Oddly it was the style of print on the cover/spine of 'jhereg' that got me interested in reading the books. That and I enjoyed cowboy feng's enough to keep an eye out for the author's other works, which I haven't liked ALL of, but a pretty darned good percentage. Usually the synopsis is the thing that hooks me along with an interesting title staring off the spine from the bookstore shelf. Having said that, the artwork on Brust's books tends toward the uneven, especially when compared to something like the Fire and Ice stuff from Martin. Compared to other works, it definitely shows that there is a ton of room for improvement no matter what level of fandom you happen to fall into, as the below quote states. :) andy > >I'm tempted to cry "false advertising" on that. Loiosh is > >*not* a dragon, and I can't see calling those covers "new > >art". > Well, I was introduced to this series because I was going through a phase in 3rd grade where I was really interested in dragons. My Mom bought me Orca for Christmas thinking that's what it was about. (Says something about her that she didn't read the summary.) So the covers work and they resemble dragons. It passes the test because I was happy with the book. My opinion is covers are good if they get people to look at or buy the book. It would be nice if fans liked them too, but as far as the publisher is concerned it doesn't matter. Sadly, looking at the Sethra Lavode cover, it doesn't even seem to be a great cover based on these qualifications. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search