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[DaveC]

Dave if it going to be loosely related to the next Discworld book or is it the one after ? maybe that is why the cover looks like that. :

Didn't know that...OK.

 

[Tonyblack]

Looks interesting. I'll look forward to it.

 

[Antiq]

I hadn't even heard of this! Did this just pop out of the blue?

 

[Tonyblack]

I hadn't even heard of this! Did this just pop out of the blue?

It was going by a different title for a while (which I've forgotten ).

 

[Anonymous]

And to be the board's spoilsport and moodkiller again:
I don't like it.
Too static. And rather boring.
I expected something ... a bit more exciting, seeing how much research Mr Kidby apparently did before.

 

[pip]

But its the artful dodger with a blade with shadowy figures in front of St Pauls. Oh yeah , and a dog. Its an interesting cover and a good stab at a victorian street.
Not Kidby's best cover but I likes it

 

[Anonymous]

I might be a bit biased by other really neat covers. This is 'main character striking a pose on a background that gives you an idea where the story is set but where e might actually never go'. Pity

 

[Anonymous]

Here is a gallery of the cover being made: http://discworldfanatics.co.uk/the-proc ... ger-cover/

 

[Anonymous]

well, though, as one always should try to say something positive... it IS a typical Kidby-Cover for Sir Terry's works

 

[Paranye]

Covers of books are rather proverbially irrelevant, are they not?

Anyway, can't wait for this! Spotted it on Facebook earlier today. Like Antiq, I hadn't heard anything about this, but then I don't actually make any effort to keep up to date with news of future releases - I sorta like it when a new one just appears on the shelves out of the blue. That's what happened with Thud - one day it was just there, ready to be bought and read. A new Pratchett book is pretty high on my list delightful surprises

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Looks interesting but - no dolphins or cannibals

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

That USA cover is going to pee off some of the fans over there and leave them feeling they have got the short end of the shity stick once again.

 

[Anonymous]

Covers of books are rather proverbially irrelevant, are they not?

Well, covers are what is to draw attention to the book. A bad cover can hinder sales as well as a good cover increase them. As WWD said, the americans might feel cheated for their cover (though YMMV) and I don't want to imagine what the german cover will look like.
That said, I posted the newest german covers somewhere. Go have a look at them. And then tell me: If you would have never heard of Discworld or Terry Pratchett and you'd see those standing in the shelf at your bookshop, would you think the text inside is any good?

 

[raptornx01]

not with most of the covers we got. though i liked the design of the Gonne on the cover of Men At Arms (even if it is a bit of a spoiler) and the Night Watch cover was perfect for the tone. the rest......

 

[Paranye]

Oh I'm sure you're right, good or bad covers probably do affect sales figures! I just don't care about them myself. I pick books based on recommendations, usually, or reputation, so covers just aren't something I've ever really paid much attention to unless they're either amazingly wonderful or gouge-out-my-eyes ugly. And when it comes to Terry Pratchett books I wouldn't care if the cover was a complete monstrosity and only five people read the book - just so long as I'm one of the five

 

[Tonyblack]

I also don't have a real problem with covers. Actually, I'd rather a cover had less rather than more and no depiction of the characters. I'd rather decide for myself what the characters look like.

 

[Paranye]

I also don't have a real problem with covers. Actually, I'd rather a cover had less rather than more and no depiction of the characters. I'd rather decide for myself what the characters look like.

Ooh yes, I had forgotten about that! Covers showing too many characters from the book can be a little annoying - especially when you go back to check after reading the book and think "did the artist even READ this?". Kidby does a fabulous job with character art though, I can't think of a time when I've found his ideas of how the characters look disagreeable.

 

[ladyramkin]

Didnt much like Nation and massively disappointed with Snuff, so ripping off Dickens is probably going to annoy me anyway.
That wont stop me buying it, of course

 

[Anonymous]

Didnt much like Nation and massively disappointed with Snuff, so ripping off Dickens is probably going to annoy me anyway.
That wont stop me buying it, of course

Library first?

 

[ladyramkin]

Probably library first is a good idea.