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[mycoltbug]

Check out the new cover for the Elantris. http://bit.ly/fllUO6

I'm not to found of the styling personally.

Discuss:

[Eerongal]

yeah, i saw that too. And honestly, i dont like it too terribly much. I think the old US cover is better

[CrazyRioter]

I don't like it too much either.

[Puck]

Objectively, I think it looks pretty cool. The feel, however, is a little too abstract  for the Fantasy genre. Plus, I'd always imagined the Elantrian light to be more blueish than green

[Silus - Shard of Flame]

I think it's really cool.  That said, I always thought the US cover to be too grey-green.

[Joe ST]

[tt][/tt]Gollancz seem to like that cover-style, for some reason.

[E. Hyde]

Hmm, I like it! I admit I wasn't that impressed by the US cover art, it never struck me as particularly unique or distinctive. I'm not sure though that I really like the idea of using this style of art for all his books. I wasn't at all a fan of the UK WoK cover and the Mistborn ones are only so-so. I feel like the Elantris cover manages to say a lot more about the book, while still keeping that same stylization (I guess because it shows something happening, rather than just someone).

I'd love to see a cover in this style for Warbreaker.

[Zayde]

It reminds me a lot of the Guild Wars novels' covers, which is not a bad thing, but I don't think it fits the style of Elantris. But then I don't think the American cover really captures the feel either. It strikes me more of a science fiction cover than a fantasy cover. But I still really like the American cover.

[Yados]

Personally, I vastly prefer the British covers for Mistborn and I think the same about this one for Elantris.

That's not saying much as I don't care much for the original Elantris cover. And by Mistborn covers, I mean the mass market paperback editions, not the American hardback ones, which are actually quite nice.

However, Way of King's American cover is much, much better than its British counterpart. Like, part of my excitement for new Stormlight Archive books comes from anticipating the covers that will arrive alongside them.

I hope we see a Warbreaker edition in this style.

[almeldiel]

I have the Mistborn Trilogy and The Way of Kings in this UK edition. However, my Elantris is the US cover. I think I may go looking for this edition because I can be a little O.C. with my book collection.

I admit I do like the art for the US editions, but these have a minimalist appeal.

[Chaos]

Personally, I vastly prefer the British covers for Mistborn and I think the same about this one for Elantris.

That's not saying much as I don't care much for the original Elantris cover. And by Mistborn covers, I mean the mass market paperback editions, not the American hardback ones, which are actually quite nice.

However, Way of King's American cover is much, much better than its British counterpart. Like, part of my excitement for new Stormlight Archive books comes from anticipating the covers that will arrive alongside them.

I hope we see a Warbreaker edition in this style.

There is a Warbreaker edition in that style:



I like the US and UK Mistborns both pretty much equally, but I think the US cover for Warbreaker is far more evocative than the UK. It honestly looks like Hermione Granger with a sword and wacky colors in the background...

I think the Elantris UK cover is okay, though I like the US one better. I can understand why the UK Elantris would appeal to people. That Warbreaker? Not so much.

[lordofsoup]

No offense but ewwwwwwww

[E. Hyde]

Oh...and that style *could* have worked so well for Warbreaker, too.

Anyone else find it odd that the Warbreaker cover seems to have the least color of the lot of them?

[almeldiel]

I was expecting that Warbreaker would have the best cover in the UK style, but... ummm...

I kinda see Hermione now, Chaos.

And here I was wishing it'll be good so I can get one so all my books will match. Oh well. *shrug* I think I'll stick to looking for the UK Elantris.

[Ari]

yeah, i saw that too. And honestly, i dont like it too terribly much. I think the old US cover is better

Yep, as I've said before, Brandon is one of the very few authors who has worse UK/World English covers than US covers. The Night Angel-style covers worked okay for Mistborn, but they don't seem well-suited to Elantris or WoK.

edit: Just to be clear, I know this is out of Brandon's hands and is the decision of his UK publisher. It just seems derivative and not suited to actually selling his books.

Edited by Ari, 13 October 2011 - 03:25 PM.

[Silus - Shard of Flame]

Yados, I completely agree with you. Also, darn, the Warbreaker cover isn't as good as the others! The US cover of that is one of my favorites, though, probably right after Way of Kings, which is my favorite.

[Chaos]

Yados, I completely agree with you. Also, darn, the Warbreaker cover isn't as good as the others! The US cover of that is one of my favorites, though, probably right after Way of Kings, which is my favorite.

I agree. The UK Warbreaker is gorgeous. Right behind Way of Kings for me.

[the95th]

MMM i wonder if it goes by nationality, americans prefer the american style covers and the english the english.

Because I HATE all american fantasy fiction covers, and adore the english varients and I am english.

Brent Weeks and Tom Lloyds American covers are awful compared to the English, and i feel the same with BS.

And the Warbreaker cover is fantastic, I like how each series has its own colour scheme, Mistborn Blue, Elantris Green, Stormlight Red and Warbreaker Purple.

Its cool!

[Turos Stoneward]

It is interesting to see how each nationality tends toward one style or another. Maybe it has to do with what styles each person has grown up around.

[Gela]

As to the guy who said Sanderson is one of the few authors with worse UK covers than USA covers, I find the majority of UK covers disgusting. I think it does have something to do with nationality. Most British people I know say they prefer the hardcover Mistborn design, but I actually prefer the mass market paperback.