Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Eye Candy Covers: The Islanders by Christopher Priest

Eye candy covers! There was no post about covers here on RoSF in two years or so, because - actually, I have no idea why. (Probably because Thrinidir did those, and Thrinidir does not contribute to this blog as much as he used to.)
Anyway, I think it's about time to resurrect this column, because everyone loves a nice cover.


The Islanders by Christopher Priest is probably my most-awaited book of 2011. (Yes, I'm anticipating it even more than ADwD, simply because I won't believe that ADwD is finished until I hold it in my hands.*) Here's the working image for its cover:


Damn. This is hardly an eye candy. As Adam noted, it's very retro; my problem is that I don't like retro at all. I like the Gollancz paperback covers of Priest's books; they are elegant and pretty:

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This one, however ... I really hope they change it. If I saw The Islanders in a bookshop, I'd walk straight past it with a cover like that - to me, it seems to scream 'BORING'. It also looks a bit like the books my mother read when I was a kid, which is in fact probably one of the reasons why I think 'boring' when I see it.


Source: The Wertzone


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* Not that this has prevented me from pre-ordering it
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3 comments:

  1. ThRiNiDiRMay 25, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    I dig the retro cover and don't think much of the ones below.

    So if this post would be made by me I'd reverse the covers. In a way this post could be called Anti-Eye Candy Covers :p

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  2. BenjaminMay 31, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    Hey Trin. I'm afraid I'm with Thrinidir on the covers. I much prefer The Islanders and don't think much of the Gollancz paperbacks.

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  3. TrinJune 4, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Hmph! *sulks* :P

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