Best Covers

[Allyn Gibson]

Anyone ever get a cover framed?

I have the cover to Constellations to be framed. Then it will go in my gallery.

And yes, Kopernikus, the cover to the Grand Designs omnibus was fab.

For that matter, Mike Collins' covers for the SCE/CoE novellas were always top-notch. They don't get enough notice because they were never in print.

 

[JD]

I do agree with you there, SCE/CoE did have some beautiful covers over the years.

Anyone ever get a cover framed?

I didn't frame them, but I for a while I had printed a bunch of them out and hung them on my wall. I just used regual computer paper, so they didn't last long.

 

[Greg Cox]

I keep meaning to get some of my covers framed, but so far the only cover that's managed to make it up onto my wall is the one issue of SPIDER-MAN I wrote!

 

[Mirren Audax]

What about Boris Vallejo's covers?

 

[Man of Steel]

I keep meaning to get some of my covers framed, but so far the only cover that's managed to make it up onto my wall is the one issue of SPIDER-MAN I wrote!

Greg, can you show us that cover?

 

[Danlav05]

Articles of the Federation
Spectre
Taking Wing
Tales of the Dominion War
Full Circle

In fact, its the newer ones that I mostly think are really nice.

 

[Thrawn]

Just about everything from 2005-2008 is fantastic. It's the really new ones that I don't like.

 

[Greg Cox]

I keep meaning to get some of my covers framed, but so far the only cover that's managed to make it up onto my wall is the one issue of SPIDER-MAN I wrote!

Greg, can you show us that cover?

I'm not that technologically adept,but it was the flip side of WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #120. That issue had two stories and two covers. Mine was the one with Morbius fighting Spidey in a blizzard . . . .

 

[Christopher]

I'm not that technologically adept,but it was the flip side of WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #120. That issue had two stories and two covers. Mine was the one with Morbius fighting Spidey in a blizzard . . . .

Behold my Google-fu:

http://www.samruby.com/WebOfSpider-Man/Large/WebOfSpider-Man120Back.jpg

 

[tenmei]

I think my all-time favourite cover has to be DS9:Avatar (Book 1 and Book 2) when they're joined up - just seemed like a really awesome movie poster.

I remember loving the same idea when it was used on a couple of the early NF novels which gave us our first look at the full cast (a la the main cast promo shots of the televisual Star Trek) too.

But, to be honest, every one of the Vanguard covers (and the last few Titans too) have been brilliant. In fact, the only recent covers that have disappointed me have been the TNG Relaunch ones which, in my opinion (and only my opinion) have been pretty sub-par compared to a lot of the other recent covers.

 

[Greg Cox]

I'm not that technologically adept,but it was the flip side of WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #120. That issue had two stories and two covers. Mine was the one with Morbius fighting Spidey in a blizzard . . . .

Behold my Google-fu:

http://www.samruby.com/WebOfSpider-Man/Large/WebOfSpider-Man120Back.jpg

I'm impressed! Thanks!

I've got an issue of THE PHANTOM coming up next year. I can't wait to get that framed.

 

[Man of Steel]

Yes thank you Chris.

At one point, Morbious was going to be the villain in the next Spidey movie.

 

[Myasishchev]

Ex Machina's cover's really sweet.

 

[nickyboy]

I like Destiny book 1 and the 4 covers from the new Frontier mini-series, also Excalibur: Restoration but my all time favourite cover for New Frontier: After the Fall

 

[KRAD]

Anyone ever get a cover framed?

I have Sonia Hillios's original artwork for the Diplomatic Implausibility cover (still one of my favorite cover paintings attached to something I wrote) framed and in my apartment.

I have a particular fondness for that cover, as well as the ones for Tales of the Dominion War, Articles of the Federation, and A Burning House. I also generally love the covers by Sonia, Stephan Martiniere, Mark Gerber, and John Picacio.

I also echo Allyn's fondness for Mike Colins's magnificent eBook covers.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

The Terok Nor series, and The Never-Ending Sacrifice are my favorites. Seriously, if the guy that did the TNES cover ever starts selling prints, let me know. I would buy one.

 

[Trek Survivor]

I think Birdsong did the best covers - he had/has so much talent. As some one else pointed out, he used pencils to achieve many of those early covers!

I love most of the TNG covers circa book 6/7 - 30. Nostalgia plays a part, but I just think they look fantastic.

 

[TenLubak]

Plus I forgot I like Ghost Ship #1. Riker and Data's heads look funny and thier faces too round. Plus Mister LaForge doesn't look like himself. Maybe they didn't know who was gonna play the characters. Plus is that white space ship supposed to be 1/2 of the Enterprise. That is why I think it is neat. It makes one wonder what is going on.

 

[Arpy]

You don't got pictures, you don't got nothin'

here's a bunch i found

Do Comets Dream of Electric Sheep?
Lush and spare at the same time...reminds me of an ang lee film
http://www.amazon.com/Comets-Dream-...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254380552&sr=1-1

Empty Chair
have sword will mbow chika mwow woww in destiny's rays
http://www.amazon.com/Empty-Chair-Star-Trek-Rihannsu/dp/1416508910/ref=pd_sim_b_83

Buried Age
a true fave
http://www.amazon.com/Buried-Age-St...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254378933&sr=1-1

Constellations
who WERE those masked men?
http://www.amazon.com/Constellations-Star-Trek-Marco-Palmieri/dp/0743492544

Immortal COil
precious but cool
http://www.amazon.com/Immortal-Coil...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254378760&sr=1-1

VOY Companion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emperordalek/1648135306/in/set-72157602544915492/

Avatar
I prefer them seperately but they're shown here together as well
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=deep+space+nine+avatar&x=0&y=0

Avenger
special place in my heart for
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Avenger-William-Shatner/dp/0671551329/ref=pd_sim_b_23#reader

Intellivore
eerie
http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Intellivore
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emperordalek/1786354435/in/set-72157600993671492/

Strangers from the Sky
retro fun
http://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Star-Margaret-Wander-Bonanno/dp/1416524630/ref=pd_sim_b_33

sorry, which directive did you say?
http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Directive-Star-Judith-Reeves-Stevens/dp/0671744666/ref=pd_sim_b_30

Taking Wing
don't like the book but the cover...
http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Wing-S...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254378942&sr=1-1

can't
http://www.amazon.com/Vulcans-Forge...?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1254382083&sr=1-2
go wrong
http://www.amazon.com/Spocks-World-ebook/dp/B000FC0UPI/ref=pd_sim_kinc_2
with spock
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Tro...?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1254382203&sr=1-1

TNG Technical Manual
old favorite
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Generation-Technical-Unnumbered/dp/0671704273

Q-Squared
http://www.amazon.com/Q-Squared-ebook/dp/B000FC0T54/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254379389&sr=1-1

Gemini
http://www.amazon.com/Gemini-Star-T...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254382690&sr=8-1

you get to see the characters!
http://www.amazon.com/Gateways-Demons-Air-Darkness-ebook/dp/B000FC0P08/ref=pd_sim_kinc_13
http://www.amazon.com/Mission-Gamma...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254379190&sr=1-1

Full Circle
you see nothing new, but it takes you home and that matters when you haven't been in a while. plus makes use of a very expensive model:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Voyager-Circle-ebook/dp/B001NLKST8/ref=pd_sim_kinc_29

Tales of the Dominion War
would inspire the jem hadar to war against the jem hadar
http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Dominion-War-ebook/dp/B000NY11QA/ref=pd_sim_kinc_42

Articles of the Federation
http://www.amazon.com/Articles-of-t...?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1254379752&sr=1-1

i think sometimes heads just gotta float
http://www.amazon.com/Captains-Hono...r_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254383368&sr=1-15

Rogue Saucer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67626610@N00/1574926668

Distant Shores
not the best shot of the ship but look at that galaxy behind it
http://www.amazon.com/Distant-Shore...ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254379317&sr=1-24#reader

Greater than the Sum
hate the ship, cover maybe needs more razzle dazzle, but...pretty
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Greater-than-ebook/dp/B0010SEOGM/ref=pd_sim_kinc_16

Dark Mirror
my first trek book. awesome in every way.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67626610@N00/1574915084

though i haven't read most of these, covers are a delight, no?

 

[Wes-Cutting]

The Vanguard covers are all very nice, though I admit that it might be nice to feature the characters on the covers as well as the ships and station.

Yeah I suppose that would be nice but I think it would take away from the fun readers would get from having to imagine what the characters look like. Personally I hope they don't do that because I have faces in my head for most of the people that get time in the books. But I do love the covers that they are producing for Vanguard.

I would have to say the Warpath caught my attention, the other cover that I really like is the Buried Age cover in the Lost Era series.