| Title | Publisher | 1987 | Notable Page | |-------|-----------|------|--------------| | Desktop Publishing for the PC | Byte Books | 1987 | Page 112: "[PICTURE IS NOT SHOWN] Figure 7.3" | | Introduction to LaserWriter | Apple User Group | 1987 (Internal) | Page 33: Blank box with small text | | The MacPublisher Manual | Hayden Books | 1987 | Page 89: "Picture is not shown (original omitted)" | | Using Ventura Publisher | Xerox Press | 1987 | Chapter 4: Multiple missing diagrams |
Beyond technical limitations, the missing picture in 1987 frequently points to the political climate of the late Cold War era. In various geopolitical contexts, the control of imagery was a primary tool of state power. When a picture is "not shown" in the literary record of 1987, it often signifies an intervention by authority. For instance, in documents relating to volatile political transitions or social unrest, the removal of visual evidence (e.g., blacked-out faces, removed pages) served to gaslight the public reality. The paper analyzes how authors and historians of 1987 navigated these restrictions. By describing a picture that the reader cannot see (" The photograph, which was confiscated by authorities, depicted... "), writers subverted censorship, turning the absence of the image into a more damning indictment of the regime than the image itself could have been. picture is not shown book 1987
The answer lies in the economics and logistics of mass-market publishing in the mid-1980s. The Tommyknockers was a massive book—over 700 pages in its first edition. To keep costs down, some paperback reprints omitted certain visual elements. The caption “picture is not shown” was a relic of the transition from the hardcover layout, where drawings by Stephen King’s longtime illustrator, perhaps someone like Phil Parks or Linda Fennimore, had once appeared. In rushed reprints, the text remained, but the images vanished. | Title | Publisher | 1987 | Notable
" (1987) : The iconic book (known as Where's Waldo? in North America) first published in 1987, where the main "picture" or character is famously hard to see W.J.T. Mitchell’s " For instance, in documents relating to volatile political