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Wow.
This is really taking it back. This looks like something that really could have been on a cover way back when.
Makes me want a retro sci-fi adventure that much more. :)
Will this approach be taken with future omnibi and big Planet Stories releases from here on out? THat is, picking a style that breaks from the full-cover painting standard for the other releases, keyed specifically to the style of the book itself?
This is the cover I love most in the planet stories line.
Graphic design and simplicity are rare in genre fiction covers now.
This dynamic, pared down look pops in a way that your softcovers sometimes don't.
Your cover for 'Steppe',was also excellent, but I remember thinking it would have been improved by a white field.
Here are a few covers I really liked in the past:
A clockwork orange
Automated Alice
And here are some excellent parody covers that I stumbled on while finding them
Wow, that is a great cover.
Does this "Space-Witch" have a familiar?
If so, does she gain her powers by communing with this familiar daily?
I wonder what hexes she actually knows.
Beautiful cover! Out of all the Planet Stories covers so far this is the first one that makes me want to get the book based on the cover alone. Bravo Kieran!
That's some cover.
I'm reminded from an old issue of Dragon something about how artists are always trying to sneak in perverse stuff into artwork hoping the editors won't catch it.
I leave the relevance of this observation as an exercise to the reader
That's some cover.
I'm reminded from an old issue of Dragon something about how artists are always trying to sneak in perverse stuff into artwork hoping the editors won't catch it.
I leave the relevance of this observation as an exercise to the reader
Yeah, I was kind of wondering about that myself.
That's some cover.
I'm reminded from an old issue of Dragon something about how artists are always trying to sneak in perverse stuff into artwork hoping the editors won't catch it.
I leave the relevance of this observation as an exercise to the reader
Kieran was also the artist for the Before They Were Giants cover.
I, too, leave the relevance of that observation to the reader. :)
That's some cover.
I'm reminded from an old issue of Dragon something about how artists are always trying to sneak in perverse stuff into artwork hoping the editors won't catch it.
I leave the relevance of this observation as an exercise to the reader
Kieran was also the artist for the Before They Were Giants cover.
I, too, leave the relevance of that observation to the reader. :)
heheheh
You know, I had wondered about that one too. I guess that clinches it, eh? :)
I like the cover as well, but I wonder if you can help me with Silverberg. I feel like I mostly have experienced him as an editor and not an author, and I know I've read some short stories of his in the past, but I'm just not remembering them. What would you say to give people a feel for him as an author...or at least, as an author in these works, if he has changed significantly through the years or across works?
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Silverberg was intentionally riffing on the types of high-octane stories published in the original Planet Stories with this one, so this and the books that follow have him relatively early in his career, incorporating some very "Gonzo" pulp stories that he might not touch in later years, when he was (and is) considered more of a "Serious" writer.
"Lord Valentine's Castle" is the book almost everyone recommends to get a sense of Silverberg at his best and at the apex of his evolution as an author. These stories are earlier than that, and a bit more raw.
And they're full of monsters and rayguns and stuff.
As for sampling it, well, you don't have to wait too long for this actual volume to come out so you can drink straight from the well. If you simply cannot wait, I'd suggest checking out some of the Ace Doubles Bob published in the late 50s and early 60s. You can find these at a quality used book store, and they give a good sense of what you're in for in this book.
Or you could just wait a few months for THOSE, too, because we're publishing six of them over the next two volumes!
Thanks, Erik! We've got some major Silverberg gorging ahead, so I'll just anticipate now, based on these expectations.
Finally got around to starting this. Pretty good so far.
Are the others still on track?
Finally got around to starting this. Pretty good so far.
Are the others still on track?
Still on their way. #2 is at the printer right now.
Finally got around to starting this. Pretty good so far.
Are the others still on track?
The Planet Killers was packaged and sent to the printer some time ago, so yes, that one is still on track for its September release, printer willing. Chalice of Death is in the final stages of production/editing; mid-October might be a little optimistic, but I'm hoping it won't slip too much later. We're in the middle of editing our gargantuan hardcover Bestiary 3 right now, but I imagine we'll be able to tie up Chalice shortly after that.
Glad to hear you're liking Space-Witch!!