to a massive archive of agatha covers. however the oldest ‘Destination Calabria Unknown’ i currently have is from the 70s and is a geometric fishies image. if you want it, i’ll upload and post.

most of the covers from the 30s-50s were green coloured, perhaps piggy-backing on the penguin green crime jackets.

maybe we never published ‘death in the sky’ as it’s not in our records :-(

]]> By: Pete Baran http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391710 Pete Baran Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:01:41 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391710 I get no sense of perspective here! And look, they are flying over the moon, so its probably a deadly space wasp!!!! I get no sense of perspective here! And look, they are flying over the moon, so its probably a deadly space wasp!!!!

]]> By: a logged out p^nk s lord sukråt wötsit http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391703 a logged out p^nk s lord sukråt wötsit Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:49:11 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2008/03/our-year-of-agatha-christie-covers-1-death-in-the-clouds/#comment-391703 fr ted to fr dougal: "this is <i>small</i> but this is <i>far away</i>" fr dougal to fr ted: "oh right! and what about slightly see-thru?" fr ted to fr dougal: “this is small but this is far away”
fr dougal to fr ted: “oh right! and what about slightly see-thru?”

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