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Post by pokermind   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:16 am

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Amazon has final released the cover of HFQ we have seen a smaller version but this one is large my next post will have 700 px wide art that will show more detail but it is only half the size of Amazon 1400 px wide close up.
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Re: Cover art on Amazon
Post by pokermind   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:23 am

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Image

Half sized cover art cut from cover to show detail. not I cut way all but the pic.


Here's the link to Amazon click on 'see this image' and clik magaifying glass to see more detail and complete cover

http://www.amazon.com/Hells-Foundations-Quiver-Safehold-David/dp/0765321874/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1426742351&sr=1-1&keywords=hells+foundations+quiver

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Re: Cover art on Amazon
Post by DJMacdonald   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:55 am

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One wonders why the skimmer is firing on a ship flying Imperial Charisian Navy colors.

Artistic license? Or reading way too much into cover art?
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Re: Cover art on Amazon
Post by SWM   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:48 am

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DJMacdonald wrote:One wonders why the skimmer is firing on a ship flying Imperial Charisian Navy colors.

Artistic license? Or reading way too much into cover art?

As discussed in another thread, every Safehold book cover has shown a skimmer doing something that does not happen the book. This is purely artistic license.
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Re: Cover art on Amazon
Post by PeterZ   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:54 am

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The ship also flies the green pennant of the CoGA. The ship might be captured or a rebel. Perhaps the Truth will come out in this book.

SWM wrote:
DJMacdonald wrote:One wonders why the skimmer is firing on a ship flying Imperial Charisian Navy colors.

Artistic license? Or reading way too much into cover art?

As discussed in another thread, every Safehold book cover has shown a skimmer doing something that does not happen the book. This is purely artistic license.
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Re: Cover art on Amazon
Post by Joat42   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:40 am

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DJMacdonald wrote:One wonders why the skimmer is firing on a ship flying Imperial Charisian Navy colors.

Artistic license? Or reading way too much into cover art?
SWM wrote:As discussed in another thread, every Safehold book cover has shown a skimmer doing something that does not happen the book. This is purely artistic license.

PeterZ wrote:The ship also flies the green pennant of the CoGA. The ship might be captured or a rebel. Perhaps the Truth will come out in this book.


It's not an Imperial Charisian Navy ship, the hull lacks the black paint with the white stripe.

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Re: Cover art on Amazon
Post by BobG   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:02 pm

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DJMacdonald wrote:One wonders why the skimmer is firing on a ship flying Imperial Charisian Navy colors.

Artistic license? Or reading way too much into cover art?

Careful examination of the flag with "paint" seems to indicate it is dark, and probably with gaps cut through it, as the sections in the middle are the same color as the background.

I'm pretty sure that a skimmer would never fire on a galleon with energy first, as it was explicitly mentioned that it would almost certainly trigger notice by the orbital sensors.

I suppose that could represent automatic weapons fire, like a Vulcan Gatling gun.

I wouldn't be too surprised if somewhere in the story, a ICN ship fired on a CoGA ship with an automatic weapon.

Most likely just "artistic license".

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Re: Cover art on Amazon
Post by Louis R   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:17 pm

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That's more likely an Admiral's streamer. The Church pennant carries the scepter of Langhorne; there's no charge on this pennant.


PeterZ wrote:The ship also flies the green pennant of the CoGA. The ship might be captured or a rebel. Perhaps the Truth will come out in this book.
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Post by Louis R   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:19 pm

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PS: and why the heck am I trying to read the tea leaves anyway, when these are coffee grounds?

Louis R wrote:That's more likely an Admiral's streamer. The Church pennant carries the scepter of Langhorne; there's no charge on this pennant.


PeterZ wrote:The ship also flies the green pennant of the CoGA. The ship might be captured or a rebel. Perhaps the Truth will come out in this book.
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Re: Cover art on Amazon
Post by SHV   » Thu Mar 19, 2015 1:33 pm

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HFQ is only 608 pages; that is disappointing.

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