FIRED, OH MY GOD, ALL OF YOU, FIRED

[jmtorres]

There appears to be a French graphic novel adaptation of Warrior's Apprentice.

YOU GUYS. VISUAL SOURCE.

SOMEONE KILL ME IN THE FACE NOW.

ETA: I MAY HAVE PURCHASED IT. AND ALSO A COUPLE OF THE NOVELS IN FRENCH. DAMN YOU AMAZON.FR. Because what I really deeply need is to reacquaint myself with a foreign language by reading books I've memorized, for a ridiculous I don't even want to talk about it price.

I will say I like a lot of the French covers better. OH MY GOD I DO NOT NEED TO COLLECT THE SET.

Comments

[jmtorres]

I don't know! But practically all the Bujold novels have had at least one cover I wtf'd at in English.

[flourish]

IMHO, the cover of A Civil Campaign with the foil and the butterbugs and the red and blue outfits and the pink dress was actually the worst cover I have ever seen on a sci fi novel. It's like they WANTED to alienate every possible kind of readership.

[niqaeli]

Baen does not do good covers any more, largely due to lack of budget I suspect. But I still have no explanation for A Civil Campaign's cover, it was really just that much more awful.

(I own the original Gutierrez for the cover of The Warrior's Apprentice. It's a shame they can't afford artists of his calibre anymore...)

[verity]

Ironically, that is the first Bujold novel I ever read, and I picked it up because of the cover. JUDGE ME IF YOU MUST.

[jmtorres]

Ahah, attracting new readers! ...what a weird volume to be attracting new readers on. I mean, from publisher POV any volume's a good volume? But wow, how did that read without the background that got them there?

[verity]

It read very strangely! But well!

I have read the entire series completely out of order. IIRC I started something like this: A Civil Campaign (shiny foil cover), Cordelia's Honor (Shards of Honor + Barrayar) (also shiny foil cover), Komarr...

The last volume I read was, of course, the collected Young Miles. Right.