{"id":1993,"date":"2011-03-17T15:29:43","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T21:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2011-03-19T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-19T17:35:25","slug":"the-clockwork-three-in-german-and-also-a-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/?p=1993","title":{"rendered":"The Clockwork Three in German, and also a contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted <a href=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/?p=1948\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the Complex Chine<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">se<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> cover<\/span><\/a> for <em>The Clockwork Three<\/em>. It&#8217;s been a lot of fun seeing how the foreign publishers handle the cover &#8211; different approaches work for different audiences. I recently came across the German cover, which is entirely different from the U.S. cover. Here it is:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/TC3-German.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1997\" title=\"TC3 German\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/TC3-German.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/TC3-German.jpg 380w, https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/TC3-German-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a>The elements of the book are all there. Giuseppe on his violin, Frederick working on a clock (placed inexplicably in a wall near the ground) and Hannah offering help. I believe the title translates to &#8220;The Movement of the Night,&#8221;\u00a0 which is quite lovely.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;re on the subject of <em>The Clockwork Three<\/em>, my friend and fellow writer, Elena Jube, is giving away a copy. Hop on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/elenajube.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/lucky-you-matthew-kirbys-clockwork.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">her blog<\/span><\/a> and give it a look, if you&#8217;re interested in winning one.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and Happy Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day! To celebrate, here are a couple of photos from a trip my wife and I took to Ireland a few years ago (my wife is the photographer).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2011\" title=\"Ladies View in Killarney National Park\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-300-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-300-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-300-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2010\" title=\"Ireland-7\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-564.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2013\" title=\"High Cross by St. Fachtnan's Church at Kilfenora\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-564-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-564-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-564-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-585.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2012\" title=\"Kylemore Abbey\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-585-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-585-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-585-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And here&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/?p=64\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">link to a post<\/span><\/a> I wrote a while ago about a Road Bowling game we encountered on the same trip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Ireland-300.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted the Complex Chinese cover for The Clockwork Three. It&#8217;s been a lot of fun seeing how the foreign publishers handle the cover &#8211; different approaches work for different audiences. I recently came across the German cover, which is entirely different from the U.S. cover. Here it is:<br \/>\nThe elements of the book are [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-the-clockwork-three"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mtjQ-w9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1993"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2017,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions\/2017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}