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Offline Garrison Bain

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A few things...
« on: March 24, 2011, 01:37:44 PM »
First of all...Towers of Midnight ebook cover is out!  Woah!  I mean...woah!  I mean...wow!  You should probably check it out it's pretty sweet and dripping with awesomeness.

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/01/raymond-swanland-and-the-towers-of-midnight-ebook-cover

Second...I just popped over to Brandon Sanderson's site.  He's got a 1% mark up on his first draft of A Memory of Light.  So, it has begun.  The final book has been started...the agony of our wait is almost at an end!

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Re: A few things...
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2011, 03:19:03 PM »
I still need to read that book. lol
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Re: A few things...
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 04:13:16 PM »
Yes!
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Re: A few things...
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2011, 06:42:53 AM »
Has anyone ever found out why Sweet is so locked in as the book cover artist? He sucks SO BAD that it's embarassing. Do they have a contract written in blood or something?

These ebook covers just make this so painfully obvious! Why does the best fantasy series in the business have the biggest joke of a cover artist?

Gosh, I hate the Sweet covers! I keep thinking it was some prank or that someone hated RJ and wanted to see his books fail or...or Sweet is someone's nephew. If a friend hadn't suggested I read the series I would have never bought the first book, EVER, based completely upon the cover art!

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Re: A few things...
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2011, 12:38:30 PM »
Well, I have to admit I'm on the same page with you. 

However....

The first few books have GREAT cover art!  Especially the first book...I mean, that art is top notch!  But, Sweet's covers have become progressivly worse as the time went on.  The last two books suck so bad it's almost funny. 

In fact, it *is* funny to me...I'm in love with the series, yet I expect the last book art to be so over-the-top hidious it'll make people buy it just to spite themselves!  I'm looking forward to seeing how bad it will be...should be a total wreck, just judging from the current trend.  :-)

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Re: A few things...
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2011, 01:16:37 PM »
Guess you haven't heard, but Darrel K Sweet passed away a few weeks ago, and didn't complete more than a few rough sketch ideas for the last cover, so the last one will be done by someone else.
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Re: A few things...
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2011, 04:00:43 PM »
Thanks for that update Parin!  I had not heard that news yet...

So, now I feel like an ass...
Still though...the art got pretty bad on those last 5-6 covers.

Not taking anything away from his accomplishments though!  I mean he def made a name for himself just from the original covers if nothing else.

How have u been, Stephan?
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Re: A few things...
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2011, 01:13:41 PM »
Oh don't feel bad, I compeltely agree with you,  his later WOT covers have gotten progressively worse and worse. But then he had admitted to hating the fantasy genre and only doing the covers for the money, so it makes sense.

I've been ok, can't complain I suppose, how about you? This place has really died over the last couple of years hasn't it...
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Re: A few things...
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2011, 10:05:19 AM »
Yeah, it's really died down. I actually thought for a time there that it was totally gone.  I had tried to pull up the site and kept getting those "site not found" errors.  I'm glad it's still around and there are at least a couple people here.  It would've been sad to see the site go totally under.

That's life though...change...change...change...

Anyway, I'm doing good...my kids are 11 and 8 now.  WTF?  when did *that* happen!?!  :)

I'm 36.  WTF?  When did *that* happen!!!!  LOL

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Re: A few things...
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 07:36:38 AM »
I know what you mean, if I remember correctly I first joined this site roughly 10 years ago. Where did *that* time go??
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