Monthly Archives: May 2010

From The Stamp:
Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

Last week, we saw a version of the cover with a juicy black bar slapped across it; not exactly the most effective measuring stick for the quality of the cover (we couldn’t see the characters, which were the biggest failing of the cover for The Gathering Storm), but it was exciting nonetheless. Now, we’ve finally got a look at the full cover (likely in progress, but much further along than the early leak of The Gathering Storm…).

Though it’s not saying much, I’d consider this one of the better covers the series has seen in a number of volumes, thanks mostly to the pretty colours. If the previous volumes have taught us anything, mediocre cover art won’t hurt the sales a lick.

Swords and Dark Magic, edited by Lou Anders and Jonthan Strahan

Gimme, gimme!

  • Check Your Dark Lord at the Door” — Lou Anders & Jonathan Strahan
  • Goats of Glory — Steven Erikson
  • Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company — Glen Cook
  • Bloodsport — Gene Wolfe
  • The Singing Spear — James Enge
  • A Wizard of Wiscezan — C.J. Cherryh
  • A Rich Full Week — K. J. Parker
  • A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet — Garth Nix
  • Red Pearls: An Elric Story — Michael Moorcock
  • The Deification of Dal Bamore — Tim Lebbon
  • Dark Times at the Midnight Market — Robert Silverberg
  • The Undefiled — Greg Keyes
  • Dapple Hew the Tint Master — Michael Shea
  • In the Stacks — Scott Lynch
  • Two Lions, A Witch, and the War-Robe — Tanith Lee
  • The Sea Troll’s Daughter — Caitlin R Kiernan
  • Thieves of Daring — Bill Willingham
  • The Fool Jobs — Joe Abercrombie

A big improvement over the regular edition, while maintaining the general tone and colour scheme. Quality as I’ve come to expect from Subterranean Press. But, really, it’s that Table of Contents that makes my pants a little tight. The art is by Dominic Harman. More information about the anthology can be found on Lou Anders’ blog.