I really like that cover. A nice callback to the covers of the 80s/90s. I'm really interested in this book.
TOS: Foul Deeds Will Rise, by Greg Cox (November 25, 2014)
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I really like that cover. A nice callback to the covers of the 80s/90s. I'm really interested in this book.
Is that an actual painted cover? Nice to see one of those again.
Interesting look for the cover. Really like seeing the maroon jackets on a cover again!
Thanks for posting that. I got a sneak peek at the cover a while ago, but was sworn to secrecy until it was officially unveiled. Glad to see it's finally out in the open!
VERY nice! The covers have been really great this year, and I really do like this one in particular.
Nice art. Getting excited to read this one. In our household, we are forbidden from buying ourselves anything from November on, so I suspect I'll see this one at Christmas.
If this cover is a callback to the 80s/90s, then we should have something wrong with them. Usually the eyes. Seems Birdsong (who did a lot of the covers) has a problem (mostly) with eyes.
Hmm. No, he's definitely just Captain Kirk in this book.
Does he really have an admiral's insignia in the art? I confess I've never paid too much attention to the costuming details, aside from thinking that the maroon uniforms always looked cool.
Yes, it is the Admiral uniform Kirk is wearing on the cover. Any chance you could point out this mistake to the powers that be?
Admiral uniform: http://images2.fanpop.com/image/pho...rk-star-trek-the-movies-13224240-900-1135.jpg
Captain uniform: http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/bonus_gen/publicity/kirk_gen1.jpg
And here is a chart of the various ranks and insignias for that time period.
Movie Era! It's been a long time.
Like EnterpriseRules says, seeing the maroon jackets again on a novel cover is great, and almost brought a tear to my eye, despite one of them being Kirk's admiralty uniform (and yes, Christopher, we still think you're cool, even though you hate them
).
Like EnterpriseRules says, seeing the maroon jackets again on a novel cover is great, and almost brought a tear to my eye, despite one of them being Kirk's admiralty uniform (and yes, Christopher, we still think you're cool, even though you hate them
).
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I'm not sure how I feel about painted art.
But the flipped up part of the jacket with the white shows more as well as the insignia on the black strip. Overall, it's rather noticeable.
I do hope you can get someone in charge of the cover to get it fixed. It seems a shame to spoil such a nice cover with so obvious an error.
It's better then your average Photoshopped in starship that can be pretty boring.
Up until a few years ago, almost all sci-fi book covers were painted covers. 
Heck, I'm old enough to remember when cover artists used to deliver actual canvasses to publishers instead of just emailing a file . . . .
It was fun and exciting to unwrap them.
(Although I'm sure the artists don't miss having to schlep them on the subway or pack them for shipping!)
Heck, I'm old enough to remember when cover artists used to deliver actual canvasses to publishers instead of just emailing a file . . . .
It was fun and exciting to unwrap them.
(Although I'm sure the artists don't miss having to schlep them on the subway or pack them for shipping!)
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Speaking of starships in general, a few days ago, StarTrek.com also posted this nifty tribute to the Enterprise-A on the official site:
Celebrating the Ships of the Line: USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A
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