Bring back Darryl K. Sweet, I think HIS cover would have been better than this thing. It brings to mind the cover art for "The One Tree" (the one with Chant and Daphin posing in Elmesnedene) but less interesting.
That being said, I'll buy the book even if there was a steaming turd on the cover.
"This is the grace that has been given to you - to bear what must be borne."
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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It doesn't get much more generic than "Old-man-with-flowing-white-bead-clutching-a-staff-in-front-of-a-tree".
Color me disappointed.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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danlo wrote:Damm, just when I lost my emo-crayons! I really don't like it either...oh well....
People make crayons... out of me?
I would like the cover alot more if that damned staff had heels on it. I need a good visual reference of the new staff of law for my costume. Other things needed, in case there's a doctor on the Watch, include finger amputation, and something to make me snarkier.
Furls Fire wrote:What a let down. I've been waiting for the new cover to come out and then we get this...sigh.
And as far as who it is...I think it's probably Wildwood from Garroting Deep or one of the other Forestals.
Has the UK cover surfaced yet? Hopefully it's better.
In re: Forestals. Did they all have staffs? Did any of them have staffs? I can't remember. Also, the mental image I got of a forestal was more like a human/tree hybrid. Like an ent, but man-sized and more 'human.'
Also, didn't SRD say there would be no more time travel, or something close to that? I was under the impression that Hile Troy became The Last Forestal. (Somewhere, a TV Exec just had an idea for a horrible TV Movie...)
I like it. But then I like most of the other covers as well. The only one I didn't warm up to was the Sweet cover for The One Tree. I even like the more simple UK covers.
It looks like he has watched Lord Of the Rings and drawn Christopher Lee.
I actually hate it. The more i see it, the less i want to read the book.
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We're going nowhere slowly, but we're seeing all the sights.
And we're definitely going to hell, but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
I really don't like it either...oh well....
In fact, I think I like this one more than those, but that's not saying much. 
