Jun-30-2010, 01:21 PM (UTC)
I guess they want to ~repack~ the books to look the "same" as the the newer Hobb reprints? Makes sense from a marketing point of view. I know some people find Jackie's covers plain and boring, but I adore her art (just as much as I love Howe's detailed paintings!) and I think it's refreshing to see different kinds of covers. I'm also wondering if Howe's prices have gone up a lot since he was involved with the LOTR movies or if he's just too busy to do other covers anymore. I mean, when was the last time we saw a new Howe cover on *anything* that wasn't a Tolkien book or one of Howe's own books? I haven't followed his website updates for awhile, so I could easily be wrong... it's just that I haven't seen anything new by him in bookshops besides Tolkien/JH titles for a few years.
"Green nubs on the dry sticks of the clematis promised that the appearance of death was not death itself." - Ship of Destiny
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