Haha, those covers really look ugly, I'd probably not feel tempted to read that either if I came across it in a book store. But I also don't like the covers they put on at the bookstore, so I still wouldn't read it :-P
As a child, my best friend and I couldn't read books with orange covers. There were several in our library and we always talked about how we would never read those because they were orange.
I don't know, it was always such a faded ugly orange color, not a shiny bright orange. It just looked ugly, so we decided we wouldn't read those books :-P
But I also don't like the covers they put on at the bookstore, so I still wouldn't read it :-P
I think it's one of those cases where -- maybe not very usefully :P -- the people best able to appreciate the stick-figure covers from the bookstore are those who have already read the book :P Honestly, I wish somebody would reissue these books with modern, clean, symbolic covers instead of these 80s monstrosities -- I think those would suit best. (I do highly recommend the books, if you're ever in the mood for warm, funny, character-driven space opera.)
Haha, I was going to ask about the vendetta against orange covers, too -- whether it was because of the color itself or if you noticed a pattern where books you disliked had orange covers -- but you've already answered that below. It's not a color I see on books very often anymore, at least...
Ah yes I imagined that the covers in that book store would be more appealing for people who have actually read the books. As for the others, the first one you posted is particularly horrible, I think the others are more OK ;-) So is this SF? Lately I've felt like trying out SF, which I haven't been a fan of until now, but I also haven't read a lot of SF... so I don't really know where to start!
Yeah, the first one is definitely the worst. The others are mostly just really stilted and give a very random impression of the books, but the first one is actively awful.
They're SF, yep -- a very human sort of sci-fi, which I think can make it a good entry into the genre. The first book chronologically is Cordelia's Honor, which has a sort of romance-y arc -- there are plenty of other things going on, from new planet exploration (the female protagonist is a professional space explorer/scientist) to interplanetary war and civil war, but if you're looking for straight up space adventure, I would suggest starting with A Warrior's Apprentice, which, like the rest of the series, is about the son of the couple in Cordelia's Honor, Miles the hyperactive little shit genius with brittle bones and growth stunted by *spoiler*. I tend to advertize this series to ASOIAF fans by describing Miles as "Tyrion IN SPACE" (but with a loving family), but I actually like Miles a lot more than I like Tyrion. This is very social sci-fi -- there are no
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I think I might try the Vorkosigan books soon, they sound pretty interesting. Maybe I'll order the first with my amazon gift certificate from Christmas ;-)
Haha, those covers really look ugly, I'd probably not feel tempted to read that either if I came across it in a book store. But I also don't like the covers they put on at the bookstore, so I still wouldn't read it :-P
As a child, my best friend and I couldn't read books with orange covers. There were several in our library and we always talked about how we would never read those because they were orange.
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I think it's one of those cases where -- maybe not very usefully :P -- the people best able to appreciate the stick-figure covers from the bookstore are those who have already read the book :P Honestly, I wish somebody would reissue these books with modern, clean, symbolic covers instead of these 80s monstrosities -- I think those would suit best. (I do highly recommend the books, if you're ever in the mood for warm, funny, character-driven space opera.)
Haha, I was going to ask about the vendetta against orange covers, too -- whether it was because of the color itself or if you noticed a pattern where books you disliked had orange covers -- but you've already answered that below. It's not a color I see on books very often anymore, at least...
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They're SF, yep -- a very human sort of sci-fi, which I think can make it a good entry into the genre. The first book chronologically is Cordelia's Honor, which has a sort of romance-y arc -- there are plenty of other things going on, from new planet exploration (the female protagonist is a professional space explorer/scientist) to interplanetary war and civil war, but if you're looking for straight up space adventure, I would suggest starting with A Warrior's Apprentice, which, like the rest of the series, is about the son of the couple in Cordelia's Honor, Miles the hyperactive little shit genius with brittle bones and growth stunted by *spoiler*. I tend to advertize this series to ASOIAF fans by describing Miles as "Tyrion IN SPACE" (but with a loving family), but I actually like Miles a lot more than I like Tyrion. This is very social sci-fi -- there are no ( ... )
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