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As you can see, it's a direct pick-up from Steve Stone's UK cover, but with a different color scheme. . .
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US cover art for Dust of Dreams
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 07:15 PM
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 07:17 PM
pat5150, on Jul 28 2009, 03:15 PM, said:
Just posted it on the blog!
As you can see, it's a direct pick-up from Steve Stone's UK cover, but with a different color scheme. . .
Patrick
As you can see, it's a direct pick-up from Steve Stone's UK cover, but with a different color scheme. . .
Patrick
Oh I see. I think I like the brightening around the edges, Stone always has his fade to black in all directions from the center whereas I like a nice big vivid eye-catching scene. Thanks Pat!
worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:
I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 07:33 PM
I actually prefer this. Slightly better colour combination...
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 08:28 PM
uk or us, I want it now!!!!!
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 08:36 PM
Now this actually makes me angry.
Call me obsessive, but I would like my epic fantasy series' covers to be a cohesive unit, all with the same art style. I'm also one of the few that has always thought the US covers are leagues better than the UK ones. Now this happens and not only is the cohesive art-unit gone, but I will have to buy the crappy UK cover re-do.
At least Wheel of Time keeps with the same-artstyle tradition - even if those covers are puke-inducing.
Call me obsessive, but I would like my epic fantasy series' covers to be a cohesive unit, all with the same art style. I'm also one of the few that has always thought the US covers are leagues better than the UK ones. Now this happens and not only is the cohesive art-unit gone, but I will have to buy the crappy UK cover re-do.
At least Wheel of Time keeps with the same-artstyle tradition - even if those covers are puke-inducing.
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 09:58 PM
I'm with Tarcanus. Screwing with the cover design for the TtH MMPB was obnoxious enough, and now this. I actually like this art, but the overall effort gets a big thumbs down from me on grounds of inconsistency. If Tor thinks that switching to the Bantam design will make the series more bankable, I've got a thought: if you really want to make more money on the series, how about not releasing the book half a year after everyone else?
On the plus side, I guess my Bantam MMPBs of NoK and RotCG won't look as out of place now...
On the plus side, I guess my Bantam MMPBs of NoK and RotCG won't look as out of place now...
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 03:00 AM
I prefer the UK cover to this new one, it has a more ominous feel to it i reckon.
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 03:27 AM
I have to say, Not bad! I actually like it better then the UK version. But, as someone who was pretty happy with most of recent US covers (I mean RG and TtH where just awesome) I agree with the inconsistency issue. I mean, changing the art style as of book 9 really doesn't seem like a good idea to me, but I guess that Tor for ya. 
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 04:54 AM
How do you reconcile this
with this?
I have mostly UK covers for everything, but for the blank white ARG of MoI and the US edition of Hoc (the sole US version I liked better). I'll be picking up the UK version of this, as waiting six months for it would put me too far into the forum discussion hole than tolerable.
However, I salute the decision of Bantam to dump the earlier cover style - the paintings themselves weren't bad; they just didn't work well for the covers or in depicting something eye-catching from the series.
Tarcanus, on Jul 28 2009, 04:36 PM, said:
At least Wheel of Time keeps with the same-artstyle tradition - even if those covers are puke-inducing.
with this?
Tarcanus, on Jul 28 2009, 04:36 PM, said:
I'm also one of the few that has always thought the US covers are leagues better than the UK ones. Now this happens and not only is the cohesive art-unit gone, but I will have to buy the crappy UK cover re-do.
I have mostly UK covers for everything, but for the blank white ARG of MoI and the US edition of Hoc (the sole US version I liked better). I'll be picking up the UK version of this, as waiting six months for it would put me too far into the forum discussion hole than tolerable.
However, I salute the decision of Bantam to dump the earlier cover style - the paintings themselves weren't bad; they just didn't work well for the covers or in depicting something eye-catching from the series.
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Posted 29 July 2009 - 01:11 PM
amphibian, on Jul 29 2009, 12:54 AM, said:
How do you reconcile this
with this?
I have mostly UK covers for everything, but for the blank white ARG of MoI and the US edition of Hoc (the sole US version I liked better). I'll be picking up the UK version of this, as waiting six months for it would put me too far into the forum discussion hole than tolerable.
However, I salute the decision of Bantam to dump the earlier cover style - the paintings themselves weren't bad; they just didn't work well for the covers or in depicting something eye-catching from the series.
Tarcanus, on Jul 28 2009, 04:36 PM, said:
At least Wheel of Time keeps with the same-artstyle tradition - even if those covers are puke-inducing.
with this?
Tarcanus, on Jul 28 2009, 04:36 PM, said:
I'm also one of the few that has always thought the US covers are leagues better than the UK ones. Now this happens and not only is the cohesive art-unit gone, but I will have to buy the crappy UK cover re-do.
I have mostly UK covers for everything, but for the blank white ARG of MoI and the US edition of Hoc (the sole US version I liked better). I'll be picking up the UK version of this, as waiting six months for it would put me too far into the forum discussion hole than tolerable.
However, I salute the decision of Bantam to dump the earlier cover style - the paintings themselves weren't bad; they just didn't work well for the covers or in depicting something eye-catching from the series.
I reconcile that because WoT != MBotF. I love the Malazan US covers 10x more than the UK ones. All of the WoT covers are ridiculous. I was just trying to give a comparison of how I enjoy cover cohesivity(new word, woo!).
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