Jan 11
Click for full imageFrank Comments: I suppose I can understand how this got sorted in with the romance paperbacks, just from the color. But this is why I look through theromance paperbacks, so I can rescue the books that need it and put them over in the SF&F section.
Published 2002
(Average: 7.54 out of 10)
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January 11th, 2013 at 11:39 am
You know what this cover needs? More roses. There are two blank spots on the page.
January 11th, 2013 at 11:42 am
Is “Stealing the Elf King’s Roses” an over elaborate euphemism?
January 11th, 2013 at 11:48 am
That’s some font, that is. It very closely corresponds to my eight-year-old conception of “grown-up fancy writing”.
January 11th, 2013 at 11:50 am
Stealing the Elf-King’s Roses
So you can make lovely posies
That sweet scent fills your noses
Before they turn on the hoses
Whereupon you cry “Holy Moses!”
And on your heads put tea cosies.
January 11th, 2013 at 1:45 pm
Is that the Elf-King in question, or the accursed rose thief? And is that glowing golden rose floating in space or emblazoned on his/her breastplate?
I prefer the sequel, STEALING THE ELF-KING’S QUALITY STREET.
January 11th, 2013 at 1:45 pm
“I don’t understand how it’s only January and we’ve already blown through our entire Ornate Fonts budget and… Oh, god. What is THIS?!?”
January 11th, 2013 at 1:46 pm
How many authors have first names and surnames that differ by just a single letter?
January 11th, 2013 at 2:19 pm
‘Ohmigod, I’ve summoned Calyxthulu!’
January 11th, 2013 at 6:26 pm
I would like to meet an unskilled master.
January 11th, 2013 at 8:08 pm
Is the background a candelabra?
January 11th, 2013 at 11:07 pm
Two things. First, no matter where they put it, that Warner’s logo still manages to catch my eye. Which, given the entire cover design, is mighty impressive.
Second, whoever that is on the cover (Elf-King or Thief), is being played by the mighty actress Mariette Hartley.
January 12th, 2013 at 1:09 am
@Phil-You know, I was so entranced by those oddly ornate capital letters in her name, yet, my God, that is strange, her name, that Diane Duane. Now I will be forced to look at every author to see if…wait, there’s artwork too?
January 12th, 2013 at 4:16 am
It occurs to me you that could just as easily steal someone else’s fancy magic roses, and then claim they came from the Elf King’s garden.
January 12th, 2013 at 2:10 pm
What makes the title for me are the emoticons embedded within it. ‘Stealing [Three-Eyed Smiley] The Elf-King’s [Three-Eyed Frowny Face] Roses’. Adds another layer of meaning.
January 14th, 2013 at 9:11 pm
See also the sequels
Catching The Caliph’s Cactuses – A Tale Of A Thousand Small Nicks
and
Pilfering The Paladin’s Petunias
February 7th, 2013 at 3:52 pm
I got a fever, and the only cure is more roses!