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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I'm sorry. But any of those Michael Whelan dragons would look terrible as a cover for The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Gatsby, Anna Karenina or Gone With the Wind.
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Dragons make everything better.
You still do not get it. We are not picking covers because they can be used with other books. We arepicking cover because they are really good and the Michael Whelan covers for Anne McCaffrey books are really good.
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You are conflating artwork you enjoy with a good cover. And the two aren't the same thing.
A book cover is more like a movie poster, whether you like it or not. A book cover has to not just have artwork that meets your high standards, but it has to fit the book it is representing.
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So should I be picking a cover with artwork that's ugly aka
Twilight? No. I should be picking a covers that are enjoyable to look at regardless of the contents of the book.
Yes a cover should fit the book it's designed for. But if it is not an enjoyable to look at outside of the contents of the book, then it's not one to vote for in a cover contest.