Archive for Cover Art
Cover Reveal: Any Other Name by Emma Newman, Artwork by Sarah J. Coleman
Posted by: | CommentsWe’ve got yet another gorgeous new book cover to show off today. Here’s the artwork for Any Other Name, the second book in Emma Newman‘s utterly fabulous urban fantasy series The Split Worlds, with oodles of lovely twiddly bits (technical term, there) by the wonderfully talented Sarah J. Coleman:
Lovely stuff, no? Thanks to Charlotte and the gang at the Central Illustration Agency for sterling help too.
We’ll be publishing Any Other Name in June and the third part of the series, All is Fair, will follow in October. We don’t hang about, us Robots.
Cover Reveal: Three by Jay Posey, Artwork by Steven Meyer-Rassow
Posted by: | CommentsReaders of the mighty IO9.com have already been treated to a first-look at the cover art for Jay Posey‘s first Angry Robot novel – Three, part one of The Duskwalker Cycle – and will have had the opportunity to read an exclusive extract as well.
For anyone who missed out, here’s a second look at Steven Meyer-Rassow‘s brooding, menacing artwork:
Three will be hitting bookstore shelves near you when we publish in August this year.
Cover Reveal: A Discourse in Steel by Paul S. Kemp, Artwork by Lee Gibbons
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’ve been anywhere near Tor.com since yesterday afternoon (/ evening / morning, depending on your timezone) then you’ll most likely have feasted your eyes on the exclusive cover art reveal for A Discourse in Steel, the second Tale of Egil and Nix by Paul S. Kemp. But in case you missed it (do try to pay attention next time), here it is in all its be-weaponed glory:
(Click that pic for a larger, even more in-yer-face-ier version)
The artist credit for this particular beauty goes to Lee Gibbons. A Discourse in Steel will be published in July, but if you’d like to whet your appetite with a series of sneaky peaks (of course you would!) then you can do so over at Paul S. Kemp‘s website.
Adam Christopher UK Launch Event
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Next Thursday (4th April) sees the UK launch of Adam Christopher‘s The Age Atomic. This brilliant sequel tells the story of what happens after the events at the end of Empire State.
The book has already garnered some fantastic reviews -
CNN.com describes it as “a blast for sci-fi fans”, and Chuck Wendig says that it’s “a rare follow-up that’s better than its predecessor.”
Adam will be reading from – and signing copies of - The Age Atomic at the London Forbidden Planet Megastore from 6.00pm until 7.00pm on the day of publication.
But wait! There’s more!
Not only will you have the opportunity to pick up a signed copy of the paperback, you’ll also be able to pick up one of only 100 copies of a limited edition hardback, produced exclusively for Forbidden Planet! And at £20 for one of just 100 copies, that’s sure to become a collectors’ item! If you can’t make it to the launch event, you can pre-order a copy, here.
But wait! There’s even more!
“Surely not!” you say.
“Absolutely, yes!” we reply.
“Get on with it!” shouts a voice from the back, but we look around too slowly to see who it is…
The Empire State Limited Edition variant cover. Look at the shiny… (click to embiggify)
In addition to the 100 copy limited edition hardback of The Age Atomic, we’ve also produced a 100 copy limited edition of the book that started it all - Empire State. Again, this is exclusive to Forbidden Planet, and you can pick up a copy on the night (you’ll also be able to pre-order from Forbidden Planet’s website, later today).
But wait! There’s even more news!
“Oh, now, Mr Ambassador, you are surely spoiling us!”
The 100 copy limited edition hardback of Empire State has a variant cover, by the original artist – the uber-talented Mr Will Staehle. So, grab a copy of an extremely limited edition run, of SciFi Now Magazine’s Best Book of 2012!
But wait!
“No. That’s enough, surely,” you opine.
“Oh, OK,” we agree.
For now...
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Check back tomorrow for details of Joseph D’Lacey‘s Scottish and English launch events for Black Feathers…
Cover Reveal: The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig, Artwork by Joey Hi-Fi
Posted by: | CommentsHot on the heels of the iD cover reveal, we’ve more mind-blowing cover artistry to share with you today. This time it’s the eyeball-smackingly glorious cover for the first book in Chuck Wendig‘s brand new Mookie Pearl series, The Blue Blazes.
The gorgeously detailed artwork in question is, of course, by the one and only Joey Hi-Fi, whose talented hands have produced the cover art for all of Chuck’s Angry Robot novels to-date, including the two gems that are Blackbirds and Mockingbird:
Click any of those images for an even larger version and, as always, please do feel free to download, share and shout about our newest cover art from the online rooftops.
The Founding Fields had an exclusive reveal of this cover yesterday, and if you head there now, you can read an interview with Chuck Wendig in which he describes his feelings on seeing his new cover…
Cover Reveal: iD by Madeline Ashby, Artwork by Martin Bland
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’ve visited the mighty Tor.com recently then there’s a good chance you’ll have spotted their exclusive cover reveal for the second book in Madeline Ashby‘s Machine Dynasty saga: iD, the sequel to vN.
On the other hand, if you’re catching a glimpse for the first time… behold!
Most definitely awesome artwork by the superbly talented Mr Martin Bland (a.k.a. Spyroteknik). You can read Madeline’s comments on the cover over on Tor.com.
Click that image for an even larger one, and please do feel free to download, share and generally spread the art love far and wide.
Cover Reveal: The Lives of Tao, by Wesley Chu, Cover Art by ARGH! Oxford
Posted by: | CommentsReaders of Hugo Award Winning SF Signal have already been treated to the exclusive cover reveal for Wesley Chu‘s debut science fiction thriller The Lives of Tao and here it is again in all its silhouetted and be-weaponed glory:
This one is the latest product of our elite cadre of in-house design-bots at ARGH! Oxford and rather fabulously encapsulates the Lives of Tao back-story. Which is… well, that would be telling. You’ll just have to wait until publication day in May to find out. Unless you’re a genre fiction blogger or reviewer, of course, in which case you can request the eARC via NetGalley and grab yourself an early sneak-peek at the action.
Click that image for an even larger one, and please do feel free to download, share and generally pass it around to all and sundry!
Cover Reveal: Known Devil by Justin Gustainis, Cover Art by Timothy Lantz
Posted by: | CommentsNew cover art! Fans of Lt. Stan Markowski of the Scranton P.D. are going to absolutely love this one, too: it’s the third book in Justin Gustainis‘s Occult Crimes Unit Investigations series, Known Devil, which we’re publishing in August 2013:
The artist responsible for this one is the one and only Timothy Lantz, who has also provided the visuals for the first two books in the series, Hard Spell and Evil Dark:
Too long to with ’til August? We prescribe a re-read of the first two books in the series to help keep the cravings under control. Repeat the dose as required…
Cover Reveal: The Eighth Court by Mike Shevdon, Cover Art by John Coulthart
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the cover for The Eighth Court, the fourth book in Mike Shevdon‘s utterly fantastical Courts of the Feyre series, which we’re publishing in June 2013.
This one has been packed with gorgeous, twiddly detail by the one and only, World Fantasy Award Winning artist, John Coulthart. Regular readers of The Qwillery will have seen this one already, but everyone else should immediately click the pic for a larger version, in order to see it in all its glory. Go on, you know you want to…
And check out the rest of the series: Sixty-One Nails, The Road to Bedlam and Strangeness and Charm. Wouldn’t they look just incredibly handsome as a complete set on your bookshelves..?
We’ve got it covered
Posted by: | CommentsWe’re quite proud of the standard and range of our covers, here at Angry Robot Mansions, so it’s always gratifying to hear that other folk feel the same way.
So far this year our covers have won two publicly-voted cover competitions in the “Best of 2012″ category.
First up, over at Ranting Dragon, there was one enormous competition, which started with 64 of last year’s best titles pitted against each other – the winner of each round went through to the next stage in the competition, and voting began anew.
The overall winner was Joey HiFi‘s brilliant cover to Chuck Wendig’s Blackbirds.
More recently, The Qwillery took their favourite 12 covers of 2012 and asked their readers to vote on which was the best.
Angry Robot had 3 horses in the race – Chris McGrath‘s atmospheric cover to the Lee Collins debut, The Dead of Winter, Amazing15‘s brilliantly retro Dead Harvest (by Chris F Holm) and Joey HiFi’s now award-winning cover to Blackbirds.
1,189 votes were cast. Blackbirds received 492 votes, and Dead Harvest also received 492 – a dead heat! So, these 2 covers received 984 out of the 1,189 votes cast, with the other 205 votes split among the other 10 titles.
Congratulations to Joey HiFi and to Amazing15 for their superb work. Kudos also, to our very own Marc Gascoigne, who Art Directed both of these winning covers.
