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Interview #723: Reddit 2012 (Non-WoT), Entry #31

gyroda (September 2012)

Fantasy novel cover art

Thought I’d just put this out here, I’ve noticed that the American cover art and British cover art tend to be very different, the British ones tend to be more minimalistic with a little overdose of “Hooded-ninja-wizard” whereas the American ones seem to have more in them, like they’re displaying a scene from the book.

Just wondering, which does everyone prefer and why? I kinda prefer the British ones (although I might be biased there, I’m too used to them) as the American ones seem a bit cheesey and off-putting a lot of the time.

Examples (including some hooded-ninja-wizards):

Mistborn 1 UK US

Assassin’s Apprentice UK US

Magicians’ Guild UK US

The Painted Man UK US

Feel free to bring up other countries covers as well. I just picked those two as they’re the ones I see most often.

Brandon Sanderson ()

My editions from Spain tend to look like daytime soap operas.

Elantris US

Elantris Spain

The Japanese , unsurprisingly, is manga-like.

French is flowing and stately .

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