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What is the tower on that image ?
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Posted 27 July 2010 - 01:10 PM
Option 1: K'rul's Belfrey
Option 2: Generic atmospheric fantasy city scene.
Take your pick
Option 2 is considerably more likely!
Option 2: Generic atmospheric fantasy city scene.
Take your pick
Option 2 is considerably more likely!
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Posted 27 July 2010 - 01:12 PM
I always thought it was Mock's Hold.
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Posted 27 July 2010 - 02:29 PM
Yeah, what Spectre said. Seems fairly obvious.
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Posted 27 July 2010 - 03:14 PM
http://forum.malazan...iewimage&img=36
there are a lot of rocks and towers in Malaz island...
there are a lot of rocks and towers in Malaz island...
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Posted 27 July 2010 - 03:30 PM
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K'rul's Belfrey
it's not city
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Mock's Hold.
too big tower for other parts of hold...
but.... it's not Earth architecture - Everything is possible
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Posted 28 July 2010 - 06:21 PM
There's a shed load of birds wheeling around it... don't look Large enough for Great Ravens but scale is a funny thing.
I'm just re-reading GotM and nothing stands out as a prime candidate.
Generic fantasy tower it is seemingly, but it does look very simlar to the central tower in carpet's image, perhaps viewed from a differeing angle, or emblished with a bit of artistic flurish.
Edit: Furthermore, the image does not show the weather vane. point is though, an artist drew it from reading SE's work, he could have made a mistake/not read properly.
Because much of the cover does reflect much of the GotM discription.:
I'm just re-reading GotM and nothing stands out as a prime candidate.
Generic fantasy tower it is seemingly, but it does look very simlar to the central tower in carpet's image, perhaps viewed from a differeing angle, or emblished with a bit of artistic flurish.
Edit: Furthermore, the image does not show the weather vane. point is though, an artist drew it from reading SE's work, he could have made a mistake/not read properly.
Because much of the cover does reflect much of the GotM discription.:
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Mock's Hold stood atop a cliff...the Hold's battered wall
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Mock's Hold stood atop a cliff. The higher land of the Pinnacle was reached by a switchback staircase carved into the limestone of the cliff wall. The drop to the city below was eighty armspans or more,
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Posted 28 July 2010 - 07:54 PM
Hmm that description does kind of fit. What bothers me is that it looks far to desolate to be Mock's Hold. It looks more like a random tower up in the mountains somewhere.
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Posted 09 August 2010 - 05:49 AM
I pictured it as being a tower on Moon's Spawn or something because there is a city inside.
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Posted 11 December 2010 - 12:27 AM
I thought this an artist's interpretation of Moon's Spawn during the mage battle on page 71 of GotM. The black specks I thought were Great Ravens. This would certainly be a liberal interpretation, as I see nothing in the text about a tower, but the rendering does seem plausible.
Page 71: "A black cloud enshrouded moon's spawn...." (i.e., the ravens)
Page 71: "A figure had appeared on the ledge before the portal, its arms upraised, long silver hair blowing from its head."
Page 71: "Anomander Rake looked tiny against the backdrop of his edifice...."
We have reference to a "portal" set within an "edifice," surrounded by a "black cloud." These elements are present in the image shown above.
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Page 71: "A black cloud enshrouded moon's spawn...." (i.e., the ravens)
Page 71: "A figure had appeared on the ledge before the portal, its arms upraised, long silver hair blowing from its head."
Page 71: "Anomander Rake looked tiny against the backdrop of his edifice...."
We have reference to a "portal" set within an "edifice," surrounded by a "black cloud." These elements are present in the image shown above.
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Posted 22 December 2010 - 02:28 PM
worrywort, on 27 July 2010 - 04:31 PM, said:
It's SE's actual house.
That would be freaking awesome
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Posted 22 December 2010 - 02:28 PM
BlackMoranthofDoom, on 09 August 2010 - 05:49 AM, said:
I pictured it as being a tower on Moon's Spawn or something because there is a city inside.
I never really thought about it very hard and assumed it was moon spawn. That's not to say I could've be way off
"Ignoring him, she stepped back out of the ellipse and began singing in the Woman's Language, which was, of course, unintelligible to Iskaral's ears. Just as the Man's Language-which Mongora called gibberish-was beyond her ability to understand. The reason for that, Iskaral Pust knew, was that the Man's Language was gibberish, designed specifically to confound women."
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Posted 23 December 2010 - 08:33 PM
At least that cover is better than the cover that is on my MMPB, the cover that delayed my journey into the dark wonderful world of Erikson...
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Posted 24 December 2010 - 03:16 AM
I know, when I saw that cover I was hesitant haha
"Ignoring him, she stepped back out of the ellipse and began singing in the Woman's Language, which was, of course, unintelligible to Iskaral's ears. Just as the Man's Language-which Mongora called gibberish-was beyond her ability to understand. The reason for that, Iskaral Pust knew, was that the Man's Language was gibberish, designed specifically to confound women."
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Posted 08 January 2011 - 06:50 PM
Hey, I prefer the second cover! The book's title is prominently displayed. I was able to see that title 2 rows away in the bookstore, and it's solely responsible for my getting into the whole series. (Although...what could that cover represent?)
