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"Reflect" on Stephen Donaldson's other epic fantasy

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That's not a very good picture of it.
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Thats the same edition I have for both of them. I really like those covers.

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Strange, on every Donaldson book I have (except Runes) he's credited as Stephen Donaldson, but on most others he seems to be Stephen R. Donaldson. Is there any particular reason?
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Almost all UK editions miss out the R. I think those Mordant's Need ones are the only UK ones I've seen that don't.
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ah, I thought it might be something like that.
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Danlo's covers are the ones on my copies....
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The top two in Edge's post are the ones I have. They're also my favourites. I don't like any of the others except the one second from bottom on the left.
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I share that opinion, Nathan - and the top 2 are also the ones I own.

I particularly dislike the French ones (3rd row). They don't seem to bear any relation to the actual books, but are just 'arty' for the sake of it.
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The titles of the French ones seem a bit dodgy... Something about fire of passions for the mirror of her dreams and for a man rides through it's "a rider passes".

The first one in particular reminds me of Briny the pirate.
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What title does the second-right one have? Looks like the pair are both "The Mirror of Her ____"

Edit: I looked it up, seems that the dutch titles are "The Mirror of Her Dreams" and "The Mirror of Her Fantasy (/Illusion?)"
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First time I read this the cover looked like Edge's second from bottom on the left, but when I went to buy my own copies they're like Murrin's above.
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Mine are the same as Edge's. I had a copy of AMRT like Danlo's, but passed it on or gave it away or something.

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Like danlo, I have the Michael Whelan covers to the Mordant's Need books. I've long admired that guy's artwork! I bet his sculptures will be very impressive as well (I've read somewhere that's what he's into doing now).
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Not usually a huge fan to be honest. I liked his colour plates for DT1 and 7 though.

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Avatar wrote:Not usually a huge fan to be honest. I liked his colour plates for DT1 and 7 though.

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Yes, those illustrations to the Stephen King series are good, too. I started to get into his artwork when I read the U.S. paperback versions of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders books years ago, and now I'm just too biased towards Whelan's depictions to judge him impartially anymore (sorry about that! ;) ).
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Hahaha, I don't have anything against him, I just don't like his SRD covers. :D

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