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Parson · 21st February 2008, 04:13 PM

Lathark "Master of Understatement!" -- 2 posts in 2 years, indeed!

I have to say that it is very hard for me to get past a bad cover, and almost impossible with an unknown author.

I know better, there are even many books whose cover has precious little to do with the story itself. So it shouldn't but it does.

i.e. I just finished "The Hidden Worlds" a romantic SF tale, which I don't normally read because the cover (especially the art) seemed to hint at the kind of military SF that I really enjoy. The young woman on the cover was carrying a gun of some kind. She is pictured as a strong lead. The truth was she never handled a gun in the story. Her strength was a hidden one, which was largely kept under wraps because of her inability to find ways of dealing with the world around her.

A pretty good read after all, but I think the book ended just where I would have been really interested. The couple has found and committed to each other, and now together will go to battle the menace to humanity. THE END

GRRRRR!

21st February 2008, 04:13 PM	#11 (permalink)
Parson This world is not my home Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 583	Re: Do bad book covers influence you Lathark "Master of Understatement!" -- 2 posts in 2 years, indeed! I have to say that it is very hard for me to get past a bad cover, and almost impossible with an unknown author. I know better, there are even many books whose cover has precious little to do with the story itself. So it shouldn't but it does. i.e. I just finished "The Hidden Worlds" a romantic SF tale, which I don't normally read because the cover (especially the art) seemed to hint at the kind of military SF that I really enjoy. The young woman on the cover was carrying a gun of some kind. She is pictured as a strong lead. The truth was she never handled a gun in the story. Her strength was a hidden one, which was largely kept under wraps because of her inability to find ways of dealing with the world around her. A pretty good read after all, but I think the book ended just where I would have been really interested. The couple has found and committed to each other, and now together will go to battle the menace to humanity. THE END GRRRRR!