Circle Game (1)

By: Joshua Glenn
July 2, 2015

One in a series of posts dedicated to circles used as metaphors on vintage book and LP covers, movie posters, etc.

The Scarlet Circle (1943), murder mystery by Jonathan Stagge — pen name of Hugh Callingham Wheeler, who is best known under his moniker Patrick Quentin. Circle marking the spot — interesting to compare the meaning of a circle to that of an X, in this context.

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SIMILAR HILOBROW SERIES: BICYCLE KICK | CECI EST UNE PIPE — a gallery | CHESS MATCH — a gallery | EGGHEAD — a gallery | CIRCLE GAME | FILE X — a gallery | HILOBROW COVERS — a gallery | THE BOOK IS A WEAPON — a gallery | EGGHEAD — a gallery | LATF HIPSTER

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Semiotics, Spectacles

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Josh Glenn, HILOBROW's editor, is a principal of the commercial semiotics agency Semiovox. He is co-author and/or co-editor of several books, including The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, and the bestselling family activities guide UNBORED. In the ’00s, Josh was a columnist and blogger for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section; in the ’90s, he published the zine/journal Hermenaut. He lives in Boston.