{"id":3261,"date":"2010-03-17T22:04:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T06:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2010-03-18T07:46:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T15:46:32","slug":"cover-art-the-dervish-house-by-ian-mcdonald-uk-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/art\/cover-art\/cover-art-the-dervish-house-by-ian-mcdonald-uk-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Art | The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (UK Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/the-dervish-house-by-ian-mcdonald.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/the-dervish-house-by-ian-mcdonald.jpg\" alt=\"The Dervish House by Ian McDonald\" title=\"The Dervish House by Ian McDonald\" width=\"352\" height=\"500\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\">SF Signal<\/a>&#8216;s most recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2010\/03\/mind-meld-recent-sffh-book-covers-that-blow-us-away\/\">Mind Meld<\/a>, we were asked about recent covers that, on an artistic level, blew us. One of my choices was the <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/cover-art\/cover-art-synopsis-the-dervish-house-by-ian-mcdonald\/\">beautiful cover<\/a> for Ian McDonald&#8217;s <strong>The Dervish House<\/strong>. As he usually does, Lou Anders and Jacqueline Cooke at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pyrsf.com\">Pyr Books<\/a> took some wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martiniere.com\/\">Stephan Martiniere<\/a> artwork and crafted a sublime cover around it.<\/p>\n<p>Above, you have the UK edition of <strong>The Dervish House<\/strong>. It&#8217;s nice, and I like that it wears the influences of its setting on its sleeve; but, if you ask me, it&#8217;s one of those rare occasions when the UK cover has to work a bit harder against its US counterpart&#8230; and comes up a bit short.<\/p>\n<p>Which do you prefer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In SF Signal&#8216;s most recent Mind Meld, we were asked about recent covers that, on an artistic level, blew us. 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