Somehow, the topic wandered over to his Conan novels, and one of the as to whether the scantily-clad warrior-woman should be flung over Conan’s shoulder on the cover, or held tightly to his chest. Jordan (dirty old man that he is) quipped that “over the shoulder” was the obvious choice, for perfectly mercenary reasons. He then went on to say that if the cover art included some only partially covered buttock, that the book sold markedly better. He also claimed that it made little difference whether it was the amazon’s skin or Conan’s, which got a rise out of the observers. So I asked the obvious question: “Are you going to have a talk with Darrell Sweet about this?” He gave a wry grin and said, “This is a different kind of series…” But he did say that he has gotten several letters asking for Rand’s butt to appear on the cover…
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