{"id":2838,"date":"2010-01-26T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2010-01-26T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T18:59:00","slug":"cover-art-the-left-hand-of-god-by-paul-hoffman-us-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-the-left-hand-of-god-by-paul-hoffman-us-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art | The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman (US Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

Okay, I gave the UK edition<\/a> of Hoffman’s The Left Hand of God<\/strong> a hard time, but this is just ridiculous. Are they marketing it as a literary novel (with the inclusion the Name of the Wind<\/strong>–esque<\/em> ‘A Novel’ tag) or a schlocky Fantasy novel (with the ham-fisted inclusion of a jackass in a hood)? I understand the idea that they want to hit a broad market with the release, but a complete mish-mash of styles is just as uncomfortable an unappealing as when Orbit tried it<\/a>. I’m terrified that the hooded figure is looking out through a window cut from the front cover, his hood ending at his shoulders and revealing him in all his glory once you open the book.<\/p>\n

I’m all for Fantasy novels trying to break new ground an broaden their appeal by straying away from the typical dude-in-a-hooded-cloak-fighting-an-orc-with-a-flaming-sword-and-a-castle-in-the-background covers, but if you’re going to do so, you’ve got to go one hundred percent, like Orbit’s recent re-issues<\/a> of K.J. Parker’s The Engineer Trilogy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

James over at Dazed Ramblings<\/a> has a similar rant about this charming cover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, I gave the UK edition of Hoffman’s The Left Hand of God a hard time, but this is just ridiculous. Are they marketing it as a literary novel (with the inclusion the Name of the Wind–esque ‘A Novel’ tag) or a schlocky Fantasy novel (with the ham-fisted inclusion of a jackass in a hood)?… 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":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cover-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n