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Originally Posted by Katsunami
I'm kicking this thread with the only reason of saying: "I think I'm right."
This can't be a coincidence. I've bought 15 books in the last few weeks, most of them fantasy and some science fiction, and they were all written in the 80's. While going through them to set the metadata and split omnibuses, I obviously also found the old covers.
1980's: Tacky, nerdy, cheesy
Current: Either dark and gritty, or modern and serious.
Every... single... one.
For example, Barbara Hambly's covers.
80's style
Current style
Patricia C. Wrede:
Shadow Magic: 80's (OMG, this one is tacky) vs. Current
The Raven Ring: 80's vs. Current
This change goes for ALL of her books, as well as the ones by Patricia C. Wrede. I've seen that even the Dungeons and Dragons e-books and new editions are getting new, non-nerdy covers.
There are some books that, going by the 80's cover, I wouldn't even have bought... |
These new covers are just too cheap and generic looking.
Covers of the 50's and 60's were commonly simplistic or tacky
I bought that Shadow Magic, cover and all
way back when.
I would not have even picked up the NEW cover of that Robin Hobb book because of the non-informative covers (cover raves are not informative
, they are HYPE). The old cover contained some key story elements (a Live ship was not a generic sailing ship)
Artists never seem to get the concept of 'Practical' quite right
Females in Scanty clothing in the Snow (or desert sun) while their male counterpart is weighted down with furs
Lots of things hanging off space armor to get snagged (Lucas' Storm troopers got that right)