Worst Cover Yet?

[Sleeper]

The Winter's heart cover makes all the characters look 4 feet tall.

 

But it does give Perrin the most beautiful, soulful, eyes...

[Smittyphi]

Yeah, TPOD was the least offensive.

Towers of Midnight wasn't too bad.

[jemron]

Here's the thing... Not making any excuses for Sweet (he's terrible, and his heyday was like 30 years ago) but... RJ et. al. were so concerned about getting too much of the story out, that from what I've heard, Sweet was only given a very few pages to go on for books like TGS and others. He wasn't allowed to read the whole book and then come up with his own rendition of what he thought would be the best scene. Still, he's not very good at perspective, or proportions, and he obviously doesn't read the books after they come out, because more recent covers still have gaping errors.

 

On the other hand, the new Tor covers are done by exceptional artists, directed by serious fans, and often, drawn/painted by fans of the series. They go through a very rigorous editing process too, from what the Tor.com write-ups seem to indicate.

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: my opinion is that Mr. Sweet has some real dirt on either RJ's family or Tom Doherty himself; because he should've been dropped from doing these covers BOOKS ago. What must he know? Or, how good is he in bed? Must be good at something... :) too far?

[Sleeper]

Here's the thing... Not making any excuses for Sweet (he's terrible, and his heyday was like 30 years ago) but... RJ et. al. were so concerned about getting too much of the story out, that from what I've heard, Sweet was only given a very few pages to go on for books like TGS and others. He wasn't allowed to read the whole book and then come up with his own rendition of what he thought would be the best scene. Still, he's not very good at perspective, or proportions, and he obviously doesn't read the books after they come out, because more recent covers still have gaping errors.

 

On the other hand, the new Tor covers are done by exceptional artists, directed by serious fans, and often, drawn/painted by fans of the series. They go through a very rigorous editing process too, from what the Tor.com write-ups seem to indicate.

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: my opinion is that Mr. Sweet has some real dirt on either RJ's family or Tom Doherty himself; because he should've been dropped from doing these covers BOOKS ago. What must he know? Or, how good is he in bed? Must be good at something... :) too far?

Not far enough

[HighWiredSith]

A crown of swords - Rand posing, showing Sammael his guns, buying Mashadar enough time to kill Sammael.

Lord of Chaos - That is how he looks after Dumai's well?

 

It was the one power that kept Rand's shirt so brilliantly white after spending weeks in a box.

[Pilz]

According to Wikipedia, that is Egwene over the fire in TSR. Not that they're right.

 

There also is another cover of TGH by Charles Keegan. It has Rand and Lanfear.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Hunt

[Sleeper]

There also is another cover of TGH by Charles Keegan. It has Rand and Lanfear.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Hunt

Not as bad, but I half expected the horse Lanfear was riding to be a unicorn, what with all the bright rainbow colors everywhere.

[The Fisher King]

Me actually almost never agree with ''Everybody'' but in this case I have to - Ive also always felt like LOC was the worstest one.

 

Second Worse IMO - TGS.

 

Third WORSE (Also IMO) - TDR

 

Fourth - WH

 

5TH - TOM

 

6TH - KD

 

........... My favorite DKS Cover was PROBABLY tPOD.

 

My Second Favorite - tFOH

 

3RD - TSR

 

4TH - COT

 

5TH - TEOTW

 

6TH - ACOS

 

7TH - TGH

 

 

- Fish

[ryanphlp2002]

Might be a bit late here but just to point out the predominant hair colour here in Ireland is brown not red, now if he was Rand O'Thor....

[mb]

All the US covers look fine to me. Their appearance have been comfortable to at least my eyes.

 

I try to base my judgment on how accurately they portray the depicted scene.

They have for the most part seemed accurate.

[Terez]

Yeah, TPOD was the least offensive.

Towers of Midnight wasn't too bad.

You must not have seen this eh?

 

 

On the heights, the paths are paved with wood mulch...

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: my opinion is that Mr. Sweet has some real dirt on either RJ's family or Tom Doherty himself; because he should've been dropped from doing these covers BOOKS ago. What must he know? Or, how good is he in bed? Must be good at something... :) too far?

They kept him for consistency. People like all their books to look more or less the same on the shelf. (Which doesn't explain why they changed the flap format, but oh well.)

[The Fisher King]

Yeah, TPOD was the least offensive.

Towers of Midnight wasn't too bad.

You must not have seen this eh?

 

 

On the heights, the paths are paved with wood mulch...

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: my opinion is that Mr. Sweet has some real dirt on either RJ's family or Tom Doherty himself; because he should've been dropped from doing these covers BOOKS ago. What must he know? Or, how good is he in bed? Must be good at something... :) too far?

They kept him for consistency. People like all their books to look more or less the same on the shelf. (Which doesn't explain why they changed the flap format, but oh well.)

 

Most folks I know actually DON'T ''like consistency'' when what they're getting is consistently bad, lol ;-)

 

 

- Fish

[Shimmer]

I don't much like the Tor covers either but since I live in Australia, I quite like the Orbit covers for WoT - different coloured snake and wheel symbols are a nice touch, IMO.

[Elend]

Jordan had two choices of people to do the cover art for EotW: Darryl K. Sweet and Michael Whelan. Whelan only illustrates covers for books he's read (or at least has read a draft of), Sweet doesn't. When EotW was to be published and they were looking for authors, Jordan chose Sweet because they didn't have time for Whelan to read before it was published.

 

It's something to cry over.

 

So, instead of having the amazing Michael Whelan, we got Sweet.

 

I shall cry for what might have been...

 

At least we have the e-book covers and I just bought a Nook?

 

ETA: And that Mat cover is absurdly awesome. The two ravens are an absolutely brilliant touch.

[Haggis]

Somehow after all these years when ever I see the crown of swords cover I think of

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTSVUJSyaC_6Pq2j6kU7qrSyxjo_F0otVl4u7dtRbX9onaH5RPyQg

 

No idea how I remember such an old game.

[pamela]

Somehow after all these years when ever I see the crown of swords cover I think of

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTSVUJSyaC_6Pq2j6kU7qrSyxjo_F0otVl4u7dtRbX9onaH5RPyQg

 

No idea how I remember such an old game.

 

... now you killed me

 

I hate, hate, hate CoS cover- chimpanzee Rand... And now I see that, compare to tGS, reading LoC in the university corridor was not uncomfortable at all. Luckily, the Polish cover will probably be different. I agree that simple black covers with the snake-wheel symbol is the best available option.

[Toad]

Oh goodness, I can't even bring LoC out in public because I'm afraid I'll get too many weird looks. TSR comes in close second for worst for me, since I've still never been able to figure out who those people are.

 

I've got to say, though, I liked the cover for PoD. And tEotW had a fairly decent cover if you ignore the fact that Lan looks absolutely enormous and Moiraine appears to be a midget on a pony.

[DPT24]

All the WoT book covers are horrible, though some are worse than others. Towers of Midnight and Great Hunt, for example, I don't mind carrying around. Like the Ebook covers a lot and would love to see them converted to actual book covers

[farthammer]

Jordan had two choices of people to do the cover art for EotW: Darryl K. Sweet and Michael Whelan. Whelan only illustrates covers for books he's read (or at least has read a draft of), Sweet doesn't. When EotW was to be published and they were looking for authors, Jordan chose Sweet because they didn't have time for Whelan to read before it was published.

 

It's something to cry over.

 

 

I don't understand how the F*** this is possible. If you are a professional book cover artist, how F***ing long is it going to take you to read one single book? Any of these books could be read in a couple days by most people. F**** Whelan right in his trolloc *****

[graendalzooescapee]

It's a very hard call, but I vote for TGS. What the heck is up with Aviendha's eyes? They're just splotches.

 

But what do I care? I buy the hardcovers and promptly throw away the dust covers. So much more tasteful.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

TGS for sure.

[farthammer]

I say when Sweet dies, instead of going straight to Hell as he deserves he will simply find himself reborn with the unlikely/unfortunate condition of having the sum of all his WOT covers being tattooed on his body.

[threadnecromancer]

It's a very hard call, but I vote for TGS. What the heck is up with Aviendha's eyes? They're just splotches.

 

But what do I care? I buy the hardcovers and promptly throw away the dust covers. So much more tasteful.

 

That was Aviendha? It does not really look like Sweet's earlier rendition of her.

[Pilz]

Yeah, TPOD was the least offensive.

Towers of Midnight wasn't too bad.

You must not have seen this eh?

 

 

On the heights, the paths are paved with wood mulch...

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: my opinion is that Mr. Sweet has some real dirt on either RJ's family or Tom Doherty himself; because he should've been dropped from doing these covers BOOKS ago. What must he know? Or, how good is he in bed? Must be good at something... :) too far?

They kept him for consistency. People like all their books to look more or less the same on the shelf. (Which doesn't explain why they changed the flap format, but oh well.)

So who is that in the Role Playing Game cover? I guess it's Rand (with the Seanchan spear), Loial, and ??? I would say Moiraine, since she is opening the ways. But she is not in blue, so I will guess Nynaeve.

[jwillis7]

Yeah, TPOD was the least offensive.

Towers of Midnight wasn't too bad.

You must not have seen this eh?

 

 

On the heights, the paths are paved with wood mulch...

 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: my opinion is that Mr. Sweet has some real dirt on either RJ's family or Tom Doherty himself; because he should've been dropped from doing these covers BOOKS ago. What must he know? Or, how good is he in bed? Must be good at something... :) too far?

They kept him for consistency. People like all their books to look more or less the same on the shelf. (Which doesn't explain why they changed the flap format, but oh well.)

So who is that in the Role Playing Game cover? I guess it's Rand (with the Seanchan spear), Loial, and ??? I would say Moiraine, since she is opening the ways. But she is not in blue, so I will guess Nynaeve.

i say mat loial and nyneave, since that is the same spear he gave mat on the early cover of ToM