Actually thinking of it, there’s even a T-Rex in the corner beside the U… maybe Flint used his cover wheel, but instead of letting it stop on anything he just selected EVERYTHING!
I’m not sure but this cover is almost there.
Its like a fractal image of awesomeness, if you zoom in on something that looks blank you find a delightfull little troll or an evil wizard, and whats beyond that? more awesomeness, awesomeness into infinity.
Each hair on Jims head is actually a tiny carefully detailed chinese dragon.
May god have mercy on our souls when we find Jim Baens UNIVERSE II
Both this cover and the one CSA linked have this weird thing going on where the J in Jim’s name is the same color as the image in the background so it’s really hard to see. It’s like the name is fading into view while simultaneously changing color. Possibly expressing Jim’s complex inner life, or something.
Finally, a cover where the Baen loud multiple border fonts would really help and they don’t use it. That rainbow font. It’s just so… confusing. It reminds me of Lisa Frank notebooks.
His name, at least, was on the cover even in his previous job; there are a fair few Tor SF paperbacks from the early ’80s with “JAMES BAEN PRESENTS A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK” over the title.
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May 15th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Sweet mother of Sci-fi…..
The only thing they don’t have on this cover is space nazi….
May 15th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Doesn’t Jim Baen count as a space nazi? just without being in space or being a nazi. He kinda looks like an evil politician though
Since its a compilation, its kinda probably justified in having all that crap on the cover… but still, surely there’s a limit?
I notice The Flint got his grubby paws on this one too
May 15th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Yea noticed that…. wonder where the large Leopard Man in space armour comes into the edit
May 15th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Actually thinking of it, there’s even a T-Rex in the corner beside the U… maybe Flint used his cover wheel, but instead of letting it stop on anything he just selected EVERYTHING!
May 15th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
CTRL+A, that’s Jim’s favourite keyboard shortcut. Someone send him the Ctrl and A keys for his birthday!
May 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
How many times does something have to go round the So Bad It’s Good infinite-loop scale before it hits the Thing Of BEAUTY bonus multiplier?
May 15th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
I’m not sure but this cover is almost there.
Its like a fractal image of awesomeness, if you zoom in on something that looks blank you find a delightfull little troll or an evil wizard, and whats beyond that? more awesomeness, awesomeness into infinity.
Each hair on Jims head is actually a tiny carefully detailed chinese dragon.
May god have mercy on our souls when we find Jim Baens UNIVERSE II
May 15th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
If I ever write a book and get it published… I want this artist to draw my cover……
September 29th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xVAplSeXL._SS500_.jpg
Jim seems to think he’s Hawking radiation. Boy would that mess up our understanding of the universe!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Wow……..
That cover is simply…. amazing
January 29th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
Clutter + idiotic smirk + shiny font = boffo box office. I think my eye-balls are bleeding.
February 1st, 2010 at 10:53 am
Prepare yourself.. there’s a second one out there somewhere we’re trying to get our hands on.
Wow, CSA actually has it a few comments back. Wow… just wow…
May 4th, 2010 at 4:01 am
Both this cover and the one CSA linked have this weird thing going on where the J in Jim’s name is the same color as the image in the background so it’s really hard to see. It’s like the name is fading into view while simultaneously changing color. Possibly expressing Jim’s complex inner life, or something.
Finally, a cover where the Baen loud multiple border fonts would really help and they don’t use it. That rainbow font. It’s just so… confusing. It reminds me of Lisa Frank notebooks.
May 4th, 2010 at 4:02 am
Oh, and dig the space station halo. More book covers should have that.
August 6th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
Ohhh… every time I go back to this I shiver with delight.
We need to search out the second book and get a picture!
October 5th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Kinda reminds me of some of Stephen King’s best moments in the Dark Tower.
December 16th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
If this type of cover art gets popular, we’re going to see a LOT of pictures of smiling editors presiding, God-like, over their universes.
But maybe readers will be put off. It might not work outside Baen Books. Just a guess.
December 17th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I think it’s kind of cool to have the publisher on the cover.
December 18th, 2010 at 1:26 am
His name, at least, was on the cover even in his previous job; there are a fair few Tor SF paperbacks from the early ’80s with “JAMES BAEN PRESENTS A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK” over the title.