A Shortcut Through Time : The Path to the Quantum Computer (Vintage)

This is quite possibly my most favorite book cover of all time. It handles perfectly the message, does so in a cheeky and conceptual way, which makes sense to the sci-fi nerd in me – who knows exactly what is going on in the wormhole here, and the aesthetician in me who loves the balance and the effect. Bravo!

— , 2006-05-18 07:01:00 -0400

Wow.

— benjamin kinzer , 2006-05-18 09:06:00 -0400

Very nice!

— Colin Day , 2006-05-18 09:28:00 -0400

That is exceptionally nice and 381 times better than the original cover that you can see on Amazon.

— Matthew , 2006-05-18 11:05:00 -0400

Cool!

— Alvin , 2006-05-18 12:03:00 -0400

I would love to see it without the Polaroid white border around it

— mike , 2006-05-19 07:24:00 -0400

A bit of a gaffe on the first ‘h’ in Through, but otherwise a great cover.

— , 2006-05-19 11:06:00 -0400

How do you know the fourth-dimensional nature of a wormhole isn’t projecting the existence of the h into the future time-space continuum? Huh? HUH!? The image of the H is being projected to your eyes at the speed of light, but the h is actually travelling FASTER than the speed of light, so you see two h’s.

(I’m going to be laughed at for this, but I actually figured this out after learning of the Picard Maneuver, from Star Trek, hahaha! http://www.ccdump.org/picardmaneuver.htm oh dear.)

— , 2006-05-25 10:44:00 -0400

Well, the upper h goes to the right side of the wormhole, like it’s going in, and the bottom is to the left, like it’s coming out… I bet if you took the bit in the “wormhole” on the bottom it would match up to what’s in the “wormhole” on the top. Nice detail actually.

I think it works real well. It’s totally busted up but you still read it with no problem.

— , 2006-05-25 14:12:00 -0400

Can I get a poster?

— , 2006-05-26 02:47:00 -0400

The title is great (really great), but it’s a pity they couldn’t come up with a better, more fun, more integrated way of integrating the subtitle and author’s name.

— James Unwin , 2006-06-01 05:11:00 -0400

Id say the double use of the h is intentional. smashing cover.

— , 2006-06-07 12:36:00 -0400

So many things right about this cover…

— , 2006-06-09 12:31:00 -0400

I find that the typography at the bottom is somewhat unresolved.

— , 2006-08-25 08:52:00 -0400