http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2012/06/book-cover-smackdown-the-folly-of-the-world-vs-year-zero-vs-adam-robots/ A science fiction blog featuring science fiction book reviews and with frequent ramblings on fantasy, computers and the web. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:56:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2012/06/book-cover-smackdown-the-folly-of-the-world-vs-year-zero-vs-adam-robots/#comment-101034 Chad Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:43:39 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=57452#comment-101034 Year Zero is decent. The other two are just awful. Folly of the World doesn’t look like fantasy or SF and Adam Robot is what gives SF a bad name.

]]> http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2012/06/book-cover-smackdown-the-folly-of-the-world-vs-year-zero-vs-adam-robots/#comment-101005 Jared Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:49:14 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=57452#comment-101005 I really like all three of these. At gunpoint, I’d probably say FOLLY > ROBOTS > YEAR ZERO. But I’d pick up any of the three based on the cover alone.

]]> http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2012/06/book-cover-smackdown-the-folly-of-the-world-vs-year-zero-vs-adam-robots/#comment-101003 Andrew Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:29:54 +0000 http://www.sfsignal.com/?p=57452#comment-101003 “The Folly of the World”, quick glance and the first thing that surfaces in my mind is an old map inscribed with “Here Be Dragons”. Old maps, old world, same old folly all conveyed by the illustration.

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