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[Procrastimancer]

sciborg2, on 24 May 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

I just hope Ellis doesn't fuck up the ending (Planetary), get lazy with the plot details that explain why things happen (Gravel), or just lose himself in his need for shock value even when writing some nicely worded sentences (Transmetropolitan).

*shrug*

I vastly prefer his non-comics work. Give me Crooked Little Vein, Shivering Sands, and Do Anything over his comics.

[Sci-2]

Oh don't get me wrong, Ellis can do really good work, just seems to fall a little short a lot of the time.

[Jussi]

Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson (final UK cover).

[Werthead]

Ice and Fire by David Wingrove, the fourth volume in the revamped Chung Kuo sequence.

[aidan]

The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks

[Jussi]

Legion by Brandon Sanderson.

Crown Thief by David Tallerman.

Night of the Swarm by Robert V.S. Redick (US cover).

Edited by Jussi, 01 June 2012 - 09:16 AM.

[Sci-2]

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Night of the Swarm by Robert V.S. Redick (US cover)

I always wanted one of those Telsa globe thingies.

[Jussi]

Recent and upcoming Finnish cover art:

Damned by Chuck Palahniuk.
Flashback by Dan Simmons.
The Modern World by Steph Swainston.
Snake Agent by Liz Williams.

The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi.
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe.

[Jussi]

From Jo Fletcher Books:

Knife-Sworn by Mazarkis Williams.
Blood's Pride by Evie Manieri.

From Night Shade:

The Siren Depths by Martha Wells.
Terminal Island by Walter Greatshell.

[Jussi]

The Wurms of Blearmouth by Steven Erikson.

Railsea by China Miéville (Subterranean Press edition).

[Jussi]

Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis.

[Rob B]

Wow, that Tregillis cover is SOO generic and so un-genre. It looks like it could be a Mack Bolan cover, maybe that's Tor's aim with it?

[Myshkin]

Rob B, on 16 June 2012 - 08:57 PM, said:

Wow, that Tregillis cover is SOO generic and so un-genre. It looks like it could be a Mack Bolan cover, maybe that's Tor's aim with it?

I read that as "Marc Bolan", and I was about ready to fist fight you.

[jagilki]

Jussi, on 16 June 2012 - 04:53 PM, said:

Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis.

Is this a Torchwood tie-in novel?

[Calibandar]

Yes it is terrible, but I did not like the cover for Coldest War either.

It seems like they switched style again mid-series, because the first one was quite nice.

[Jussi]

From Tor:

Kalimpura by Jay Lake.
Imager's Battalion by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear.
Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal.
Homeland by Cory Doctorow.
Quintessence by David Walton.
The Lost Prince by Edward Lazellari.

[Rob B]

Jussi, on 18 June 2012 - 05:25 AM, said:

From Tor:
The Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear.
Quintessence by David Walton.

Great covers, but that Bear cover is beyond great.

Jussi, on 18 June 2012 - 05:25 AM, said:

Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal.

I haven't been a fan of the covers for these books, and this one doesn't tell me much about the book other than Bronte-fantasy, or in other words avoid.  Of course, what's between the cover is likely great as MRK has received a great deal of praise.

[Arthmail]

Tor is consistantly shit for covers. I do not know what goes through their fucking minds.

[Rob B]

Even this one?
The Shattered Pillars

by Elizabeth Bear.

[Arthmail]

Rob B, on 18 June 2012 - 02:32 PM, said:

Even this one?
The Shattered Pillars

by Elizabeth Bear.

It certainly does not do anything for me. Not as egrigious as some others, like all of Jordan's books, but nothing great.