Covers

Dave Lebling · 09 Dec 2000, 11:54 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: "Dave Lebling" <dlebling at shore.net>
Subject: (whorl) Covers
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 11:54:09
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> The Short Sun books are apparently being treated as planetary
> adventure; which is about the right subgenre, when you come right down
> to it. We can just bloody well like it or lump it.

Dan'l wrote great wisdom on covers, but...

I just recently bought the omnibus Jack Vance _Dying Earth_ trade pb (my
Lancer _Dying Earth_ is falling apart, etc.).  The cover depicts a genre
spaceship hovering over a genre future-abstract planet's surface.  This book
is published by Orb, which, as I recall, is Tor (Wolfe's publisher) under an
assumed name.  _Dying Earth_ is, as I hope we all know,
magic&fantasy&manners set in the far, far future.  Certainly a Unique, but
the people looking for spaceships are going to be very confused.

Explain that one, please, Dan'l.

    -- Vizcacha
        aka Dave Lebling

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