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Posted 27 November 2008 - 12:57 PM
I'm sorry, I still can't get over Servants of the Wankh. 
I'm in my 30's and that kind of juvenile stuff still makes me laugh!
As for SE's books, all I can say is thank all that is good in this world that I have the non-US ones.
I'm in my 30's and that kind of juvenile stuff still makes me laugh!As for SE's books, all I can say is thank all that is good in this world that I have the non-US ones.
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 02:20 PM
this guy
always entertained me with his take on bad covers (scrool down and start at aprt one and work up, part 3is the best)
always entertained me with his take on bad covers (scrool down and start at aprt one and work up, part 3is the best)
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"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
"Imperial Gothos, Imperial"
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 05:15 PM
Man, you americans REALLY get the worst covers, don't you! I thought I was unlucky with my cheap-looking uk cover of tBH which seemed to feature a strangely proportioned "Kalam" fighting against Darth Sidious and his stunt double.
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 06:23 AM
Lets face it, if you go to the book store and you scan the science-fiction section, I think it's difficult to find book covers that don't suck.
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 08:42 AM
here's the Italian HoC and MT cover *Shudders*
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I greet you as guests and so will not crush the life from you and devour your soul with peals of laughter. No, instead, I will make tea-Gothos
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 09:32 AM
Yes that's exactly why I hate it 
. Although maybe it could be a crossbow...maybe
. Although maybe it could be a crossbow...maybe
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I greet you as guests and so will not crush the life from you and devour your soul with peals of laughter. No, instead, I will make tea-Gothos
I greet you as guests and so will not crush the life from you and devour your soul with peals of laughter. No, instead, I will make tea-Gothos
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 02:37 PM
Uhm....for the MT cover, they stole those characters from Elizabeth Haydon's Rhapsody cover. I smell a lawsuit brewing.
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 03:13 PM
It would seem that many bookcovers are recycled. We know that Eriksons books have also used Glen Cook book covers. It's probably something about publishers rights to the artists work or something.
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Posted 10 December 2008 - 05:16 PM
mandog, on Nov 27 2008, 05:42 AM, said:
Russian Feast for Crows
I actually really like the drawn member of those crazy jester knight guys!!! I always liked the idea of that company of baddies!! Heh.
As for the Bonehunters one up there, with the falling over caravan thing, I love the guy who's falling out of the driver's seat, he looks like he's trying to JIVE! LoL. He's all like "Oh shiiiittt, better JIVE my way outta this!!! Ow, ow, ow, ow stayin' alive!" and all that jazz... *snerk*
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Posted 02 March 2009 - 03:46 PM
Bauchelain the Evil, on Dec 7 2008, 02:42 AM, said:
here's the Italian HoC and MT cover *Shudders*
all I could think of was "What in the hell is Grunthor and Achmed doing in the Malazan book covers?
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Posted 02 March 2009 - 05:49 PM
Oh my! They're exactly the same. I wonder if they paid the copyrights
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 05:10 AM
Not to thread crap any more, but seriously, who the hell are they using in place of Grunthor and Achmed? Am I missing someone in the book that even vaguely resembles those two characters (physically on the cover that is).
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 07:17 AM
It's probably not a rip-off. It'll be something like the publishers owning the rights to the picture, and saving themselves money by using photoshop instead of commissioning a new piece of art (or using existing images to spruce up a piece of art that didn't work out).
At the end of the day, most people would not notice, and if US fantasy covers have taught us anything, it's that publishers don't give a rat's arse whether or not the cover is an accurate reflection of the contents.
At the end of the day, most people would not notice, and if US fantasy covers have taught us anything, it's that publishers don't give a rat's arse whether or not the cover is an accurate reflection of the contents.
This post has been edited by Yellow: 04 March 2009 - 07:18 AM
Don't fuck with the Culture.
