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Penny Arcade - Comic - Books And Their Covers
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Books And Their Covers
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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BTW, Terminal World was published in 2010. It's not a new book. I just finished Inhibitor Phase and it's excellent.
Yeah, but they're commenting on RL Mike's often discussed habit of literally judging a book by its cover. He's a man with specific needs.
Reynolds is great. Only ever disliked on book book of his (Blue Remembered Earth, which made my not read the rest of the trilogy). He's similar to Banks, but with a different flavor.
I was confused about this as well. Inhibitor Phase was good, but it really did remind me of just how much I've forgotten about the Revelation Space series.
Specifically it started with this newspost of Gabe's:
It's related to this classic comic:
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(Though some people prefer the US art because it's easier to read at a glance and across a table.)
You might say it just looks more... polished.
Those are quite rad. Fun fact: authors often haven't seen all the covers for foreign editions of their work.
Counting from left to right, #5 looks like it'd fit right in with the 'urban fantasy books' Gabe's talking about in today's comic.
The others are pretty great though.
It does not feature a spaceship, as the action is contained entirely on the planet. They don't seem to even have any spaceships (anymore). I don't get that cover. I don't know if it's supposed to be taken from the moon of the planet involved, from the planet involved, from a totally different planet in the solar system, or what. I don't think planets ever really came into it, other than it being set on one.
It's a weird book, quite unlike most of his other work. I really liked it but it took some work to wrap my brain around. This cover is not only more accurate, but also arguably much more rad:
Often similar for video game covers in different regions, e.g. Mega Man or Dark/Demon’s Souls box art.
I like Reynolds a whole lot more because the plot moves along. I can take Hamilton in standalone books, but series are torture.
I couldn't pick up Hard Magic because "The Grimnoir Chronicles" evokes too many thoughts and emotions, most of them negative
I know that a name doesn't necessarily sink a book, much less an author's entire body of work. Maybe it's great! But I don't think I'll ever get past the initial hurdle, considering how many other books I could buy that are not titled "Revenger". It could be the best book ever written, and I'll never know.
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Actually, this is also one of the reasons I haven't tried Reynolds yet. Every time I think about buying an Alastair Reynolds book, I am confronted with the fact that he has written a book called "Revenger", and I physically recoil, as if I've accidentally touched a hot stove.
I know that a name doesn't necessarily sink a book, much less an author's entire body of work. Maybe it's great! But I don't think I'll ever get past the initial hurdle, considering how many other books I could buy that are not titled "Revenger". It could be the best book ever written, and I'll never know.[/quote]
“Revenger is very different from his other stuff and within the story, “Revenger” is the name of a ship. Reynolds doesn’t actually think it’s a word.
You're not alone in questioning its validity.