Pre-release City of Dragons (spoilers Farseer, LST, TM and RWC)

[Farseer]

Blood of Dragons is the confirmed title for RWC Book Four.

Other latest news is that the City of Dragons cover art that Jackie did for the UK/Australian version is now to also be used for the US version. The same will go for the cover art for Blood of Dragons, the artwork-in-progress which you can view here.

Obviously Harper Collins bowed to public pressure/reaction over the previously-released US cover art?

EDIT: If you happen to come across any Hobb/Lindholm news like this, feel free to share it here before I do!

[redchild]

Obviously Harper Collins bowed to public pressure/reaction over the previously-released US cover art?

I certainly hope so.

[joost]

I probably missed something. US covers for any fantasy book have a history of being ugly, so why was there public pressure over the previous art?

[Farseer]

Sorry, joost, but that was just an assumption on my part. I should firstly have said "I wonder if..." rather than "Obviously...".

Still, other than taking the opinions or reactions of readers on board, I couldn't/can't think of any other explanation for such a change mid-series, particularly given that the US cover art had already been released (to a mostly negative public). I know I didn't mind it but then I am rarely concerned by cover art.

Of course, you make a perfect point, and there are also plenty of other series out there that have had their cover art changed mid-way through for no apparent reason. In fact, the change itself has often prompted a negative reaction, especially from those who have collected only a certain type of cover.

I see that Antebar has asked Robin (on robinhobb.com) about the original cover so Robin may, or may not, be able to shed some light on the reasons behind the switch.

[Farseer]

Here's a link to the finished cover for City of Dragons. Enjoy!

Ooh, it's inching closer, ever closer to the time when we will have the little beauty in our hands...!

[Nuytsia]

[Albertosaurus Rex]

As much as I have criticised the new direction the covers have taken, and as much as I wish we could get a John Howe cover...

I really like this cover.

['thul]

These new style-covers are nice pieces of art, but they do not really tell stories the way John Howe-covers did.

[Farseer]

So, the first edition of the Dutch translation of City of Dragons is out...if only I could read Dutch!



EDIT: Yikes, the last pic was huge!

['thul]

spoiler tags are useful for such...

Dutch is a language one feels one should understand when one understands German, but that is a false feeling. Most annoying.