(urth) Words and Such art

[Daniel Petersen]

Hm, out of what I actually own, I guess I might go for Island of Dr Death
(purple skull) or Endangered Species (stick wings).  This one's probably the
worst I own:


http://www.saltmanz.com/pictures/albums/Cover%20Scans/Book%20Covers/Storeys%20from%20the%20Old%20Hotel.jpg


(The sheer hilarity value is almost worth it.)

-DOJP
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:57 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> The cover of Starwater Strains is surely my favorite.
>
>
> On 10/25/2011 12:50 PM, Daniel Petersen wrote:
>
> How have I not consciously noticed that before about the short story
> collections?  You're absolutely right, James, and it's heartening.  I now
> see that I had subconsciously registered this all along, but I think my
> conscious disgust and ire at the series and novel covers was choking out all
> distinction in my mind, heh.  As weirdly plain and bright as that 'Gollancz
> 50' cover is for Shadow and Claw, I think it might actually be better than
> most of the others (*definitely* better than the Fantasy Masterworks
> version [shudder].)
>
> -DOJP
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:29 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> His short story collections typically are better, but I agree that none
>> are as good as this.
>> Probably, the collections are not as bad because Tor doesn't expect to
>> make a lot of money off them and so the Art Director did not get involved.
>> Wolfe claimed that expectations of increasing sales is the reason the covers
>> of The Book of the New Sun volumes got worse with each release.
>>
>>
>
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