Amazon has RTW cover up

William Ansley · 24 Nov 2000, 00:33 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: William Ansley <wansley at warwick.net>
Subject: Re: (whorl) Amazon has RTW cover up
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 00:33:41
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At 2:33 PM -0500 11/22/00, Michael Purdy wrote:
>FYI all, the cover for Return to the Whorl is now up on Amazon.
>
>This one's got me stumped.  Who's the giant?  And is that a humanoid=20
>figure in his hand?  It's easy to lose the  little finger on the=20
>giant's hand, but if you can separate that finger out (it points in=20
>a different direction than the other fingers), there appears to be=20
>an arm from the smaller humanoid figure propped up on it.   You can=20
>see a waist and legs, but the head of the figure and one of its=20
>hands are radiating so much light it's very tough to be certain.=20
>About the only thing that can be said with any certitude is that=20
>Oreb's on the cover.  Very tiny, but it's gotta be Oreb.

I don't know why everyone thinks that the larger guy on the cover is=20
a giant. The glowing guy could be teensy. And the bird could be much=20
farther away than everyone is assuming.

Maybe one of the major influences on _RttW_ is _Darby O'Gill and the=20
Little People_.

Or maybe not.

--=20
William Ansley

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