{"id":12489,"date":"2013-05-02T19:38:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T03:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=12489"},"modified":"2013-05-02T19:38:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T03:38:52","slug":"matthew-stovers-acts-of-caine-arriving-in-the-uk-cover-art-extremely-questionable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/art\/cover-art\/matthew-stovers-acts-of-caine-arriving-in-the-uk-cover-art-extremely-questionable\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Stover\u2019s Acts of Caine<\/em> arriving in the UK. Cover art (extremely) questionable."},"content":{"rendered":"\"Acts\n

Orbit Books announced today that Matthew Stover’s Acts of Caine<\/em> novels, beginning with Heroes Die<\/em>, will be arriving, as eBooks only, in the UK for the first time. They say,<\/p>\n

All four books in the Acts of Caine series \u2013 HEROES DIE, BLADE OF TYSHALLE, CAINE BLACK KNIFE and CAINE\u2019S LAW \u2013 will be released digitally in the UK & ANZ on 27th May 2013.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is good news for reading in the UK. I’ve not read the series (SHAME ON ME!), but they come highly recommended and the ebay prices for the earlier novels are, well.. outrageous<\/a>. I should really sell my copies. Releases like this, eBook only, are a great way for out-of-print books to come back into circulation and find a new audience among those who previously couldn’t find (or afford) to read them. It’s also one of those fun times to think about the fact that publishers continue to try to convince the world that eBook publishing costs are similar to hardcopy publishing and distribution costs. The novels are already available<\/a> as eBooks in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n

But, can we please<\/em> talk about these covers for a moment. I mean, I’m fairly certain that I’m being very specifically trolled by the art department at Orbit Books UK. Four hooded, bodiless men staring pensively<\/del> menacingly at the reader, daring them to read what, underneath, must only be the most bro-tastic, grimdark, grimy, gritty, dudebro novels in the world? WTF. But, well, with a lineage like this<\/a>, can I really expect any less?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orbit Books announced today that Matthew Stover’s Acts of Caine novels, beginning with Heroes Die, will be arriving, as eBooks only, in the UK for the first time. They say, All four books in the Acts of Caine series \u2013 HEROES DIE, BLADE OF TYSHALLE, CAINE BLACK KNIFE and CAINE\u2019S LAW \u2013 will be released… Acts of Caine<\/em> arriving in the UK. Cover art (extremely) questionable.”>Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[31,26],"tags":[604,1285,1283,603,107,59],"class_list":["post-12489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-cover-art","tag-acts-of-caine","tag-art","tag-cover-art","tag-matthew-stover","tag-orbit-books","tag-science-fiction"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n