so they're using the ebook artwork, which is good, but the cover design itself leaves much to be desired. :\ makes me think of ninites fantasy.
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Hero
Posted 26 January 2012 - 01:47 AM
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so they're using the ebook artwork, which is good, but the cover design itself leaves much to be desired. :\ makes me think of ninites fantasy.
so they're using the ebook artwork, which is good, but the cover design itself leaves much to be desired. :\ makes me think of ninites fantasy.
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Silly Peahen
Posted 26 January 2012 - 03:02 AM
Ehhhh..... seems like a marketing thing from TOR. Capitalize on the buildup to the final book, copy/paste on the new covers (which I agree are much lovelier), add a basic titlecard, and tie-in with the completely unrelated fact that the year of AMoL's release just happens to also be the Chinese Year of the Dragon. I mean, what if it'd been, say, the Year of the Horse - would they put out a "special edition" AMoL cover featuring Bela?
...Actually, I would totally buy that.
...Actually, I would totally buy that.
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Daughter of the night
Posted 27 January 2012 - 02:06 PM
I always hate it when they do this with series I read because it means the covers don't always match.
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kitty hugger
Posted 31 January 2012 - 02:51 PM
I am sure when the series is finished there will be some special edition. And whenever there is a movie yet another release.
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A rare buggling
Posted 31 January 2012 - 04:02 PM
Looks like so many other fantasy series. :-/ And I hate it too when the covers don't match... like my Eragon set.
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Daughter of the night
Posted 01 February 2012 - 01:18 PM
My eragon set is one of the few that actually matches 
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kitty hugger
Posted 06 February 2012 - 01:20 PM
Never read eragon. I think song of ice and fire changed covers on me.
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Blessed Holy Saint
Posted 07 February 2012 - 10:09 AM
I read Eragon But I'm no fan. It's boring with whiny heroes. Dragons are lovely and all (who doesn't love reading about the ultimate beast that also intelligent and can fly?) but I can never really picture teen boys raising them ok. Around here, they seem way more into cars and getting around than caring for baby animals. Also, after watching too much Star Trek, no doubt, I find stories with loads of species annoying and almost insulting. Since fiction sorta mirrors reality, it could be really rude to divide the population up in different archetypes and give them different races and then make the races be hostile to each other. As if the natural state of humanity was to war with those of different appearances when golden bits of history and heights of cultures have been about equality and fair trade between all.
Ha! A rant being critical to most fantasy!
But I'm no fan. It's boring with whiny heroes. Dragons are lovely and all (who doesn't love reading about the ultimate beast that also intelligent and can fly?) but I can never really picture teen boys raising them ok. Around here, they seem way more into cars and getting around than caring for baby animals. Also, after watching too much Star Trek, no doubt, I find stories with loads of species annoying and almost insulting. Since fiction sorta mirrors reality, it could be really rude to divide the population up in different archetypes and give them different races and then make the races be hostile to each other. As if the natural state of humanity was to war with those of different appearances when golden bits of history and heights of cultures have been about equality and fair trade between all.Ha! A rant being critical to most fantasy!
