It seems like almost every country can produce better book covers than the US. The minimalist approach works for me most of the time. This will always look better to me than This
The new ST-Covers from Cross Cult are rather atypical for SF-Covers here in Germany. The Standard is usually a boring, stereotypical cover, which has nothing to do with the story and will certainly not attract a single buyer who isn't buying everything labeled SF anyway.
I guess part of the reason for CC's special efforts when it comes to the covers is that they're usually publishing comics.
I ain't complaining. Even with the Vanguard books, they applied some "spot varnish" and other effects that really make the covers jump out at you. I was particularly pleased with how Open Secrets turned out.
I've been re-reading the TNG relaunch books, building up to re-reading Destiny while i'm on vacation. I'm looking forward to reading it a second time, especially after reading through this thread.
Although in this case, I think the English-language Stitch in Time is actually the more subdued one; this version is pretty too, but there's something understated and effective about Garak and the single plant. I do prefer these versions of the Destiny covers, though; the ones we got had too much blurry/choppy 'shopping, and you see the characters better on these. Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
^I was referring specifically to the shots of Ezri, Picard and Riker that dominate the covers, which look like adapted publicity stills to me. The other bits--Hernandez, etc.--are clearly original. Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
A massive book, but I cannot rate it, or even review it, without reading the sequels, because this isn't a single book. The beginning is slower than most of the books I have read, but from the middle on the story take shape and lay the foundation for something epic in the following volumes.
My favorite author is Steven Erikson, the Master of complex plot and multiple sub-plot (sorry GRRM) with at least a hundred characters in every novel. Now, the first Destiny book isn't comparable with one of Erikson's tome in scope, but it's much larger than the average ST novel or SFF novels in general. And I love massive series Just as a reminder, permit me to file a list of all sub-plot (hope I doesn't forget anyone): PAST Defiant Columbia PRESENT Enterprise Aventine Titan Earth (Bacco) Voyager (this one is finished?) Klingon Columbia (Hernandez is the only survivor?)
It's not really that big compared to a lot of other Trek books. Gods of Night: 423p Sorrows of Empire: 448p Full Circle: 561p Summon the Thunder: 416p The Good That Men Do: 446p Mission Gamma: Twilight: 504p Day of the Vipers: 498p A Stitch in Time: 393p Protectors: 401p Acts of Contrition: 400p approx. A Burning House: 416p approx. Uncertain Logic: 400p approx. Live by the Code: 400p approx. Atonement: 400p approx. And these are just the ones I found looking through my collection for a few minutes, I'm pretty sure there are other of similar length, or possibly longer.
I was purely talking about page count. You kept saying larger, so I thought you were talking about actual size and page count rather than complexity.