Category: By the Cover

  • Jurassic Park: Striking Simplicity (By the Cover)

    Usually, I have a hard time choosing which version of a book’s cover to talk about. There are usually more than a few to choose from, all of which good in their own rights. It’s refreshing to find a cover in which most iterations are basically a slightly altered version of the same thing. Makes…

  • Dune (By the Cover): So Much to Work With, All Ignored

    How long has it been since I looked at a cover? The answer is too long. Let’s fix that! Dune as a book is incredibly dense. There is so much world-building and lore crammed into this thing that the story straight-up becomes confusing. You’ve got the worms, the Spice, the unique inhabitants of the planet,…

  • The Final Empire: By the Cover

    Alright fellas, let’s put our thinking caps on! This one is gonna be a bit of a challenge! So, I’ve been reading the second Mistborn book, The Well of Ascension. I’ll go into more detail of my feelings on it during my review, which should be going up a week or two after this analysis…

  • The Last Unicorn: Minimalism Done Slightly Better

    Ah, The Last Unicorn. I’ve genuinely forgotten if I’ve reviewed this book yet or not. If I haven’t, then I’m gonna need to fix that sometime soon. But for now, let’s just take a good look at the cover. At first glance, this is another ‘A Game of Thrones’ situation, where the cover was put…

  • A Game of Thrones: To Slap a Cover Together (By the Cover)

    Here’s the depressing thing. There are some great stories out there that don’t have very interesting covers. Such as the subject of today’s cover analysis: A Game of Thrones. Where do I begin? I don’t ask that question because there’s a lot to discuss, mind you. Just the opposite, in fact. This is a prime…