tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post516720870548450152..comments2024-03-28T14:45:19.843-05:00Comments on Stomping on Yeti: Covering Covers: The Way of Kings - Brandon SandersonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-63800609661904811112010-03-03T15:26:43.957-06:002010-03-03T15:26:43.957-06:00I'm very excited about Sanderson's new boo...I'm very excited about Sanderson's new book and I say, the bigger the better! I'm also not too enthusiastic about the covers though. I'm not one of those people that pay too much attention to book covers but this is one that I would probably ignore in the bookstore because it looks so generic, if I didn't know that it was Sanderson's book. I do think the black and white version below looks more dramatic.Simchahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14730042073954228379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-10808865203780555772010-03-02T07:01:22.458-06:002010-03-02T07:01:22.458-06:00I like more the entire art piece. The cover misses...I like more the entire art piece. The cover misses the left part which helps the atmosphere. I like that it is old school also, not that I have something against the new type of covers. However, the letters cover some important parts of the art piece which is not very good in my opinion.Mihai A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08534691063946241019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-51276157551538494712010-03-01T12:13:22.639-06:002010-03-01T12:13:22.639-06:00It's not terrible, it's just not great. Li...It's not terrible, it's just not great. Like you said, it's a very traditional fantasy cover. I just don't like how it all looks together.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546050685623369173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478941067348817827.post-13850079478912012942010-03-01T11:55:54.619-06:002010-03-01T11:55:54.619-06:00One thing to keep in mind - Whelan did this cover ...One thing to keep in mind - Whelan did this cover because that's who Sanderson wanted for it. Usually an author has little control over who does the cover art and what it ultimatlely ends up as. But with his agreeing to finish up the WOT books, Tor owed Sanderson a big favor and Sanderson cashed in with this request. Whelan has basically retired from doing cover art, so Doherty had to call in a favor to get Whelan to do it.<br /><br />On the cover art itself - I like Whelan's work - his scope and color almost always fascinate me. I don't think this is his best work, but it's still pretty good. So I like it, but it's still a very traditional fantasy book cover. And I don't care for that so much. But the postives outweigh the negatives for me.<br /><br />It'll be interesting to see if Whelan does the other books in the series of if they need to find someone else.Nethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963540055415924510noreply@blogger.com