Stay Connected:
Subscribe to our feed

Subscribe with FeedBurner




PREVIOUS POST
« Game Bits: Champions Online, Star Wars: The Force Unleased, Knights of the Old Republic, Cosmic Encounter
NEXT POST
Apex Publications' Annual Halloween Short Story Contest »
Books Received: August 18, 2008 (+ Book Meme)
Here are the books we received this past week.

And the usual meme: When considering the books above:

  1. Which books have the coolest covers?
  2. Which books have the worst covers?
  3. Which books do you most want to read and why?

Bookmark and Share
Comment on this post Comments (5) | PermaLink | Category: Books
Posted by John DeNardo at Monday August 18, 2008 at 12:25 AM
© 2008 SF Signal



Coolest: the Martiniere cover for Pirate Sun

Worst: A tie between the Afro Samurai, the Darkest Mask and the Moorcock. 

 

I want to eventually read the Schroeder, and I do need to re-read the Moorcock at some point...

Posted by Paul on Monday August 18, 2008 at 4:41 AM

Michael Moorcock's "lric: To Rescue Tanelorn" cover is the worst, with "Of Quills and Kings" (just strikes me as old and dated and bland) coming in at a distant second.

Schroeder's "Pirate Sun" cover is easilly my favorite, as it makes me want to read the book without knowing anything else about it (though I do).

Posted by Jason on Monday August 18, 2008 at 9:23 AM

I met Jennifer Rardin at a book signing yesterday.  She was very nice and I love the covers of her books, especially the latest.  My wife went ahead and picked up the first volume, I'm looking forward to hearing what she thinks about it.

Posted by Carl V. on Monday August 18, 2008 at 3:22 PM

I already have Pirate Sun and the Elric volume. Pirate Sun is the best. I'm not sure if I'd call the Elric volume the worst, but he's had better art gracing his volumes!
Not really "worst", but doing nothing to spark interest: Bitten to Death, Hunter's Prayer, Of Quills and Kings. Meh.

Posted by Fred Kiesche on Tuesday August 19, 2008 at 8:24 PM

Best Cover: THE DARKER MASK is very interesting. Lots of publishers are playing around with a comic book aesthetic these days. Hats off to TOR for giving it a shot.

Worst Cover: The PIRATE SUN cover painting is quite nice, but the design is claustrophobic.

Book to Read: I need to rediscover ELRIC.

Posted by Eric on Wednesday August 20, 2008 at 5:09 PM

Post a Comment
(Will not be displayed)
Remember me?
   

[Note: Do not paste from WYSIWYG programs like MS Word, or formatting code will appear in your comment.]