This evening, over a good meal and a decent Pouillac, I'll be tweeting my Top 20 favourite covers from Baen Books!
Are these book covers bad, or badass? I leave that to you to decide... #WednesdayWisdom
This is a personal Baen Top 20, so feel free to disagree, or to post your own covers. I'm sure you have a few.
When it comes to cover art, Baen Books believe that less is a bore. They put it all out there, which I admire. I'm a Maximalist at heart!
WARNING: if you are offended by terrible fonts or crazy colour clashes you may wish to mute this thread.
"De gustibus non disputandum est."
Baen covers No 20: The Chicks Ahoy Omnibus, edited by Esther Friesner (2010). Art by Clyde Caldwell.
Poor trigger discipline there. She'll have someone's eye out...
Baen covers No 19: Dykstra's War, by Jeffery D. Kooistra (2000). Art by Patrick Turner.
That is a lot of war on one book cover.
Baen covers No 18: Sister Time, by John Ringo & Julie Cochrane (2007). Art by Clyde Caldwell.
Someone clearly liked The Matrix.
Baen covers No 17: Born To Run, by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon (1992). Art by Larry Elmore.
Hot cars, fast elves and #RockAndRoll...
Baen covers No 16: Retief and the Warlords, by Keith Laumer (1986). Art by Wayne D Barlowe.
The cocktail glass is a nice touch...
Baen covers No 15: 1636 - The Kremlin Games, by Eric Flint et al (2012). Art by Tom Kidd.
Better fit snowchains...
Baen covers No 14: Winning Colors, by Elizabeth Moon (1995). Art by David Mattingly.
That font! That kerning! Oh the humanity...
Baen covers No 13: The Eagle & The Nightingales, by Mercedes Lackey (1995). Art by Darrell K Sweet.
Do eagles eat carrion? I hope not!
Baen cover No 12: Operation Chaos, by Poul Anderson (1992). Art by Larry Elmore.
I doubt the cat is that much help.
Baen cover No 11: Mother Of Demons, by Eric Flint (1997). Art by Larry Elmore.
The mother of all beetles!
Before I do the Baen Top 10, here's a few covers that didn't quite make the charts...
Baen cover No 10: When The Bough Breaks, by Mercedes Lackey & Holly Lisle (1993). Art by Larry Elmore.
Not sure about his miniskirt.
Baen covers No 9: I, Martha Adams by Pauline Glen Winslow (1986). Art by John Melo.
Don't blame Canada!
Baen cover No 8: Janus, by Andre Norton (2002). Art by Larry Elmore.
Oh there's a lot of subtext in those looks...
Baen cover No 7: Virgin Planet & Star Ways, by Poul Anderson (2000). Art by Clyde Caldwell.
Some chicken!
Baen cover No 6: Rogue Berserker, by Fred Saberhagen (2006). Art by Kurt Miller.
Proportion in art can be so overrated...
Baen cover No 5: Fangs For The Mammaries, edited by Esther Friesner (2010). Art by Clyde Caldwell.
I see what you did there Baen...
Baen cover No 4: Bug Park, by James P Hogan (1997). Art by David Mattingly.
Worst. Park. Ever!
Baen cover No 3: Crygender, by Thomas T Thomas (1992). Art by Stephen Hickman.
Serious cheekbones!
Baen cover No 2: Soldiers, by John Dalmas (2001). Art by David Mattingly.
You don't know man, you weren't there...
And at No 1 is my all-time favourite Baen cover - and a great read too!
John the Balladeer, by Manly Wade Wellman (1998). Art by Steve Hickman.
That's it for my look back at Baen book covers. I hope you daw something you liked!
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