Raymond Swanland’s work on Nightshade’s packaging of the ‘Dread Empire’ series is just gorgeous, no question about it. Check these two books out…
Don’t they look great? I still (still!) need to get round to reading them both though, it’s just a matter of finding the time what with everything else. Have any of you guys read the ‘Dread Empire’ books? If so, what did you think? How do they compare to the ‘Black Company’ books?
Talking of which, does anyone know if Raymond Swanland is the artist responsible for the cover art on the new collected editions of the ‘Black Company’ books? I spent ages tracking down the original Tor editions (which are hard to come by over here) only to see the new omnibus editions released a couple of years after I’d picked up ‘Soldiers Live’. Talk about timing…
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I got into the Black Co 12 years ago, and had to order in the books to my local book store. They were well worth it to say the least. I had never even heard of the Dread Empire until I was Shopping in the United States and came upon the Dread Empire omnibus. I bought it, read it, and enjoyed it! Quite a good read, but I would say that it is not as good as the Black Co.
Yes, Swanland is also responsible for the new Black Company omnibus edition covers.
I keep meaning to get ahold of the dread empire books, thanks for the reminder. I have read all ten of the BC books about 6 times so every couple of years and they are all Tor prints, Took me about 3 years to track them all down. I may have to invest in these omnibus editions so i can lend them out to people, (wont part with my originals EVER) so people can experience the awesomeness of uncle Doj
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