Alaerien Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Haha, I think we all agree on Heroes Die. But what I immediately thought of when I saw the title was this one.I'm a huge fan of THE DEMON'S LEXICON, but I agree about the US cover. And yet I love the UK cover - the UK covers for this series have been consistently better. Makes me glad I'm a Brit.No worst book cover discussion is complete without the romance novel cover that gave its heroine three hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liadin Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Battle of the Blackwater Bay man.Looks like something from the Big Box o' Bad Fantasy Covers to me. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigei Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I'm a huge fan of THE DEMON'S LEXICON, but I agree about the US cover. And yet I love the UK cover - the UK covers for this series have been consistently better. Makes me glad I'm a Brit.No worst book cover discussion is complete without the romance novel cover that gave its heroine three hands.http://squawkradio.blogspot.com/2005/05/on-other-hand-christina-dodd-talks.htmlAnd she sold more books because of the notoriety! It's a collector's dream book hahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 I just don't get who thinks some of these covers are a good idea. Like the Heroes Die cover? How can someone see that and think "that exhibits exactly what I want and will really help this book sell."? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palimpsest. Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I'm a huge fan of THE DEMON'S LEXICON, but I agree about the US cover. And yet I love the UK cover - the UK covers for this series have been consistently better. Makes me glad I'm a Brit.Indeed, the UK cover is much better. And, to be fair, they did change the US cover later on. It's only a bit better, though.@Evil Hat: I'm pretty sure these are Croatian, not Serbian, since the publisher is Algoritam (from Croatia, afaik). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkemikk Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 @Evil Hat: I'm pretty sure these are Croatian, not Serbian, since the publisher is Algoritam (from Croatia, afaik).You're right Trin, 100% Croation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Hat Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 I get my info from Larry's blog - and, after checking it a second ago, see that he was mistaken and updated it with the correct country (some time before my post). Sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 While it's probably not one of the worst covers ever, my copy of Antiphon by Ken Scholes arrived yesterday and it is so much worse than the online pics made me expect.I bring it up because I think the disparity in cover quality from Lamentation and Canticle to Antiphon is one of greatest intra-series variances that I've ever come across.I'm not a big fan of McGrath's work in general, but it definitely doesn't feel right for this series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procrastimancer Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 While it's probably not one of the worst covers ever, my copy of Antiphon by Ken Scholes arrived yesterday and it is so much worse than the online pics made me expect.I bring it up because I think the disparity in cover quality from Lamentation and Canticle to Antiphon is one of greatest intra-series variances that I've ever come across.I'm not a big fan of McGrath's work in general, but it definitely doesn't feel right for this series.I considered buying this yesterday, as I have bought every one of Scholes' books on release, but that cover has put me off it. It was worth it for the other two books, that they looked good was some justification for putting down the money for a hardcover. This one... I think I am going to wait for the paperback. Otherwise, if I buy the hardcover, I am just going to rip off the dust jacket and throw it away and it wouldn't fit in with the other two anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 I was just looking at some J.V. Jones books, and man, does she have some horrible covers.The worst is that there are multiple versions of some of the books and they all have terrible covers. (Is the Shrike in one of her books?)I like fantasy but I tend to lean more towards a Martinesque story where it is closer to a Medieval setting. Don't get me wrong I still love some stories with lots of magic and stuff, but the covers for JV Jones are a bit of a turn off for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Changes Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Look at this cover. Yeah right, hippy! Get a job you acid head!http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/9395/39686410300c5d921e2a.jpgNah, I'm kidding that's an awesome cover and I bought it because of the author's reputation and the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Ned's Bones Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Great thread, and thanks for the sir link.The russian cover of Steven Erikson's Deadhouse Gates. One of my all-time favorites. I used this to make one of my concert posters once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalThor Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I think these nice covers for Prince of Nothing win.Those are hideous.My first thought was, of course, the US WoT covers, So which WoT book is the worst? CoS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Hat Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 The worst WoT is definitely LoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacen Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 The Penetrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 the US WoT covers, So which WoT book is the worst? CoS?All of them. They are all the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spastic Plastic Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 This cover must be the lowest of the low. No, actually, that's probably the best cover I've ever seen for any book, ever. I seriously want to read it, just to find out what the fuck is happening here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickg Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 That one is bad but the penetrator takes the cake. Double Penetrator made me giggle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 This cover must be the lowest of the low. No, actually, that's probably the best cover I've ever seen for any book, ever. I seriously want to read it, just to find out what the fuck is happening here.That is a weird cover. I read a few of the Lone Wolf books, but I'm not sure if I read that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Nan Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 The Penetrator.I think laughing/wheezing/coughing at that brought up all the phlegm that was troubling me. Thank you for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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