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UK cover art: Sanderson, Wooding, Elliott & Bakker Werthead Send a noteboard - 08/04/2010 05:09:10 PM
Follow the link for first looks at the UK cover art from Chris Wooding's THE BLACK LUNG CAPTAIN (the sequel to one of last year's finest novels, RETRIBUTION FALLS), Scott Bakker's DISCIPLE OF THE DOG (his new stand-alone thriller, unrelated to his Earwa books) and Brandon Sanderson's THE WAY OF KINGS.

I like the Bakker, the Wooding looks good but needs to be finalized and blown up in more detail, and the Sanderson is not that great. It's not bad per se, but the ethereal white-lit look doesn't really fit Sanderson's traditional epic fantasy style, and was better employed on the MISTBORN trilogy.

EDIT: I have added in the cover to Kate Elliott's COLD MAGIC, the first in her new CHAINS OF BINDING trilogy, which is also a pretty smart cover.
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UK cover art: Sanderson, Wooding, Elliott & Bakker - 08/04/2010 05:09:10 PM 1032 Views
Yeah, I'm not crazy about that "Way of Kings" cover. *NM* - 08/04/2010 10:10:34 PM 469 Views
The US cover for Way of Kings is - 09/04/2010 04:03:45 PM 638 Views
*provides image* - 09/04/2010 06:49:26 PM 879 Views
It's good to have my own - 09/04/2010 09:27:36 PM 587 Views
It's better than the UK image. Still a bit MONTY PYTHON though. - 10/04/2010 11:15:10 AM 545 Views
That would make for a great epic fantasy short story! - 10/04/2010 12:21:27 PM 681 Views

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