tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post5323008861834737504..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Two more just-released cover art imagesLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-16749699257169269462008-07-28T10:39:00.000-05:002008-07-28T10:39:00.000-05:00I like both covers, actually, I like the Gilman co...I like both covers, actually, I like the Gilman cover more. It has a cool steampunky feel to it. Had I NOT read <B>Thunderer</B>, I might be interested in reading the book.<BR/><BR/>As to which I will read - just the Lynch.RobBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014122096561992311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-70482006059313362182008-07-28T07:21:00.000-05:002008-07-28T07:21:00.000-05:00Both of them look quite good, especially the one f...Both of them look quite good, especially the one for Felix Gilman's novel.Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-33738702999239717032008-07-25T21:52:00.000-05:002008-07-25T21:52:00.000-05:00I agree that covers ought to reflect the types of ...I agree that covers ought to reflect the types of stories being told, but often what that is ends up being a huge debate, colored by one's own attitudes towards art. When a certain friend of mine returns from vacation in a couple of weeks, I need to point her to this, since she's about to earn her arts degree and is interested in doing SF/F cover art.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-39900333966277654262008-07-25T21:07:00.000-05:002008-07-25T21:07:00.000-05:00Personally I think that covers should have one pur...Personally I think that covers should have one purpose - sell the book to the people who may enjoy it. <BR/><BR/> Since I am of the strong opinion that any book has a (very) limited audience it's very important for the book and audience to find each other and for many people the cover is the only thing they notice about a book.<BR/><BR/> For me in sff I am pretty much up to date with what's up - maybe not in some fantasy areas that I rarely read like paranormals and urban contemporary - so I do not rely on covers, but for "mainstream" books, I browse extensively in bookstores which I visit several times a week and title/covers are the first filter, than blurb, then browsing a page...Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-2613680389631201162008-07-25T20:57:00.000-05:002008-07-25T20:57:00.000-05:00Yeah, that Thunderer cover got ragged on quite a b...Yeah, that <I>Thunderer</I> cover got ragged on quite a bit by Jeff VanderMeer some months ago, I remember (in good fun, of course). It was quite heinous. Do agree that the <I>La espada</I> cover is more striking than the Lynch.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-47055245201749802192008-07-25T19:49:00.000-05:002008-07-25T19:49:00.000-05:00The Gear cover is superb; now it's true that Thund...The Gear cover is superb; now it's true that Thunderer was one of my top 5 2007 books so I am biased - but I also disliked profoundly the cover of Thunderer<BR/><BR/> The Lynch cover is interesting too, but not as striking to me as the La Espada cover - both show a woman of some power and most likely to be an important character, but the Spanish one is much more striking. This being said I like the Lynch series and that book is a buy asap, though I also agree that book 2 fell flat to some extent for me too but not in the sailing thing which I tend to like but in the buddy/buddy poison thingy more than anythingLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-44352438762456463422008-07-25T17:49:00.000-05:002008-07-25T17:49:00.000-05:00Interesting. I tend to hate bright, light colors ...Interesting. I tend to hate bright, light colors on most everything (which tends to explain my avoidance of wearing white or yellow) and it carries over in my art preferences. It truly is a subjective thing, huh?Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-33832634529984363352008-07-25T17:29:00.000-05:002008-07-25T17:29:00.000-05:00I shun books with the first type of cover art. I h...I shun books with the first type of cover art. I have to be fairly desperate to pick one up -- even if I have heard of the book. The second I might pick up if I was fairly sure I would like the book, but it would not tempt me to try an unknown one. Unless there was something really remarkable about the title. Actually, come to think of it, it is the font that kills that one. I do not mind the art. <BR/><BR/>But I am picky.Camillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986465848916793937noreply@blogger.com