It took less time to design them than to scour every page of the book to find the datapoints I needed to visualize. I came up with two concepts: a double-gatefold map of 1810 London that detailed all the major plot locations in the book, and a single-gatefold infographic explaining the body-swapping and temporal gates that occur in the book. The most time-consuming part of the book design were the tipped-in gatefolds. I had the luxury of having full color on the inside as well, so I used red as a liberal accent color and an islamic-inspired geometric design for the facing pages of each chapter beginning. The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 3.91 15,526 ratings1,451 reviews Want to read Kindle 13.99 Rate this book Brendan Doyle, a specialist in the work of the early-nineteenth century poet William Ashbless, reluctantly accepts an invitation from a millionaire to act as a guide to time-travelling tourists. I took a similar tack with the interior design. The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 3.91 15,693 ratings1,459 reviews Brendan Doyle, a specialist in the work of the early-nineteenth century poet William Ashbless, reluctantly accepts an invitation from a millionaire to act as a guide to time-travelling tourists. The keyhole die cut in the middle of the matching case halves references the unlocking of the gates. The title hieroglyphs say as close to “Anubis Gates” as my Google scholarly skills could muster. I didn’t want to visually compete with his beautiful scenes, so I thought about pulling back the design as far as possible, to basic elements.įor the case and book covers, I liked the idea of trying to marry this very iconographic Egyptian art style (with the Anubis and the hieroglyphs) to a super-restrained geometric design in black, red, and silver. When I joined the project, artist David Palumbo had already painted several breathtaking and evocative paintings depicting different plot points in the book. Tim Power’ classic time travel novel, The Anubis Gates, is a huge favorite of mine, and when Centipede Press asked me if I’d be interested in designing a deluxe slipcased edition, I jumped at the chance. Scope: packaging, interior design and gatefold illustrations

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