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Posted 27 November 2008 - 01:11 AM

We have a thread of the worst, so how about some of the best.

I think this is one of the sweeter covers of SEs stuff

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This is great because its so simple, but it looks fantastic.
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Another good Abercrombie cover
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 01:14 AM

I know this isnt the best cover, but it caught my eye enough to lead me to my favorite series.
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 02:52 AM

I really like anything by Edward Miller. In particular this:
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but also

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You can buy prints of his art at his site, and I'm defo getting some when I have the money.


Elsewhere, Geoff Taylor is one who can make the old-style cheesy fantasy cover work really well:

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Those two, and Steve Stone (who does SE's UK covers, for those who don't know, including that one up there) are probably my three favourite fantasy cover artists.

Also Paul Kidby's Pratchett covers:

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 04:12 AM

here is a classic :p :D :p :D :p
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 04:21 AM

a good schlock 70's cover

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 04:36 AM

I like the Sanderson covers

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 07:27 AM

I ran through my own cover scans I have on my computer, and these are some of my favorites:

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 03:20 PM

Two of my favorites are Malazan covers:

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Honorable mention to:

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 03:36 PM

some of those are terrible!

but on the good cover front:
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pity the book is crap :D

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a great cover for an equally great book

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vunderbar!

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one of the first fantasy books I ever read

and paul kearney seems to get great covers:
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oh and all the troy books :p
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 03:51 PM

View PostMacros, on Nov 27 2008, 03:36 PM, said:

some of those are terrible!

I agree, a lot of the covers posted have been crap!!

Personally, anything by Ed Miller is good for me :D
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 04:44 PM

I've always loved the cover of Sunrunner's Fire by Melanie Rawn (artist: Michael Whelan)

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Loads of Michael Whelan covers are classic fantasy/SF images. The covers he made for Celia Friedmann's novels are a case in point:

Crown of Shadows cover art
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Snow Queen / Summer Queen (Joan D Vinge)
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 04:53 PM

View PostMacros, on Nov 27 2008, 10:36 AM, said:

some of those are terrible!

but on the good cover front:
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pity the book is crap :D

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a great cover for an equally great book


Macros, I so agree with you about Stormcaller ! I HATED it...what a waste of a good cover. And Locke Lamora was fantastic, the sequel was just as good too but my covers were boring, not all nice and artistic like yours. :p
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 05:28 PM

This one is a joy to behold.

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Not only because it's a stunningly beautiful image but also for the reason that it's not a painting; it was photographed in situ.

ps - That Rake portait for the cover of Gardens of the Moon is brilliant.

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 05:38 PM

Bloody good book too.
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Posted 27 November 2008 - 05:49 PM

Abercrombies forthcoming book has pretty nice cover.

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 08:06 PM

This is my current favourite book cover:

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 08:13 PM

I also like this cover for Vellum, although it looks a lot better in the paper, complete with texture (it's quite similar to the Abercrombie ones all round, though the other way round would be a fairer way of putting it:

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 08:28 PM

Acacia has some interesting texturing on it as well, although not quite as pronounced as Vellum or any of Abercrombie's. That stuff always improves things.

I've always quite liked this one too:

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 08:50 PM

View Postjitsukerr, on Nov 27 2008, 05:44 PM, said:

Snow Queen / Summer Queen (Joan D Vinge)
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These are the ones I wanted to post in this thread when I come home from work! :D I love all the little details on the Queen's masks - I used to stare at those covers for hours when I was a kid!

My favourite covers have aleady been posted, those for Abercrombie and Sanderson. And that's an awesome cover for "The Lies of Locke Lamora", Macros! Pity I didn't see that one when I ordered the books...
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Posted 28 November 2008 - 09:27 AM

I liked the cover for KJ Parker's 'Devices and Desires' too -- both of them:

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The Scavenger trilogy had some subtly interesting covers:
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