Jul-28-2009, 12:04 PM (UTC)
I believe the idea behind "repacking" the books was that they would then attract a larger audience - people who normally keep a distance from anything labeled "fantasy" (but read books with fantastic stories anyway without realizing it). While I agree that Howe's covers are brilliant and beautiful, they are also clearly recognizable as "fantasy covers" - mostly because so many others in the field copy his style these days.
"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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