My illustrated collection of science fiction themed fairy tales, Vironevaeh: Science Fiction Fairy Tales, is now free to download for the Apple iPad. Click HERE to go to the iTunes page.
Happy reading!
My illustrated collection of science fiction themed fairy tales, Vironevaeh: Science Fiction Fairy Tales, is now free to download for the Apple iPad. Click HERE to go to the iTunes page.
Happy reading!
I love a well-made book. There is something awesome about a book with golden edges and an embossed cover. I like pages with heft and texture, and books with color illustration. However I am also a great fan of classic science fiction, and 1960s scifi seems rarely to intersect with fine binding techniques. I often go to the used book stores and find paperbacks with yellow cracked pages and broken spines. The cover art is often wonderful, but these books are dying and falling apart. Many of these books have not been reprinted recently, or are offered only for outrageous prices as ebooks.
Lovely books were always a source of inspiration as a kid. This Tasha Tudor fairy tale book was my favorite (and was a big source of inspiration for my own collection of fairy tales). I hope with the rise in ebooks, we will see a rise in beautiful books. When you need not spend space on books, perhaps that space will be spent on books that are also art objects. Lately, I feel like I’ve been seeing more attention towards the appearance of books. Right now it’s more limited to literary classics, but I hope it will grow towards science fiction, which seems like it could benefit from such visualizations. Here are a few pretty books I’ve noticed:
I would love to hear about any other finds as well. Good hunting! (And here’s some lovely bookcases as well.)
Vironevaeh: Science Fiction Fairy Tales are now available here through Gumroad. For $3.50, you can purchase drm-free PDFs of the fairy tales in both portrait and landscape. These pdfs can be transferred to tablets, printed out, or whatever. Gumroad is a relatively new site that facilitates distributing documents online.
On a totally different note, I’ve started working on an idea for a board game. I have been wanting to make a board game for a while, since the production is pretty similar to bookbinding. Over the next few months, I will work on the game play, and hopefully I’ll have something to put on here before too long.
I have three steps forward for the Fairy Tales coming soon:
Stay tuned for all these wonderful updates! I will post them here once I complete them.
A sample of Vironevaeh: Science Fiction Fairy Tales is in the slideshow below. This story is about a stained glass window that comes to life, but only for two children. This sample chapter is also available through Apple iTunes. See the Vironevaeh: Science Fiction Fairy tales page to learn more about availability.
“Vironevaeh: Science Fiction Fairy Tales” is now available for purchase through Etsy as a digital PDF:
Vironevaeh: Science Fiction Fairy Tales on Etsy!
I hope to expand the Etsy store in the near future to include hand-bound copies of the book. First I wish to make a few for inventory. Stay tuned!
I also hope to add the collection to the Amazon store in the near future. I plan to add any future ebooks to these three locations.