Another beautiful piece by Vincent Chong.
Crow vs. Bolander. Very very cool. Yes, I know that skyline isn’t Ada, but just like the mini gun on the last cover, it is all about telling the potential buyer about the story and getting them interested. These covers absolutely excel at that.
The word Spellbound doesn’t really translate well, and there were a couple of options, but this title conveys well. The other potential words all sounded a little too “Disney”. 🙂
And I was just informed by the French publisher that this is a major webpage. On their list of the top 10 works of fantasy works for the year, Hard Magic is #4 overall, and the 2nd book. #1 and #2 were Game of Thrones season 2 and the Hobbit!
http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/news/Le-top-10-2012-de-la-redaction-d-Elbakin-net
hat’s good company to be in. No shame there! (Martin and Tolkien)
@#$%. ‘That’ not hat.
Good for you, Larry! That’s a great cover. 🙂
I live in Ada and I can tell you it doesn’t have much in the way of a skyline.
Another beautiful piece by Larry Correia ;).
I’ve always wondered why books get new covers when they’re published in other countries – it seems to me to be an easy thing to recycle, and would save money.
Larry, any insights in the business logic behind this?
Also, just noted that the link in the blogroll to Munckin Wrangler goes to his old blog; you might want to update that to http://www.munchkinwrangler.com/
Sorry if this is a repeat comment. I tried to post it last night and that turned into a clusterfoxtrot of forgotten passwords and fail.
I was introduced to this site by the excellent post on gun control, and have enjoyed other posts as well. I purchased the first “Monster Hunter” book last night and my Kindle tells me I’m now 10% into it. So far, it’s an enjoyable read for two reasons: a) monsters b) a writer who actually knows about firearms and can write about them intelligently.
I look forward to future posts and making my way through the MH series.
When you’re done with the Monster Hunter books, pick up Larry’s other stuff. There’s not a turd in the bunch.
Thanks. I’ll have to check them out.
I like the French cover better than the one we got here in the states.
Malediction….that’s the brand of cigarettes that Sandman Slim smokes.
I’ve got to say, “Malediction” is an awesome title. That cover in general is pretty cool.