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I like the second one with Spock and Uhura.
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I like the second one with Spock and Uhura.
It's style reminds me of TOS: Agents of Influence.
Hmm. A bit annoying that, after the publicity emphasised the importance of Crusher and Troi in the story and despite the author's express desire to focus on those characters in particular, the cover features neither of them.
A cover's job is to sell the book. For all that "don't judge a book by its cover" is a cliche, the fact is that pretty much everybody judges a book by its cover. Worf is a more popular character than Crusher and Troi, so that probably dictated why he's on the cover.
Hell, Spock barely appears in Cast No Shadow, but he's prominently featured on the cover because Spock on the cover sells more than Spock not on the cover.
Hell, Spock barely appears in Cast No Shadow, but he's prominently featured on the cover because Spock on the cover sells more than Spock not on the cover.
I like the cover, but share the frustration, especially as this author was brought in as part of an effort to bring a bit more diversity to the Star Trek writing pool; shame the cover doesn't reflect that attempt at greater representation in the real world and in universe - Surely that could have been spun into a marketing gimmick itself?
Shadows Have Offended seems to be taking cues from Collateral Damage's cover.
Nice covers, although I do agree with @DarkHorizon that it would have been nice if they had included Dr. Crusher and Troi on the cover for Shadows Have Offended.More covers!
Why is the Romulan BoP from Enterprise on the top right of Shadows Have Offended?
It will be interesting to see the cover of DS9: Revenant later this year, seeing as the two novels were announced together. Maybe Worf again?
It will be interesting to see the cover of DS9: Revenant later this year, seeing as the two novels were announced together. Maybe Worf again?
Recycling an existing art asset for both budget and recognisability. Same thing Star Trek Online did for Romulan Birds of Prey of 2409, which fortuitously worked out given how often ENT recycled TNG-era aesthetics.
Maybe there actually is a 22nd-century Bird-of-Prey in the novel. After all, a 23rd-century BoP showed up in use by the Fenris Rangers in Picard.
It's interesting to see the new TNG novel cover has a similar feel as Collateral Damage (for lack of a better word). I agree with some that it would have been nice to feature Crusher and Troi somewhere, even along with Worf if they wanted to feature Worf.
But, as KRAD noted, covers do have at least some effect. I know I wasn't too impressed with the Typhon Pact covers, but I loved the covers for The Fall (I actually prefer space/ship based pictures over people).
But, as KRAD noted, covers do have at least some effect. I know I wasn't too impressed with the Typhon Pact covers, but I loved the covers for The Fall (I actually prefer space/ship based pictures over people).
Speaking of the Fenris Rangers, I could have sworn about a year or so ago somebody said in an interview that there was a Picard novel in the works about Seven and her time with them. Do we know anything more about that? Or did I imagine it?
I remember many people thinking that it was an obvious choice for a potential novel, but I don't think anything was announced or rumored. IIRC, James Swallow said in his post-release interviews for TDV that he suggested a Seven of Nine backstory novel during the pitching stage, but everyone decided that was territory likely to be explored within the show itself and his novel should be about something else.
Imagine if the cover featured Troi and Crusher and then sales were poor. The idea is to get the maximum number of readers picking it up in the first place.
I'm curious which sell better. Pocket was all about floating heads for a couple of years, then they switched to mostly CG space ship scenes (or at least that's how it seemed). Now they're doing more of a mix with some more poster art-type stuff too.
Always prefer people covers, although in the days of painted covers, it was annoying if a likeness was strangely off in some way.
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