(urth) Some Gene Wolfe Covers

[Marc Aramini]

I never dug those too much - maybe it's the emphasis on landscape instead of people and action, I don't know.  Something about the colors, too.  I actually like the Maitz ones better, especially for volume 1 and 4, if Severian had a bit less gyno.
 
One of my favorite covers for a pretty mediocre fantasy was the cover of Constantine's Wraiths of Will and Pleasure; I wish some of Wolfe's stuff had that kind of artistic treatment. Not that it's related to Wolfe, but it's Tor SF:
  http://openlibrary.org/books/OL3682165M/The_wraiths_of_will_and_pleasure
 
 
 
His worst cover is no doubt the limited edition Free Live Free one.  UGH.
Hopefully hoof and hide won't mind a link :)
 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoofandhide/4144009502/
 

--- On Mon, 3/5/12, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:


From: Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Some Gene Wolfe Covers
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Date: Monday, March 5, 2012, 8:58 AM






 


 

From: Fred Kiesche 
 

A couple of beautiful covers for Gene Wolfe's original "Sun" quartet at this site, starting with this page:
 
http://www.brucepennington.co.uk/cover30.htm


I used to have the set with those covers.  Wolfe’s cover artists rarely serve him so well.
 
- Gerry Quinn
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