A Dance with Dragons Cover Art Released

[Overread]

I like it -- looks less like the flag of Wales at least

 

[Werthead]

I just had a brainwave that the sword may not be a generic sword. It could be Blackfyre (it's too thick to be Dark Sister) That would be sweet.

 

[the smiling weirwood]

With no perspective on it there is no way to know how thick it is. But it is more likely to be Blackfyre.

 

[Charming Serpent]

I concur Wert. From those spoilers I have read it would seem a sword is being sent to Young Griff with Tyrion and I think GRRM mentioned that Blackfyre would turn up eventually.

 

[Culhwch]

Much more impressive than the first one. Hopefully that's the one we get here, too.

 

[Werthead]

Australia usually gets the UK editions, so yeah, that should be the one you get as well.

 

[Culhwch]

Interesting that they are so markedly different - from memory weren't the two Feast covers still along the same lines?

 

[Werthead]

They were the same colour, red, but not much apart from that. The US cover had a crow on it and the UK one had a chalice.

 

[Culhwch]

Ah, I thought they both had chalices. My mistake...

 

[Koopa]

Is there a larger picture anywhere, if that is the hilt of blackfyre, its ugly.

 

[the smiling weirwood]

U.S. version of AFFC

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/gallery/art/crows01.jpg

My favorites are the Castellano covers:

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/gallery/art/thrones41.jpg

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/gallery/art/kings32.jpg

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/gallery/art/swords22b.jpg

http://www.georgerrmartin.com/gallery/art/crows15.jpg

 

[Shacklock]

Cant' say I'm liking the cover art much.

 

[Koopa]

The sword is not bad, if its the symbol for Blackfyre and the Targaryen feud, however the hilt could have been done better,

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

I prefer the UK version to the US one, though i don't mind the US ones very much.

 

[Werthead]

Bigger, better, shinier:

 

[Aniri]

I could care less--just want the BOOK. NOW.

 

[The Curious Orange]

I do like the UK cover. Very nice.

 

[Koopa]

apparantly the times alreay got a copy, since they seems to be able to comment upon the book, or is that just there because of the earlier works?

P.S.: not to whine overly much, but i liked it better when your name and logo appeared left of your post instead of above it. is that just me, or you all feel that way?

 

[Werthead]

That's from their review of AFFC. Dreamsongs has "THE AMERICAN TOLKIEN - Time Magazine", on the cover, which is from their review of AFFC.

And I was wondering what as different about the board today. Actually, what's bugging me more than anything are that the top boxes are white whilst everything else is still that pale yellow. Looks kinda weird.

GRRM's put up a new Notablog about the new covers as well.

 

[Wiggum]

Yeah, the new format is discombobulating.

Why do the British always get cooler covers than us lowly Americans?