The covers of the books look so stupid! Right?

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1 Nov 08 - 01:26
wrote:Heh. I seem to have the Hungarian cover of AoS then. Odd. It's printed in English tho.
Yeah, a friend of mine had the same one.

They're nice covers, but it's the same picture on each one...


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1 Nov 08 - 07:42
us covers were awesome!!! it shows three forms that bartimaues turned into. :)
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Nero Higher Spirit
1 Nov 08 - 15:52
sharingansaber wrote:us covers were awesome!!! it shows three forms that bartimaues turned into. :)
Exactly.
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Apollo Marid
1 Nov 08 - 16:47
I like the US covers.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
1 Nov 08 - 22:52
Mmhmm.
The film posters, if they're made, will probably look exactly like that.
Or similar, I doubt Stroud would let them screw it up too badly.
*Thinks of Eragon*
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30 Nov 08 - 10:17
Hey, I like the US covers (just checked it by the way). And it doesn't look childish. Pretty suave.
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1 Dec 08 - 00:29
Very.
Thought the third looked weird.
Cool, but weird.
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1 Dec 08 - 02:29
Weird = Cool

It's like Newton's 4th Law.
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1 Dec 08 - 02:56
Riiight.
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2 May 09 - 11:50
The American ones are more detailed and better drawn but are definitely more juvenile in appearance. I do agree with one thing though, what the heck is that lion thing on PG supposed to be?
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2 May 09 - 12:32
Barti in lion form.

(That the lion is holding the Amulet is a bit of artistic license however.)
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Honorius Utukku
2 May 09 - 14:16
The lion is holding the amulet? Where? I know the cover for AoS is Bart holding the amulet, and PG is the lioness form, but I see no lion in AoS nor any amulet in PG.
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2 May 09 - 14:23
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Honorius Utukku
2 May 09 - 21:06
Oh, you're talking about THOSE covers. Those are perhaps even better. I mean, seriously. Golem's Eye has HONORIUS in it.
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2 May 09 - 21:14
Yes, the British ones are quite clearly the best..

I assume he meant that one, anyway - it's the only one I'm aware of with a lion on the cover.
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Honorius Utukku
2 May 09 - 21:43


This is what I was referring to. Barty in lioness form on cover of PG.
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2 May 09 - 21:49
Oh, that's supposed to be a lion? The clothes and fingers had me confused..
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Nero Higher Spirit
2 May 09 - 22:38
I thought it was some bear.
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Honorius Utukku
2 May 09 - 23:30
Artistic license, but yeah, it's the lioness.

"Leather breast-plate, looped bronze skirt, eyes that shone like crystal, fanged teeth glaring from black gums." PG, p. 224.
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4 May 09 - 16:54
All the covers look brilliant to me.
Well, that's partly because I'm the hugest Bart/JS fan in the world, and can never ever criticize anything related to the books.
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