"Jon Carey" <greyw01f at hotmail.com> writes: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312855818.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg > That had better not be the cover for _Sethra Lavode_ and if > it is, that had BETTER DAMN WELL NOT BE SETHRA LAVODE! I was going to comment on this a while ago when I saw the small BW scan in Tor's catalog. And the cover blurbs given there were... interesting. The expected comments about Sethra, then stuff about an ambitious Dragonlord trying to recreate the Empire by force, "unaware of Zerika's existence"! > 1) Okay, she has black, straight hair, if rather bland. > mundane hair--not the pin-needle straight hair you might > associate with a vampire. > > 2) hmm what's this, her skin seems...seems...vivacious. She looks awfully young too. > 3) Is her shirt white? Oh, the Dragaeranity! > > 4) What the fuck is that she's got in her hand? Is that > Iceflame with delusions of grandeur? And she's leaning on it, with the point touching the ground. Aerich is going to have fits. > 5) What a noble, intimidating pose they've got her in. Is > this Morrolan/Fabio's wife? Glorious Mountain should fire > whoever does their cover art. Yeah, well, Morrolan's pose for LOCB was completely wrong too. I don't think he sat down once during that book (and he certainly doesn't have a throne). And I'd love to see him put that 8 foot sword in sheath worn on his hip. --KG
