My reaction to IN GREEN'S JUNGLES

Kevin J. Maroney · 05 Dec 2000, 12:41 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney at ungames.com>
Subject: RE: (whorl) My reaction to IN GREEN'S JUNGLES
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 12:41:54
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At 08:50 AM 12/5/00 -0800, Dan'l wrote:
>Am I the _only_ person here who likes the covers on OBW and IGJ? I find th=
is
>frankly hard  to believe; the marketing department at TOR can't be utter
>ninnies.=20

While I could believe that the marketing (and design) departments at a
major publisher are utter ninnies, I don't believe that the ones at Tor
are. I rather like the covers of both _Blue_ and _Green_--not just as
covers, but as covers for those specific books, and I continue to be amazed
by the hostile reactions to them expressed here.=20

I think the piece of art on the cover of _Whorl_ does not fit the book very
well (although, or perhaps because it's the most literal of the three
covers), but I think it's a lovely illustration, the best of the three.

--=20
Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney at ungames.com
Kitchen Staff Supervisor, New York Review of Science Fiction
http://www.nyrsf.com

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