Aug-01-2010, 03:27 PM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Aug-01-2010, 03:28 PM (UTC) by Albertosaurus Rex.)
I don't have all that many covers with inaccurate covers, but Hazezon is a pretty wild case. The characters of the book are pictures pretty accurately, but they're in scenes that don't even resemble scenes from the book itself.
Thul just mentioned Deverry. While I haven't opened his message for fear of spoilers, I did note that the US covers of some of the volumes that I have read are a bit generic. The people-on-horses on Daggerspell and The Bristling Wood really could be on almost any fantasy novel. (Who are the guys on The Bristling Wood supposed to be anyway?) I do quite like the US cover of Darkspell, though- which does happen to be accurate. (But NOT the original cover! I don't even want to be caught dead with that thing!)
Thul just mentioned Deverry. While I haven't opened his message for fear of spoilers, I did note that the US covers of some of the volumes that I have read are a bit generic. The people-on-horses on Daggerspell and The Bristling Wood really could be on almost any fantasy novel. (Who are the guys on The Bristling Wood supposed to be anyway?) I do quite like the US cover of Darkspell, though- which does happen to be accurate. (But NOT the original cover! I don't even want to be caught dead with that thing!)
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