Cowl

[Neal Asher]

Excellent, Pocket/Fleuve Noir of the Univers Poche Group are buying Cowl to publish in France next year. They’ve already bought Gridlinked and The Skinner, the latter of which they’ve already published, but they’re skipping Gridlinked to do Cowl, then intend to go with the Cormac series afterwards. I look forward to seeing what they do with the covers, since the French cover image for The Skinner – by Stephan Martiniere - is the best yet, I think you’ll agree.

Image here.

[Ian Whates]

Great news, Neal. Congratulations! And you're right -- the Skinner cover is terrific. If the same cover artist is being used again, should be something special. I look forward to seeing what emerges.

[Rane Longfox]

Oh wow - that artwork is stunning! And congrats on selling the rights

Any chance of getting a nice big version to use as a pc desktop? And I see you've got another book coming out. Prolific is a bit of an understatement!!

[Neal Asher]

Thanks Ian. There's always a chance that the same artist might not be used, since though the publisher likes his stuff, he thinks it might not be 'hardcore 'SF enough for my books.

Rane, the problem with using that artwork as a desk top is its ... verticality???
A while ago I was using a cropped image from the front of The Voyage of the Sable Keech. I'm presently using a cropped image of Prador Moon (British version). You'll find it here: The Skinner: Prador Moon back cover.

[Rane Longfox]

Originally Posted by Neal Asher

Rane, the problem with using that artwork as a desk top is its ... verticality???
A while ago I was using a cropped image from the front of The Voyage of the Sable Keech. I'm presently using a cropped image of Prador Moon (British version). You'll find it here: The Skinner: Prador Moon back cover.

Icons at either side, on a black background

[Neal Asher]

Yeah, that's an idea, but right now I'm enjoying my sort-of Prador.

[Rane Longfox]

Yeah, I might need to nick that too

You have had some really excellent artwork on all your recent books, to be honest. It must be a relief to have found such a good artist when you see some of the generica thats around at the moment.

[Neal Asher]

Rane, when I saw the first cover for Gridlinked I was dubious. I had the old SF covers fixed in my mind. When The Skinner came out I was converted and it's been the same artist - Steve Rawlings - ever since. Yeah, I struck lucky. But then, if you check out the artwork for all of Macmillan's SFF books of the last 7 years you'll see that it's all pretty damned good.

[clovis-man]

I know this thread is ostensibly about cover art, but it seemed the right place to make a quick comment about the book itself. Just finished reading it. My first Asher work. A roller coaster ride through time & space. Very enjoyable. Interestingly, (to me at least) I find myself trying to sort out all the levels of "badness" in the characters. I had the same reaction upon seeing the film, "No Country for Old Men". Entirely different stories, but a similar reaction from me. I was on the edge of my seat for "No Country" and had a hard time putting down the book in the case of "Cowl".

Jim

[Neal Asher]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[Connavar]

SPOILERS




Im reading Cowl and have started enjoying it specially after Polly met Tack and his people.

I havent finished it yet but i like the writing and some real badass characters like Tack. I dont know why but i care more about what happens to him than Polly.

Fleming twist cracked me up