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A new Folio Edition of Terry Pratchett's Mort is a beautiful testament to a great talent and a wonderful creation...
Maybe you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but you can find yourself forming a strong opinion about what to expect.
My first copy of Terry Pratchett’s Mort was a paperback that bore, upon its cover, artwork by Josh Kirby. Those Kirby covers are immediately recognisable to all Discworld fans; packed with energy, movement, the figures almost falling over each other, they always promise an adventure that will, above all, make you laugh. And Mort certainly made me do that, but I didn’t take it too seriously. Nobody did, back then.
But time moved on, and there will be no more Pratchett novels, so we have to start cherishing the ones we’ve got. On that understanding the Folio Society has produced...
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A new Folio Edition of Terry Pratchett's Mort is a beautiful testament to a great talent and a wonderful creation...
Maybe you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but you can find yourself forming a strong opinion about what to expect.
My first copy of Terry Pratchett’s Mort was a paperback that bore, upon its cover, artwork by Josh Kirby. Those Kirby covers are immediately recognisable to all Discworld fans; packed with energy, movement, the figures almost falling over each other, they always promise an adventure that will, above all, make you laugh. And Mort certainly made me do that, but I didn’t take it too seriously. Nobody did, back then.
But time moved on, and there will be no more Pratchett novels, so we have to start cherishing the ones we’ve got. On that understanding the Folio Society has produced...
- 6/14/2016
- Den of Geek
This is a busy weekend for awards, and the first major awards have just been handed out. The winners of the 2011 Chesley Awards were announced today at Renovation, the WorldCon going on right now in Reno, Nevada. The Chesleys are given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists each year for excellence in genre art.
Paperback: Jason Chan, for Geist by Phillipa Ballantine (Ace) Hardcover: Michael Whelan, for The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor) Magazine: Nick Greenwood, for Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #17 Three-Dimensional: Mark Newman, Eel Walker; bronze Interior: Donato Giancola, Middle Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth Unpublished Color: Julie Dillon, “Planetary Alignment” Unpublished Monochrome: Ian Miller, “Triptych” Product: Sam Weber, Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, promo art for Tor ebook Gaming: Lucas Graciano, Amorphous Drake (Legends of Norrath) (Sony Online Entertainment) Art Director: Jon Schindehette — Wizards of the Coast Lifetime Achievement:...
Paperback: Jason Chan, for Geist by Phillipa Ballantine (Ace) Hardcover: Michael Whelan, for The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor) Magazine: Nick Greenwood, for Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #17 Three-Dimensional: Mark Newman, Eel Walker; bronze Interior: Donato Giancola, Middle Earth: Visions of a Modern Myth Unpublished Color: Julie Dillon, “Planetary Alignment” Unpublished Monochrome: Ian Miller, “Triptych” Product: Sam Weber, Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, promo art for Tor ebook Gaming: Lucas Graciano, Amorphous Drake (Legends of Norrath) (Sony Online Entertainment) Art Director: Jon Schindehette — Wizards of the Coast Lifetime Achievement:...
- 8/20/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
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