Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Cover Art - 'The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight' (Jack Campbell)

For no other reason than that I have a touch of 'spaceship nostalgia' tonight and this cover reminds me of the spaceships that I used to see on Asimov novels (and the like) around thirty years ago. That really makes me feel old :o( Anyway...

Not only does the cover take me back to the days when spaceships looked cool, they just did, but 'Tarnished Knight' looks like it's a standalone novel (requiring minimal knowledge of the rest of the series). No having to catch up for me then :o) I'll move this one up the pile accordingly...
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9 comments:

  1. Justin Landon10 October 2012 at 20:38

    The US covers are pretty terrible for this series IMO. Character driven, photo realistic (or at least as photo realistic as futuristic dudes can be). Love these UK ones.

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  2. Blitzspear10 October 2012 at 22:33

    I do like a good starship on a book cover, and a bit spooky as i was thinking about books with starships on covers as an idea for your guest blog request. just not got around to emailing you about it and theres a scratchbuild ship on the bench thats eating up my spare time atm.
    Blitz

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  3. Graeme Flory11 October 2012 at 16:46

    Blitzspear - I like your thinking :o)Let me know if you want in and I'll make sure there's a space free for you.

    Justin - Funnily enough, I came across the US covers (doing an image search)and thought pretty much the same thing. There's something about photoshopped characters on covers that really doesn't sit well with me.

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  4. AK15 October 2012 at 21:50

    Hi,


    you might be interested by the french cover for The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught at
    http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1404543&d=1327091193

    The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Invincible at
    http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1601906&d=1349648515

    and The Lost Fleet: The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight at
    http://conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1601905&d=1349648509

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  7. Anonymous19 October 2012 at 05:13

    Sadly, the US cover has a guy-with-a-gun. Too bad you can't choose your cover when you order...

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  8. Jay1 November 2012 at 17:09

    Graeme:
    The guy-in-armor covers (for a space fleet series?) are so bad that Campbell/Hemry even pokes fun at them in BTF: Invincible.

    AK:
    Those are fantastic! I might have to mock up some text and swap out the cover images on my eBooks...

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  9. AK4 November 2012 at 17:23

    @Jay: Please do it, nowadays artists leave their art being copied in the hope to become more famous. Sad ?

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