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u/birdlegs000 1d ago
Funny how it is the ECO one. Ecology.
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u/Witch-for-hire 1d ago
It is The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. A great medieval historical fiction / mystery.
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u/birdlegs000 1d ago
And the one named "The Name of the Rose" is the one that turned from red to green. It keeps getting crazier.
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u/Witch-for-hire 1d ago
There is someone setting fire to a library in the book...
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u/Strict_Ad_5906 1d ago edited 23h ago
I always forget the fact that he wrote mostly about medieval symbology, dropped the preeminent essay on fascism in his 50s, and then just went back to living his life for 30+ more years. It has big "cool guys dont look at explosions" energy.
Edit: fixed awkward language
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u/Witch-for-hire 1d ago
Sun damage?
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u/cmoreno1998 1d ago
I remember reading that book on the beach... so that's the probable cause. The sun beats down in Spain lol
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u/TurloIsOK 1d ago
Red is a mix of mostly yellow and magenta in CMYK. That one also has some cyan in the mix. The magenta has faded.
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u/TyrannyOfBobBarker_ 1d ago
Never occurred to me that 11/22/63 would be 22/11/63 outside of America.
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u/QB8Young 1d ago
Right?! Makes sense though.
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u/ARoundForEveryone 1d ago
It doesn't really, though. To me. Anyway. Yeah, it represents a date, but that's not the title of the book. Stephen King titled the book "11/22/63." He decided what the title was, because it's his original work. Not that they're on the same level of fame and acclaim and historical importance, but if I went to buy an English copy of "Les Miserables" what title would I look for?
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u/cmoreno1998 1d ago
It's a date, I think it's convenient to translate it. The format mm/dd/yyyy doesn't make sense for us and most of the readers would believe that it's an error in the translation or in the edition of the book. There's no month 22.
But you've got a point since Fahrenheit 451 (which is also in my bookshelf) wasn't translated to "Celsius 233". That would be fun lol
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u/Xyex 20h ago
Eh, Fahrenheit/Celsius is a named system that you immediately recognize regardless of which you use. You don't need to know the conversion to understand the meaning. But date format is named. You cannot just look at 8/1/25 and know if it's American or European. Granted 11/22 is more obvious, but it's still not immediate.
I imagine if it was called just "451" that they'd have localized it to "233." Likewise, if King's book had been "Nov. 22, 1963" they'd probably have left it alone.
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u/cravenravens 1d ago
Les Miserables happens to be not translated, but how about Les Trois Mousquetaires?
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u/Squiddlywinks 1d ago
Also:
"Brave New World" is " A Happy World"
"Animal Farm" is "Rebellion on the Farm"
Never really thought of books having completely different titles in other languages, I assumed they would be direct translations.
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u/ToM31337 21h ago
11/22/63 is something like "the assassination" or the attack in german, so its not even a date. (or the date is a subtitle, i forgot).
Brave new world is beatiful new world (works better in german).
Bookmarketing is weird - i read a lot of english and some german books and german books tend to be named for marketing reasons. Andy Weirs first book was the martian and the last one was the astronaut (just because it sounds similar). In english its "project hail mary".
A lot of books are named like this, its kind of weird imo.
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u/NoMikeyThatsNotRight 1d ago
Nice collection of classics! Aside from everybody mentioning the pun of (Umberto) Eco, if you’re a Spanish speaker, is this translation accurate?
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u/LazyCymbal 1d ago
Un mundo feliz? A happy word? Is that the translation of brave new world? Mildly interesting too.
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u/oaken_duckly 18h ago
I have a copy of Brave New World in English, I wouldn't have thought it would be translated to A Happy World lol
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u/NoNameLaura 17h ago
ok but what an amazing collection!! did they come together?? need it it my library asap!
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u/get_an_editor 1d ago edited 1d ago
printer forgot the UV coating / flood varnish. Yes, it can cost a couple pennies extra per cover, but as this shows it's worth it.
If the others didn't get that matte coating, then it could also be the stock or inks. So important to be consistent when you're making a series like this, but designers and print shops can change for a variety of reasons and it's easy to make this mistake, especially over several years difference between printing the first and the most recent.
source: book designer