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GGK’s note

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Martin Springett’s Early Cover Designs

Martin has very kindly allowed me to post some of the preliminary sketches he did for his covers for the Tapestry. Not only that, but as you see, he’s also given us some explanations to go along with them. For … Continue reading

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Cover of The Fionavar Tapestry (Danish Omnibus edition)

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Martin Springett: On Creating Covers

Martin Springett shares his experiences of creating the covers for the first edition of The Fionavar Tapestry. At the end of the essay there is an opportunity to see some early sketches, with explanations. Creating images for book covers is … Continue reading

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GGK’s note

I think these are very interesting covers, done by someone clearly familiar with the books – which is not, by any means, always the case. I’m not in love with The Wandering Fire, because it feels overly literal vis a … Continue reading

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