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2018 -- The Emerald Year
I have just learned how fallible my childhood memories are.
In elementary, I borrowed The Emerald City of Oz from my school library. Their edition had color illustrations with shiny green ink.
I just purchased an edition of The Emerald City of Oz that should have also contained similar illustrations. When I picked up the book, I thought that the illustrations lacked the metallic green ink. In particular, the illustration of Dorothy holding a broom seemed drab in comparison to the illustration that I remembered seeing in the school library book.
Bad advertising provokes my ire. Even the book's afterword highlights its similarity to the 1910 first edition.
I have revised my opinion since I acquired the novel. Both the cover and the illustration of Auntie Em staring down the Cowardly Lion shimmer a bit. The afterword also mentions 'gold glitter'...It might appear in the washes?
So, either A) I have an erroneous memory (which is likely) or B) the publisher has changed how much ink that they layer on specific illustrations in the last 20 years.
I like the version in my memories better. At the same time, I have difficulty justifying sending an email to the publisher about missing ink.
On another note, what does my choice of book for 2018 mean?
( Spoilers ahead )
In elementary, I borrowed The Emerald City of Oz from my school library. Their edition had color illustrations with shiny green ink.
I just purchased an edition of The Emerald City of Oz that should have also contained similar illustrations. When I picked up the book, I thought that the illustrations lacked the metallic green ink. In particular, the illustration of Dorothy holding a broom seemed drab in comparison to the illustration that I remembered seeing in the school library book.
Bad advertising provokes my ire. Even the book's afterword highlights its similarity to the 1910 first edition.
I have revised my opinion since I acquired the novel. Both the cover and the illustration of Auntie Em staring down the Cowardly Lion shimmer a bit. The afterword also mentions 'gold glitter'...It might appear in the washes?
So, either A) I have an erroneous memory (which is likely) or B) the publisher has changed how much ink that they layer on specific illustrations in the last 20 years.
I like the version in my memories better. At the same time, I have difficulty justifying sending an email to the publisher about missing ink.
On another note, what does my choice of book for 2018 mean?
( Spoilers ahead )