{"id":1462,"date":"2010-01-19T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:32:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:32:26","slug":"under-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1462","title":{"rendered":"Under Cover(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>First<\/b>, let me state: I have no idea if this is a good book or not. I just want to read it, to find out.<\/p>\n

The author is Caucasian, and South African, which made me do an auto-flinch and not want to post about this, but I got over that. Judging a book by the author = worse than judging it by its cover.<\/p>\n

And yet, what a cover. The artwork is by John Picacio<\/a>, a World Fantasy Award-winning and Hugo Award-nominated illustrator of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.<\/p>\n

From Mr. Picacio’s blog: <\/p>\n

Relevant note here — it’s not often that authors have input during the process of making a cover. There are lots of reasons for this, and that could be a whole blog post by itself. The point is it doesn’t happen often. In this case, Lauren was very involved, and she and Marc Gascoigne (publishing director) were fun collaborators. It was my first time working with Angry Robot, and a pleasure. They’re building a terrific line of books. I’m really excited about ZOO CITY, and am already looking forward to its release in May.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is out in JUNE in the U.S., and May in the UK. It’s …transitional cyberpunk. It’s not YA, but it looks intriguing.<\/p>\n

And look at that cover.<\/p>\n

Just a little relief from Cover Fail(s) You Might Have Observed. <\/p>\n

Via SF Signal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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