tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post9149801419917619269..comments2024-03-17T14:31:21.769-04:00Comments on Fantasy Book Critic: Recent Contemporary and Inventive Fantasy Reviewed on FBC (by Liviu)Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-89007871002066348962010-09-19T20:12:44.799-04:002010-09-19T20:12:44.799-04:00Richard: interesting observation; for myself, whil...Richard: interesting observation; for myself, while I bought 9 of the books above and got 6 as arcs, I mostly knew of them from other sources, so covers did not enter my decision to get or read them, maybe except for the Doubsinky book which wowed me with the cover on the first page of the pdf-arc I got.<br /><br />But I utterly love the Gargoyle cover and I like a lot the second Warrington cover and the ones for Jasmyn and Sorcerer's House.<br /><br />Labyrinth, How to Paint a Dead Man and White is for Witching have covers that would make me pick up the books in store wherever they are shelved, while the PS covers (Doubinsky and Eliott) are distinctive too.<br /><br /> Then there are the "literary" covers - Niffenegger and Shaw - nothing that original but also covers I would check the book in store <br /><br />I like much less the Prospero, the US cover of Joyce's book and the one of Monsters of Templeton, but the UK cover of Joyce's book is wonderful imho<br /><br />I did a post with favorite covers a while ago and explained for many of the books how the cover participated in my decision to get/read the book, though usually it applies only to books I do not know anything aboutLiviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-72908570264015601232010-09-19T12:11:22.517-04:002010-09-19T12:11:22.517-04:00Interesting to me, I don't like a single cover...Interesting to me, I don't like a single cover here. I know it's a matter of taste, but these are blah or worse.Richard R.http://brokenbullhorn.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-18759740063267889282010-09-19T12:08:26.833-04:002010-09-19T12:08:26.833-04:00There are definitely more titles like these that I...There are definitely more titles like these that I did not like for a reason or another, but I am always looking for such.Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-87492624841579662382010-09-18T21:16:36.590-04:002010-09-18T21:16:36.590-04:00I really enjoyed Prospero Lost and Elfland. I plan...I really enjoyed Prospero Lost and Elfland. I plan on fully exploring more of these titles fairly soon. I have discovered through those books that not UF is about hunky vampires and hot women with unruly curls who fall in love in the midst of some investigative incident. Now I feel like I should explore the genre a bit more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com