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i admit i never read a robert jordan book - but i love the covers

posted 3 years ago by rateater (10075)
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i was hoping for a tv show or movie that reflected what the covers looked like. i have not watched this show yet, so i truly don't know if it will be like what i pictured.. but when i see the new released 1rst book of the series on the bestseller shelf of the bookstore it has a bland, new cover, with a single female with her back turned to the observer, which i guess is the poster for the show. the original covers were so adventurous and colorful with a diverse set of fantasy characters questing.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8758) 3 years ago

I agree.

I was going to go buy the first book but when I saw that the series is no longer available with the original covers I said fuck it.

The original covers are awesome. They exude the essence of fantasy. Getting rid of them was an absolutely terrible decision by the publishers.

[–] huwdj (4567) 3 years ago

It often seems to me that the pictures on science-fiction and science-fantasy books bare little relation to the story therein. It's quite literally a case of - do not judge a book by it's cover.😄

[–] Burk48917 (11386) 3 years ago

These are surprisingly close to the content, but I know exactly what you mean.

[–] contreras (470) 3 years ago

"I didn't read any of it... I drew him my way. It was really rugged. And it caught on. I didn't care about what people thought. People who bought the books never complained about it. They probably didn't read them."

Frank Frazetta about the covers of Conan the Barbarian books

[–] Mekratrig (176) 3 years ago

Started reading the bookserie, me, actaully enjoyed the first couple, aftar which it bogged doun. Seemed like Jordan was padding it to be abel to claim a “longest nevarending high fantasy” award. By the time got to book 4 or 5, threw in the towel, me - and threw the paparbacks in th trash. Wasno a bit surprised, he dieded before finishing.

But mayby wass too young when started reading, much surprized to be enjoyng the story in vijeo so far.