Saturday, December 30, 2006

Covers on Locus

Once again, Locus Online does us the great service of exhibiting nearly every 2006 science fiction and fantasy book and magazine cover sorted by artist. For those voting on the art hugo: bookmark it, refer to it, and remember that the artists' websites are just a google away.

Via SF Signal.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for posting that.

Tristan Elwell said...

Hmmmm. Evidently I didn't do a bunch of covers that I did, and did do one that I didn't.

Bob Eggleton (Zillabob) said...

They left out at least four of mine(and two were Tor Books-Lumleys)...I nudged them anyway.

Robert Hunt said...

I guess I didn't do some stuff I thought I did last year too.

John Picacio said...

A theory and a thought:

The theory: I'm guessing that the covers displayed in the LOCUS Cover Art Gallery are representative of the books the magazine reviews and/or lists in their New Books sections every month. I suspect that this display is not intended as an all-inclusive survey of the sf/f covers in the field, or as a valued survey of "what's good." Basically, if LOCUS reviews the book or lists it in their New Books section, then the cover gets displayed. (Personally, I know I have about 6 or 7 covers published in 2006 that aren't shown in the array, so that's my best guess.)

The thought: I think it's cool that Mark (the webmaster over there) even makes the effort to do this database in the first place.

Lou Anders said...

I think John's right and that Mark gets these from what show up in the New Books section at Locus. I also know that it's an enormous amout of effort he's making single handedly, in addition to (and after) everything else he does on the site. There's no way it's going to be comprehensive or perfect, but its still a much needed - reallyinvaluable - service when it comes to getting illustrators more recognition & attention, let alone reminding Hugo voters who did what when. I think Mark deserves a LOT of kudos for this.

Meanwhile, totally unrelated to this, my word verification string - Mrexkkza - looks like something that will send me back to my home dimension if you can get me to say it backwards.

Lou Anders said...

Ah, I see the site's been updated as of today. Mark's added one cover each for Mr Picacio and Mr Eggleton, too. (Still using the old layout for Paragaea by Jon Foster, though)

John Picacio said...

Here's some clarification from the Gallery's webmaster himself, Mark R. Kelly:

"It’s a gallery of covers I’ve compiled for books I’ve seen, bought, or been sent for the website – but not books sent to Locus Magazine (which would be 3 or 5 times as many!). So, it’s LOCUS ONLINE’s books seen, not Locus Magazine’s."

Hope that helps.

Irene Gallo said...

Ya'll bring up a good point. It's a great resource...but should not be considered the _only_ resource available. Of course, no one place is. Still, a big thanks to Mr. Kelly for taking the time to do this much, 'cause it's a LOT of work.

I don't mean to make this all about the Hugos but Kelly's gallery is often sited when people speak about doing research for the Art Hugo. When comes to voting, look at Kelly's site, look at Spectrum, look in bookstores and magazines. (It'll still be much less time consuming than reading the author categories.)

Vess brings up another point: A whole lot of amazing work is not on the book, it's in the book. (It was great to see James Jean's comic work get him a World Fantasy Award...even though Kinuko Craft ad J.J. Palencar are embarrassingly overdue for the World Fantasy Award.) So check out the comic shops and specialty edition books as well.

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