Why does Germany get the cool novel covers?

[Cybersnark]

Fire on High cover

. . . And Soleta will infiltrate the Fire Nation by way of their sewer systems.

 

[Therin of Andor]

. . . And Soleta will infiltrate the Fire Nation by way of their sewer systems.

Going where no one has gone before...

Or perhaps where everyone in the city has passed before.

 

[David cgc]

It's been way too long since I've revisited New Frontier, but I seem to remember the Prometheians' medallion being more, well, hand-held.

 

[Defcon]

And no, I've no idea why Burgoyne is in the bar.

ETA: Burgoyne apparently is only a place holder in this early draft.

Apparently she was a place holder for Peter David. On startrekromane.de I found a version with him in hir position:

 

[captcalhoun]

still think these covers are NOT. AWESOME.

 

[Defcon]

Cross Cult has posted a draft for the cover of the German translation of Enterprise: The Good That Men Do:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...796548230.147081.270679318230&type=1&comments

 

[JD]

I like.

 

[BrotherBenny]

Me too.

 

[MatthiasRussell]

I recently stumbled upon the German covers. They have all been so much better. The Destiny ones are great, too. I especially like their presentation of Calhoun; he looks more like you would expect for someone from a desert planet.

 

[Csalem]

When I was in Germany last week I was looking out for these books in train stations. The people of Ulm seem to be bigger Trekkies than those of Munich based on the number of books in shops.

 

[Defcon]

For the first time in quite a while CC has released another cover draft. This time for Einheit, the German translation of Unity:

http://8of5.blogspot.com/2012/01/coming-soonish-from-cross-cult.html

 

[Mage]

For the first time in quite a while CC has released another cover draft. This time for Einheit, the German translation of Unity:

http://8of5.blogspot.com/2012/01/coming-soonish-from-cross-cult.html

Hm, I prefered the US cover.

 

[JD]

I like it.

 

[CaptainDonovin]

That is a good cover, wish some of the US covers were more interresting. Vanguard covers have been pretty good.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

I only just noticed the drunken Xindi-Insectoid looming over Calhoun's shoulder. I'm assuming its drunk, anyway. It looks like it's about to interrupt Calhoun's story and start loudly bleating on about its own problems. I trust this doesn't actually happen in the translation, though if any books could handle such an addition and take it in stride, it would be the New Frontier series...

I wonder why they chose a Xindi-I; because it's exotic, I assume?

 

[Christopher]

I wonder why they translated Once Burned as "Burned Child." Is that part of a German expression that approximates the meaning of "Once burned, twice shy?"

 

[Cicero]

Yes, "Ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer" (A burned child dreads the fire).

 

[Thrawn]

Yes, "Ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer" (A burned child dreads the fire).

Huh. Cool.

 

[Cybersnark]

I only just noticed the drunken Xindi-Insectoid looming over Calhoun's shoulder. I'm assuming its drunk, anyway. It looks like it's about to interrupt Calhoun's story and start loudly bleating on about its own problems.

And now I wanna hear the Xindi war told from the insectoid perspective.

". . . Had everything under control until the Blunder Lizard stepped in and ruined everything."

 

[F. King Daniel]

"Clickclickclickclickclick. Clickclickclik. Click."

"What'd you say about my mother?"