Shryke Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 I know many people prefer the new WoT ebook covers to the original by Sweet, but fuck most of them are godawful to look at. This latest cover joins the ranks of the uglies. . . :stillsick: :thumbsdown: PatrickI actually prefer the Sweet covers.These news ones are just .... hideous. It's like "Here's some cleavage, buy this book!".Black Lung CaptainWhat is this book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 What is this book?It's the second volume in the Tales of the Ketty Jay series, a fantasy/steampunk mash-up involving airship crews with a bit of a Firefly vibe. The first book was Retribution Falls, which got some coverage here last year. Chris Wooding posts on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Sir Dominic Flandry by Poul Anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelo Rebelo Firqoralas Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Sir Dominic Flandry by Poul Anderson.What a guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichen Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 What a guy!The phallus-symbolism is almost too subtle... :leaving: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitman13 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Another couple of sci-fi covers:Transformation Space by Marianne de PierresNew cover for Polity Agent by Neal Asher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Who Was Promised Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I know many people prefer the new WoT ebook covers to the original by Sweet, but fuck most of them are godawful to look at. This latest cover joins the ranks of the uglies. . . :stillsick: :thumbsdown: PatrickThey're not the best, but I've yet to see one cover worse than the Sweet covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 They're not the best, but I've yet to see one cover worse than the Sweet covers.Perhaps. . . But as was the case with Modesitt's Recluce covers, they provide a visual continuity to the series. The new ones are mostly visual turds, in my opinion. . .Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 *makes mental note to get Pat's address, then forward it to Harlequin, so he can review their covers* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat5150 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 *makes mental note to get Pat's address, then forward it to Harlequin, so he can review their covers*Larry,As bas as some Sweet covers are (LoC and KoD come to mind), they are still better than Harlequin covers! :stunned: Or are they!?!Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gormenghast Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 New covers make much better paintings but totally miss giving the book a proper context.It's not a problem of artists being chosen, it's a problem of the subject they choose for the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted April 16, 2010 Author Share Posted April 16, 2010 Some? You mean virtually all of them, unless you think the TGS cover that looks like Rand is giving the Black Power salute is a good illustration? :PAnd hey, you never know...you might end up liking chick lit ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azmure Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hard as it may be for most to believe, the thing that first attracted me to The Eye of the World was the Sweet cover. Something about the composition and colour scheme just really attracted me to it. Most of the earlier covers are all right, IMHO, but later on it was like he just stopped trying.I don't think the new covers give any kind of indication of what the books are actually like (although I don't mind the LoC 'action' cover featuring Dumai's Wells). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Who Was Promised Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hard as it may be for most to believe, the thing that first attracted me to The Eye of the World was the Sweet cover. Something about the composition and colour scheme just really attracted me to it. Most of the earlier covers are all right, IMHO, but later on it was like he just stopped trying.I don't think the new covers give any kind of indication of what the books are actually like (although I don't mind the LoC 'action' cover featuring Dumai's Wells).I thought the first three covers (by Sweet) were pretty decent. With the new covers, it's not the artists they need to fix, it's the scene they're depicting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The Weight of Stone by Laura Anne Gilman.US cover art for Morgan's The Dark Commands, in colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procrastimancer Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 US cover art for Morgan's The Dark Commands, in colour.And it appears that I will be purchasing from the UK again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The Weight of Stone by Laura Anne Gilman.So apparently that artist is the new go to guy for fantasy covers. They're not bad covers, but they're also not anything that make me sit up and take notice of those books. However, I would also not be embarrassed to be seen reading them, so I guess they've got that going for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The Weight of Stone by Laura Anne Gilman.Is there a release date for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 One of the biggest mess-ups recently is TOR switching cover art for Ken Scholes' Psalms of Isaak series.The Macnhess covers were stunning and now they switch to McGrath again for the rest of the series, totally different style that makes the series come across much more like a Steven Erikson ( Todd Lockwood art) sort of series. The Manchess covers worked very well in combination with what sort of books these were.I guess they felt sales could be better with better cover art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Is there a release date for that?October 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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