Archive for Cover Art
Stunning new art for Friday
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That man Greg Bridges has done it again – and this is still just a work-in-progress, would you believe. Following on from his lovely work on book 1 of the City of a Hundred Rows series, just you stop what you are doing and take a close look at this new cover for the sequel. Just stunning.
Penned, of course, by the immeasurably lovely Ian Whates, City of Hope & Despair takes our hero Tom on a wild-goose-chase quest in search of a mythical figure from the city of Thaiburley’s past. And as you can see, it takes him and his assassin companion to some pretty interesting places. In the US and Canada, BTW, City of Dreams & Nightmare will be in stores at the start of November; this one, City of Hope & Despair, will hit the UK in March and the US just a few short weeks later.
Harbinger of the Storm – Cover Art
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We always enjoy showing off our latest piece of cover art. This one has been designed by Gav Krasner at Spring London.
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Aliette de Bodard’s Harbinger of the Storm is released in the UK in January and the US and Canada in February.
Beukes Art
Posted by: | CommentsHello, it’s been ages! How have you been? Oh good/Oh dear [delete as applicable] I’m glad/sorry [ditto] to hear that.
Its’ a Lauren Beukes post today – first up, a review of Moxyland – posted at A Novel Year (200 books in 365 days):
What I loved the most was the subtle humour and satirical look at society. It really is a spectacular read and surprising in parts. Parts of the novel push at boundaries that really should be nudged more often… Love it. Love it. Love it. It deserves a reread!
Rating: 9/10
We love Lauren’s books (of course) and we love her covers. She’s currently the only author on our list with multiple covers, as Moxyland and her forthcoming Zoo City are published by a Jacana in her native South Africa, not Angry Robot. Jacana have taken very different approaches with their artwork, and it’s fascinating to see the different interpretations.
Here’s the original cover to Moxyland, with our version on the right.
We recently got to see the Jacana cover for Zoo City, too. It’s very, very different to our own, and very, very striking. Ours is the colour cover, Jacana’s is to the right.
Click on the images to see bigger versions. I love both Zoo City covers – they’re both completely representative of the content of the book, and both beautiful and unique.
Like Moxyland, Zoo City will also have an original soundtrack. Details here, soon.
New Cover Art – The Crown of the Blood
Posted by: | CommentsWe’re justifiably proud of the range of covers we produce at Angry Robot, and often like to shout about them from the rooftops. Sometimes, though, we just like to sit back and let the artwork speak for itself. Just look at that detail.
Ladies and gentlemen, the cover to Gav Thorpe’s The Crown of the Blood (published in the UK and Australia May 27, US and Canada in July):
Click the image for a larger version*.
Cover art by: Paul Young of Artist Partners of London
Design by Argh! Nottingham
*some versions of Internet Explorer may have trouble with the larger size, so maybe best to download it for offline viewing.
And now… more fabulous art
Posted by: | CommentsAre you getting bored of this yet? We’re definitely not. It seems like pretty much every day in the Angry Robot office is a “woah, that’s just awesome!” day at the moment, and as long as the weather remains cold and wintery long may that little flash of sheer joy continue to light up our chilly world.
Today’s wonderful specimen is the cover art for Dan Abnett’s September title, Embedded. Our artist is the almost supernaturally talented Larry Rostant, who also provided the cover image for Dan’s most recent book for us, that wild historical fantasy romp extravaganza, Triumff; Her Majesty’s Hero.
Embedded is the first of Dan’s original novels in the vein of his bestselling military SF tie-ins for the Black Library, being set on the battlefield of a future war. In this case, we’re on a desert planet just a few hundred years from now. Rebellious first colonists are fighting back against more recent arrivals, and the war is getting grim. A journalist manages to get himself to the front line by being chipped into the brain of a combat soldier… but when that soldier is killed, he has to take over the body and get himself back home again somehow, broadcasting on an open feed the whole time.
You want hardcore future war? You got it. As per usual, click on this image to get a larger version. Try not to dribble.
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And another *stunning* piece of art
Posted by: | CommentsToday it’s the cover for Ian Whates‘ first fantasy novel, City of Dreams & Nightmare. The cover is by Greg Bridges, the Australian artist who also graced us with the cover for Kaaron’s Walking the Tree.
This time we’re in the land of brass and clockwork, amongst the many towering spires of Thaiburley, City of a Hundred Rows – a setting that is as much of a character in the novel as any of the people. We see a vast metal and glass heart that appears to be running the city through some mysterious alchemical process, while through the great iron-worked windows you can glimpse a brief part of the vast city. To our minds, this is just stunning.
Click this image for a bigger version and check out all that incredible metalwork detailing. Seems almost a shame to shove lettering all over it.
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More gorgeous cover art
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OK, so there’s been a “healthy debate” recently about the featuring (or the avoidance of featuring) characters from non-white cultures on fantasy and SF books. For us, well, perhaps we’re being a tad naive but it never occurred to us. Zinzi, the “girl who finds things” in Lauren Beukes’ very urban fantasy Zoo City, is a black South African, so of course that’s what she looks like on John Picacio’s cover.
And King, the hero of Maurice Broaddus’ superb resetting of the King Arthur mythos among the drug gangs of an American inner city, well, how else could you possibly portray him? If this was a movie – and these incredible books damn well should be! – we wouldn’t blink at a movie poster showing Denzel or Will in the role of our hero. So anyway, here’s the cover art for book two, King’s Justice, which ain’t even out for months and months. Artist once again is the superb Steve Stone. Damn, he’s good.
And here’s our Maurice on his own reaction to the process of depicting his characters in these illustrations.
[As usual, click for a bigger version.]
Your Wednesday linkages of joy
Posted by: | CommentsThe huge swathe of internet love for John Picacio’s cover for Lauren Beukes’ Zoo City continues, unabated, and we’ve even had Lauren and Marco our Robot Master contacted by the South African media for an interview about it!
Meanwhile, over at John’s website, he relates the experience of working on the cover.
There’s a review of Servant of the Underworld up at Not Free SF where the book is described as “a fine debut”.
Over at Bibliophile Stalker, Charles Tan is fashionably late in listing his Best of 2009 choices in the Bibliophile Stalker Awards 2009.
Kaaron Warren’s brilliant debut novel Slights is listed as one of his top 3 novels of the year and Angry Robot are listed as Best New Publisher for our “co-ordination with the community and sheer volume of titles”.
This makes us happy.
Something to keep you on the Edge of your seats…
Posted by: | CommentsOh, it seems to be cover week this week!
Here’s our latest – Thomas Blackthorne’s Edge (you’ll know him better as John Meaney, but shhhh… don’t tell anyone we told you!)
Thomas John The author will be one of the guests at the SFX Weekender 5-6 February. Why not pick up a copy of the book and get him to sign it while you’re there!
Design by Spring London. Bloodstains – author’s own.
Here’s a recent interview with John, in which (among many other things) he explains the pseudonym.
Edge by Thomas Blackthorne
You thought Big Brother was tough? Try Knife Edge – the reality TV show where wannabe knife fighters are the celebrities in a nation going to hell.
Britain, tomorrow. The ultimate response to knife crime has been instituted by a bankrupt government: duelling with knives has now been legalised. On Saturday nights, the nation sit down to watch the country’s best fighters slash it out on prime time.
When a young boy with hoplophobia (the fear of weaponry) runs away from home, his father hires a former special forces agent to find him. With the help of the boy’s psychiatrist, Josh Cumberland delves into the dark underbelly of the knife culture that has infected his country with no guarantee that the boy is even still alive…
[FILE UNDER: Devastated Britain / Legalised duelling / Corporate atrocity / Save the children]
What are you waiting for? Go pre-order! Only £5.99 at Play.com.
King Maker – the cover
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Back in December we showed you the absolutely gorgeous cover art for Maurice Broaddus’ forthcoming novel, King Maker. Stunning wraparound art from the uber-talented Steve Stone (click the thumbnail for a bigger version).
Here’s the cover with all the covery bits ‘n’ pieces added on by the talented designers at ARGH!
Feast your eyes, ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes…
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