Cover art for the US edition of Toll the Hounds

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Cover art for the US edition of Toll the Hounds

#21 Folken

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 11:19 PM

Tor...pfffftttt I hate them.

Anyways someone go forth and bloody figure out this white hound business I demand to know before I leave

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 11:24 PM

Blind/Garath/Probably not Fanderay, so far.

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 11:40 PM

Is it indeed Daru? Can someone find related descriptions of that statue and see it it has been described in previous books?

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 11:49 PM

No, but we know it's based there, so it's probably a safe bet...

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 12:43 AM

To me the hound is much more likely to be one of the wolves of winter than one of the hounds of shadow, as the image is very wolf-life, not at all like the bulkier image we have of the hounds of shadow. That said if it is a hound it's likely supposed to be blind.

Now wild theory based on no evidence whatsoever...

the white dog is Ryllandaras, also known as the white jackal.

Oh and is it just me or are the creatures approaching more catlike?

I really hope TOR don't butcher this painting like the others, but I'm not holding out much hope for accuracy, and I suspect speculation based on the picture will be pointless, as we often debate what the picture is of when we KNOW whats in the books.

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 01:33 AM

Imperial Historian;258723 said:

I really hope TOR don't butcher this painting like the others, but I'm not holding out much hope for accuracy, and I suspect speculation based on the picture will be pointless, as we often debate what the picture is of when we KNOW whats in the books.

In the past, Tor took the right half or lower right corner as the book cover. If that happens, this specific painting works much better than the old ones because there's more interesting stuff going on in that area. Way to compose the work, Lockwood.

Why would Barathol be following what is either Blind, Barath or a wolf god? From his stance, it looks like he's just been made aware of the D'ivers running near him. The D'ivers (my guess) does not seem to be all that concerned with either of the two and is probably getting the heck out of Abilene.

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 03:20 AM

The D'ivers reminds me more of cat's than of hounds or jackals. It could also be the Pack. Although I though that Iron Bars and co killed it?
The main thing for the white one is that there are only a few possibilities; Ryllandaras (White Jackal, a bit too big), Fanderay (two eyes, hence it can't be Togg), a Hound of Light (although they have been denied to exist?), possibly Garath, or Blind.
Person; Barathol. Or Draconus (random guess, but he does sort of look like I would imagine an un-hooded Draconus). Other than that.....anyone?

Anyway - it looks good, but I still prefer the Bantam/UK version....

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 03:44 AM

Illuyankas;258627 said:

So who still can't see it?

Also, Fanderay? Or too houndlike?

I cannot see it

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 04:08 AM

@Zanth. I couldn't see it either at work

I was really hoping for a cover featuring Rake.....but oh well.

I do like the cover better than the RG or tBH US ones though....

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 04:18 AM

I don't see why everyone here hates the US covers. I think they've all been good except for TBH and GotM (the latter was good artwork, but unrepresentative and cliched.)

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 04:21 AM

They just aren't accurate...IMO.

GotM was awful. Looked like a romance novel. DHG was good...but the others weren't all that great. HoC and MT were also decent...but come on...tBH was AWFUL.

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 11:47 AM

The other creatures (for want of a better word) could be another Dejim Nebrahl-type thing or two?

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 02:06 PM

Bastard, Brood, i was gonna say that:p .... Can anyone remind me what happened to the last one that the HoS dropped in Poleil's temple? Did the Deragoth get it? I canny remember??

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 03:55 PM

yeah they got it.

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 04:06 PM

Awfull cover, if Pat think that is the best yet, imagine how bad the other US covers must be...

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Posted 14 February 2008 - 11:26 PM

The picture isnt too clear but when you blow it up it looks like the guy might be wearing some kind of mask around the bottom portion of his face.

And some of the dark four legged creatures are very dog-like others are felinish

Weird.

Maybe its something we haven't seen before. SE likes his dogs...

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Posted 15 February 2008 - 12:18 AM

Just received word from Lockwood.

He and SE discussed the scene for the cover over drinks that the World Fantasty Con. He doesn't know who the axe-wielding man is. But when SE saw the art, he realized that there should only be 5 hounds in the background. I guess that's our hint...

Otherwise, everything is open to speculation!

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Posted 15 February 2008 - 12:18 AM

Perhaps Tor will just cut off the left side until there's only five of them?

I don't think that's a mask... I think that's just burn marks, from the fire. Or else he didn't shave that morning.

Is it just me, or of the group of 5 dark thingies that are farther away from us, the one that's closest looks very pig/boar-like

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Posted 15 February 2008 - 01:57 AM

pat5150;259240 said:

He and SE discussed the scene for the cover over drinks that the World Fantasty Con. He doesn't know who the axe-wielding man is. But when SE saw the art, he realized that there should only be 5 hounds in the background. I guess that's our hint...

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