Was this one of the more emotional moments?
RugbyPlayingAshaman Send a noteboard - 19/01/2011 04:17:32 PM
There were a lot of moments that could considered emotional, but I can't really say the forging was on the same level as any of them. In fact, I'd be inclined to say Perrin has some more emotional moments than this one, and this could be considered less of an emotional one, and more of a minor event that fulfilled a prophecy.
In this same book we have Lan reaching the Borderlands, Elayne almost dying, Mat reuniting with Moiraine and getting one over the Finns, Nynaeve standing up to the Aes Sedai, Egwene brokering an agreement between the female channeling organizations, Egwene defeating Mesaana after a tense confrontation, Perrins' fight with Slayer and the death of Hopper, Perrin coming to terms with his wolf identity, Egwene confronting Rand, Rand having his messianic moment of revelation on Dragonmount with Perrin witnessing it, BuddhaRand destroying an immense army, Nynaeve Healing taint-induced madness, BuddhaRand seeing Lanfear in the Dream and BuddhaRand pardoning Cadsuane. IMHO, any one of these could be a more suitable cover picture than a bearded man at a forge. I'm not arguing that this isn't a pretty picture - but for the book before the final entry in the series, I'm not sure if this is as effective or attention-grabbing as it could have been.
Also, I'm disappointed that channeling wasn't rendered in any of these covers in more detail, considering how vibrant and colorful they could have been rendered, but ah well. I still think this series could have benefited from a format combining illustrations with the prose format.
In this same book we have Lan reaching the Borderlands, Elayne almost dying, Mat reuniting with Moiraine and getting one over the Finns, Nynaeve standing up to the Aes Sedai, Egwene brokering an agreement between the female channeling organizations, Egwene defeating Mesaana after a tense confrontation, Perrins' fight with Slayer and the death of Hopper, Perrin coming to terms with his wolf identity, Egwene confronting Rand, Rand having his messianic moment of revelation on Dragonmount with Perrin witnessing it, BuddhaRand destroying an immense army, Nynaeve Healing taint-induced madness, BuddhaRand seeing Lanfear in the Dream and BuddhaRand pardoning Cadsuane. IMHO, any one of these could be a more suitable cover picture than a bearded man at a forge. I'm not arguing that this isn't a pretty picture - but for the book before the final entry in the series, I'm not sure if this is as effective or attention-grabbing as it could have been.
Also, I'm disappointed that channeling wasn't rendered in any of these covers in more detail, considering how vibrant and colorful they could have been rendered, but ah well. I still think this series could have benefited from a format combining illustrations with the prose format.
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This message last edited by RugbyPlayingAshaman on 19/01/2011 at 05:42:58 PM
This might be the best e-book cover of the series
15/01/2011 12:07:18 AM
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It's very good, but Perrin looks much older than he is. *NM*
15/01/2011 01:26:49 PM
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KoD's ebook cover is the best imo, followed by tSR & tFoH. Komarck is an extraordinary artist. *NM*
15/01/2011 09:51:26 PM
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It's pretty good, but don't use think there were better scenes in this book?
18/01/2011 11:13:16 AM
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Re: It's pretty good, but don't use think there were better scenes in this book?
18/01/2011 04:33:38 PM
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Egwene fighting < Perrin forging
19/01/2011 02:22:07 PM
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Was this one of the more emotional moments?
19/01/2011 04:17:32 PM
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I guess I connected the forging with Hoppers death more closely than you. *NM*
20/01/2011 06:41:53 PM
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I'm not that impressed with it; it looks OK, but that image contains none of the drama in the scene
19/01/2011 03:50:36 PM
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Re: This might be the best e-book cover of the series
21/01/2011 02:32:09 AM
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Grow up in a preindustrial society and get back to me on that.
21/01/2011 11:43:21 PM
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Re: Grow up in a preindustrial society and get back to me on that.
23/01/2011 04:28:47 AM
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...people don't all look the same?
23/01/2011 07:27:10 AM
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Don't be absurd...
23/01/2011 03:58:12 PM
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What about the cover looks "old"?
23/01/2011 04:59:51 PM
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+1, it's just the shadows from the fire which give the appearance of age *NM*
24/01/2011 02:38:42 AM
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