[Bastard of Godsgrace]

RedEyedGhost, on Mar 3 2009, 05.05, said:

What a wonderful cover. :) And the story sounds pretty good too.

It looks like it's out in Oct. in the UK... how about the US?

It didn't escape my notice that character called previously Mengele Grossbart is now called Manfred. Ah, the eternal power of censorship :angry:

[Myshkin]

RedEyedGhost, on Mar 2 2009, 20.05, said:

What a wonderful cover. :) And the story sounds pretty good too.

It looks like it's out in Oct. in the UK... how about the US?

I'm not really fond at all of that cover. Yeah the skull thing is clever, but it's been done before, and better.

[Jussi]

The Republic of Thieves UK cover art. It looks kind of familiar...

[Jussi]

Cover art for Ken Scholes' Canticle.

[Werthead]

UK cover art for Traitor's Gate by Kate Elliott.

Plus the inferior American cover art for the same.

[NickRocks]

Jussi, on Apr 2 2009, 06.02, said:

Cover art for Ken Scholes' Canticle.

I like that one. Pretty consistent with Lamentation's cover too.

[Jussi]

Cover art for Pratchett's Unseen Academicals.

[Jussi]

New Daniel Abraham covers from Orbit:

Shadow and Betrayal
Seasons of War

Cover art for the paperback edition of The Company by K.J. Parker:
http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/assets/images...81841495101.jpg

[Jussi]

Cover art for Robin Hobb's The Dragon Keeper.

[Calibandar]

I've been waiting to see what they came up with for Dragon Keeper. A shame to see this, much less impressive than the John Howe covers that were used for her precious series. They shouldn't have dropped Howe.

This post has been edited by Calibandar: 21 May 2009 - 07:44 AM

[LianeM]

Oof, that is some bland cover art for Dragon Keeper.

I like the font, but that's about the only nice thing I can find to say about it. Who's the target audience for that design?

[Sheep the Deposed]

Jussi, on May 15 2009, 17.38, said:

New Daniel Abraham covers from Orbit:

Shadow and Betrayal
Seasons of War

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

How am i gonna put this and that together on the same bookshelf.

[Calibandar]

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Who's the target audience for that design?

I agree. The dragon looks childishly drawn, which would lead one to think this may be a book for children. The dragon itself on the cover will tell mainstream readers that this is Fantasy, and will thus be avioided. But for Fantasy fans of the more traditional nature ( many of which are Hobb's market) this looks less impressive than what they are used to for Fantasy covers. It's the name of the author that has to carry a lot of weight here.

[AprilFool]

Calibandar, on May 21 2009, 14.35, said:

I agree. The dragon looks childishly drawn, which would lead one to think this may be a book for children. The dragon itself on the cover will tell mainstream readers that this is Fantasy, and will thus be avioided. But for Fantasy fans of the more traditional nature ( many of which are Hobb's market) this looks less impressive than what they are used to for Fantasy covers. It's the name of the author that has to carry a lot of weight here.

I agree. I thought the dragon looked a little pathetic, sickly even, but then I read a bit about the plot of the book which seems to involve caring for runt dragons or something like that, so perhaps the design is an attempt to reflect the storyline?

Still, a very bland cover. I hope the book is better.

[Jussi]

UK cover art for Sanderson's The Final Empire.

[RedEyedGhost]

Jussi, on Jun 7 2009, 17.38, said:

UK cover art for Sanderson's The Final Empire.

I really liked the US covers for the Mistborn books, but I really like this cover. The only thing I think they could do to improve it would be to put the background in a negative - a black/gray sky would fit very well with the text. Fantastic ;) cover.

[Jussi]

Steven Erikson's Bauchelain and Korbal Broach (forthcoming Tor edition).

US cover art for Pratchett's Unseen Academicals.

This post has been edited by Jussi: 17 June 2009 - 05:11 AM

[Gormenghast]

It's quite a surprise that Tor releases a decent cover for an Erikson book (beside the horrible green on the name).

Maybe more people will read what I consider Erikson's masterpiece and, without a doubt, the very best thing I ever read in fantasy and sci-fi. That book is my all time favorite (even if the first novella can't reach the awesomeness of the other two).

[Jussi]

Elves: Once Walked with Gods by James Barclay

Mistborn cover art from Gollancz:
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages

[jamesM]

Cover art for the re-release of Dan Simmon's 'Carrion Comfort' - not sure who it's by.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/...239&s=books

They are certainly milking that King quote for all it's worth, which is probably quite a lot...