Yes, that's a "Govrland" phony on the cover of a Stephen King novel: Sie (She), the German translation of Misery. Credit goes to Rodja Pavlik for discovering this travesty. As he says, this thing isn't going to stop any Annie Wilkes.
Haha... thanks for the confirmation that it IS indeed a Govrland. And I think you are right, it seems to be made of thin sheet metal, not plastic as I wrote.
Back then when the book came out in Germany and Austria (where I live) I always wondered why it was titled "Sie" (She) and not "Elend" (the german translation for "Misery" - I didn't know then that this is also used as a name in the English spoken area). I thought it was a marketing gag to play with pronouns (kind of foreshadowing? ;-D) - because there was "Es" ("It") - and I half expected a book with the title "Er" ("He").
I've never heard of a real person actually named "Misery," even though it is the name of a fictional character written by King's fictional character. Yes, I bet the German publisher wanted to capitalize on the success of "Es."
it will be interesting how you report the "fake" "selten evertype" when it debuts on your novel (which i am being super slow in designing the chapter graphics).
Haha... thanks for the confirmation that it IS indeed a Govrland. And I think you are right, it seems to be made of thin sheet metal, not plastic as I wrote.
ReplyDeleteBack then when the book came out in Germany and Austria (where I live) I always wondered why it was titled "Sie" (She) and not "Elend" (the german translation for "Misery" - I didn't know then that this is also used as a name in the English spoken area). I thought it was a marketing gag to play with pronouns (kind of foreshadowing? ;-D) - because there was "Es" ("It") - and I half expected a book with the title "Er" ("He").
I've never heard of a real person actually named "Misery," even though it is the name of a fictional character written by King's fictional character. Yes, I bet the German publisher wanted to capitalize on the success of "Es."
DeleteWhat! Dear oh dear. That's a disaster of a cover.
ReplyDeleteit will be interesting how you report the "fake" "selten evertype" when it debuts on your novel (which i am being super slow in designing the chapter graphics).
ReplyDeleteThe Govrland is existent but phony; the Evertype is nonexistent but genuine. I'll take the Evertype!
DeleteTravesty! :D
ReplyDeleteBy the way, a further piece of phoniness is the crumpled-up sheet on top of the Govrland. It's obviously word-processed, not typed!
ReplyDeleteYou, Sir, you have an "Adlerauge".
DeleteI think people think those fake typewriters are artistic for some reason.
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