(urth) Some Gene Wolfe Covers

[Greg Bates]

I really didn't like Free Live Free, but now I want to track down a copy of
that for my bookshelf, because DAMN. That is awesome.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> 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
> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Date: Monday, March 5, 2012, 8:58 AM
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>
>
>  *From:* Fred Kiesche<http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=godelescherbach@gmail.com>
>
>  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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