Matthew Hunter <matthew at infodancer.org> writes: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 05:55:38PM -0700, Steven Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> wrote: > > The real answer to his question is that he is paying too much attention to > > the cover, fer chrissakes. It is a *wonderful* cover, but attempting to > > translate that kind of detail from text to cover is just asking to be > > confused. > > Well, I'm trying to reconcile the text with the cover, and > wondering where in a number of possibilities the error lay. > If the answer is "The cover artist is smoking crack", so be it. Detailed accuracy in a cover is very much not something to expect. Heck, I've stopped even *hoping* for it. Apart from everything else, it often interferes with the important purpose of the cover. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info