Comments on: The Most Awesomely Bad SFF Cover in the Universe! http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/ Orbit Books Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:40:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bregt http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 Bregt Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:49:48 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1218 Across a Trembling Sea the Cyborg Fairies Dance by Raine Bowes "Everytime you press Ctrl+Alt+Del a Cyborg Fairy dies..." author quote: "Terminator II met Titania and they got themselves a lovebaby. This is stunning!" Across a Trembling Sea the Cyborg Fairies Dance

by Raine Bowes

“Everytime you press Ctrl+Alt+Del a Cyborg Fairy dies…”

author quote:

“Terminator II met Titania and they got themselves a lovebaby. This is stunning!”

]]> By: Sam Thielman http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Sam Thielman Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:18:37 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1171 And I'll attribute that to Richard Matheson. And I’ll attribute that to Richard Matheson.

]]> By: Sam Thielman http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 Sam Thielman Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:18:12 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1170 You're most welcome. And that reading line is so dreadful it makes my eyes water. Here's my author quote, if we do indeed end up using them: "WIth this book, the author has provided his readers with a weapon against spiders, mosquitoes - even small rodents can be crushed beneath its imposing bulk. Truly one of the thickest books I've ever read." You’re most welcome. And that reading line is so dreadful it makes my eyes water.

Here’s my author quote, if we do indeed end up using them:

“WIth this book, the author has provided his readers with a weapon against spiders, mosquitoes – even small rodents can be crushed beneath its imposing bulk. Truly one of the thickest books I’ve ever read.”

]]> By: Kniffler http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Kniffler Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:47:52 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1139 Thanks, Sam. I'm proud and ashamed all at once. Across a Trembling Sea the Cyborg Fairies Dance by Diana Selkirk "The fates of worlds hang on wire wings." Thanks, Sam. I’m proud and ashamed all at once.

Across a Trembling Sea the Cyborg Fairies Dance

by Diana Selkirk

“The fates of worlds hang on wire wings.”

]]> By: Durandal http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Durandal Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:21:55 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1027 Across a Trembling Sea the Cyborg Fairies Dance by Lilyth Raven Wytchwood "Under the watchful gaze of the Seelie Court AIs, the seas tremble and heave with passion -- and other, darker things." This is most assuredly a book. With pages and everything! -- Terry Brooks Across a Trembling Sea the Cyborg Fairies Dance

by Lilyth Raven Wytchwood

“Under the watchful gaze of the Seelie Court AIs, the seas tremble and heave with passion — and other, darker things.”

This is most assuredly a book. With pages and everything! — Terry Brooks

]]> By: CEW http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 CEW Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:36:58 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1043 Author: Tatiana Darlington Reading line: Iron and magic, impossible right? But with a little H2O and a dulcimer.....Well, things, they just happen. "I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!"~Deik Howitdzer III Author: Tatiana Darlington

Reading line: Iron and magic, impossible right? But with a little H2O and a dulcimer…..Well, things, they just happen.

“I JUST CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!”~Deik Howitdzer III

]]> By: Zephyr http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 Zephyr Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:34:42 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1041 Author: Jennica Wilding Reading line: Under the gathering clouds of the annual Passion Storms, a sleeping evil is wakening, hungry for the dance. Short version: Augmented nymphs meet a sea of troubles! "Shanty punk? ... very inventive ..." - Cory Doctorow Author: Jennica Wilding

Reading line: Under the gathering clouds of the annual Passion Storms, a sleeping evil is wakening, hungry for the dance.

Short version: Augmented nymphs meet a sea of troubles!

“Shanty punk? … very inventive …” – Cory Doctorow

]]> By: Gary D http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Gary D Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:24:46 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1040 Oh, author - George O'Reilly Bradberger Sterling the Third. Oh, author – George O’Reilly Bradberger Sterling the Third.

]]> By: Gary D http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1039 Gary D Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:22:15 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1039 For ten thousand years the merchant fairies had sailed the Hyperbolian sea but now the nameless dark one and his cybernetic zombies are rising again. The secret bastard heir to the throne Alexanius Safehaven and his band of companions must gather the seven instruments and sing shut the disharmonious convergence. Lois McMaster Bujold: "Wow, words fail me. This is really something." For ten thousand years the merchant fairies had sailed the Hyperbolian sea but now the nameless dark one and his cybernetic zombies are rising again. The secret bastard heir to the throne Alexanius Safehaven and his band of companions must gather the seven instruments and sing shut the disharmonious convergence.

Lois McMaster Bujold: “Wow, words fail me. This is really something.”

]]> By: Matthew Highton http://www.orbitbooks.net/2009/08/07/the-most-awesomely-bad-sff-cover-in-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-1037 Matthew Highton Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:06:51 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=3712#comment-1037 Reading line: Because even Fairies can be enhanced by an amalgamated mess of flesh and hi-tech machinery and not even water can blow these circuits. Author: Colonel Reginald Stormbeck Reading line: Because even Fairies can be enhanced by an amalgamated mess of flesh and hi-tech machinery and not even water can blow these circuits.

Author: Colonel Reginald Stormbeck

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