Cosmic Dancer Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Not epic fantasy but I LOVE Haruki Murakami's US/Canada cover art. [url="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/raim0007/gwss3307_summer2008/theWindUpBirdChronicle.jpg"]http://blog.lib.umn.edu/raim0007/gwss3307_...rdChronicle.jpg[/url] [url="http://www.tmecca.co.kr/util/imageloader.html?isbn=0679743464&size=T&"]http://www.tmecca.co.kr/util/imageloader.h...amp;size=T&[/url] [url="http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/26610000/26610831.jpg"]http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/26...00/26610831.jpg[/url] In the fantasy category, I love the cover art for Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell. It's very simple but effective. [url="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4143e6ccf3c7f00fa968329ca0003-500pi"]http://a2.vox.com/6a00d4143e6ccf3c7f00fa968329ca0003-500pi[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 While these are all nice, are they examples of [i]upcoming[/i] cover art? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 [quote name='Bastard of Godsgrace' post='1619254' date='Dec 14 2008, 13.57']And this is Mieville's The City and The City: [url="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/china-mieville/city-and-city.htm"]http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/china-...ty-and-city.htm[/url][/quote] I don't like that one so much...the picture of the city at the bottom is pretty, and I like the color scheme, but the title blends in too much, to the point where it just looks like photoshop-y background noise rather than a title. Maybe that's the intention, but it's too subtle for me. (Not that I'm a fan of bestseller-style covers where only the author's name and the title are emphasized, but being able to the read the title is nice, too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 The cover of Jay Lake's upcoming novel [url="http://www.jlake.com/2008/11/06/books-green/"]Green[/url]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max the Mostly Mediocre Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 [quote name='Dylanfanatic' post='1619104' date='Dec 14 2008, 11.01']For the Sarah Monette fans here, [i][url="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/sarah-monette/corambis.htm"]Corambis[/url][/i] cover art.[/quote] I can't decide whether the notion that someone thought that cover was, commercially speaking, a good idea disturbs me more than the possibility that it might very well be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Nearly-finished cover art for Jeff VanderMeer's [i][url="http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2009/01/09/finch-third-book-in-the-ambergris-cycle/"]Finch[/url][/i] is up. This one I really, really like. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm going to blow my own trumpet (or should I say, 'strumpet'?) with the cover art for the German translation of The Inferior. It'll be out January 19th. Get an eyeful [url="http://www.amazon.de/Die-Kuppel-Roman-Peadar-Guil%C3%ADn/dp/3764530111"]here[/url]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Nice trumpeting there, Peadar, although I have to admit that I like the UK/US cover a bit more, as for some odd reason I'm thinking of a bucktooth when I see that image :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 [quote name='Dylanfanatic' post='1643755' date='Jan 10 2009, 17.09']Nice trumpeting there, Peadar, although I have to admit that I like the UK/US cover a bit more, as for some odd reason I'm thinking of a bucktooth when I see that image :P[/quote] But imagine it biting into your leg, as though 'twere a juicy carrot... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poobah Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/1841496979/sr=1-1/qid=1231615489/ref=dp_image_0/277-8202917-2087702?ie=UTF8&n=266239&s=books&qid=1231615489&sr=1-1"]Uk cover art for Turn Coat.[/url] And now that I've posted something on topic. I generally prefer simple, elegant cover art to something which is blatantly "fantasy" with whatever connotations you want to give that, the whole "Swords! Magic! Dragons!" that another poster mentioned. With regards to superior UK cover art : [url="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/ciu/32/73/7f5af96642a0f689aa6ca110.L.jpg"]US[/url] [url="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51M1r6WTlCL._SS500_.jpg"]UK[/url] 'Nuff Said. -Poobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 [quote name='Peadar' post='1643854' date='Jan 10 2009, 13.23']But imagine it biting into your leg, as though 'twere a juicy carrot... ;)[/quote] Considering that I'm having my left knee examined in just over a week for possible surgery, perhaps Bucktooth might save me some expense there? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Tad Williams' [i]Memory, Sorrow and Thorn[/i] books will be relaunched with new cover art in June. [url="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tdouY1NrL._SS500_.jpg"]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51td...NrL._SS500_.jpg[/url] [url="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hV8py3ZLL._SS500_.jpg"]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hV...ZLL._SS500_.jpg[/url] [url="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J5oKHrHkL._SS500_.jpg"]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J5...HkL._SS500_.jpg[/url] [url="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V6EKFXwmL._SS500_.jpg"]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V6...wmL._SS500_.jpg[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelo Rebelo Firqoralas Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 [quote name='Olaf' post='1673877' date='Feb 4 2009, 19.48']Tad Williams' [i]Memory, Sorrow and Thorn[/i] books will be relaunched with new cover art in June.[/quote] Wow, those are some really boring covers. Why anyone would ditch the original Michael Whelan covers for those is a mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 New [i]Steel Remains[/i] cover art. This is for Gollancz paperback edition coming out in July. [url="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CgH%2BLBbFL.jpg"]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CgH%2BLBbFL.jpg[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry. Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 US (UK as well?) cover art for Jesse Bullington's [i][url="http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/03/02/cover-launch-the-sad-tale-of-the-brothers-grossbart/"]The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart[/url][/i]. LOVE this cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichen Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 [quote name='Dylanfanatic' post='1705198' date='Mar 3 2009, 00.07']US (UK as well?) cover art for Jesse Bullington's [i][url="http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/03/02/cover-launch-the-sad-tale-of-the-brothers-grossbart/"]The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart[/url][/i]. LOVE this cover.[/quote] For me this seems to be [i]the[/i] most interesting fantasy novel of the year. Absolutely gorgeus cover, very folkloric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 [quote name='Dylanfanatic' post='1705198' date='Mar 2 2009, 15.07']US (UK as well?) cover art for Jesse Bullington's [i][url="http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/03/02/cover-launch-the-sad-tale-of-the-brothers-grossbart/"]The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart[/url][/i]. LOVE this cover.[/quote] 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastard of Godsgrace Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 [quote name='RedEyedGhost' post='1705539' date='Mar 3 2009, 05.05']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?[/quote] It didn't escape my notice that character called previously Mengele Grossbart is now called Manfred. Ah, the eternal power of censorship :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myshkin Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 [quote name='RedEyedGhost' post='1705539' date='Mar 2 2009, 20.05']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?[/quote] I'm not really fond at all of that cover. Yeah the skull thing is clever, but it's been [url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9gn6KLa5xtY/RoNYpvutIKI/AAAAAAAAAi8/xuljpwCCIiE/s400/SalvadorDaliAntiVDPainting.jpg"]done[/url] before, and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 [i]The Republic of Thieves[/i] [url="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51C2SU347oL.jpg"]UK cover art[/url]. It looks kind of [url="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c4/c20108.jpg"]familiar[/url]... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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