Dec 25
And it thus cameto passthat the Mighty Lord Weber created the one thing which could instantly bring tears to the eyes of mortal men. Together around the campfire elves sat covered in blankets, drinking mead, talking to their wenches andwieldeda singlelute. But most importantly and what would soon become legend,they hadridiculous ears.
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Day!
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Good Show sir
December 25th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Have to admit this is one of the covers that started it all. I do believe this cover made two men nearly fall over laughing in the middle of a high street book store.
Anyway… Christmas Ham! mmm MMMMM!
December 25th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Those ears are amazing.
God bless Baen on this holy day!
Merry Xmas
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:30 am
Those ears are evidently a babe magnet. I want me some of that earage.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:57 am
Well you know what they say about men with big ears.
They are actually blind and find their way through the use of a sonic sonar.
I am sure they say something else too.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:24 am
They’re not elves. They’re actually the orc-analogues of his world. And they’re supposed to look funny.
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
I’m actually honoured to now own this book. I found it in a sale for only 2 quid!
But you know the quality of the cover when the cashier actually looks at the book, then looks at me saying ‘interesting cover’.
Of course I burst into tears instantly, sobbing, ‘DON’T JUDGE ME!’
Just kidding, about the crying part. There was just something in my eye.
April 24th, 2010 at 7:25 am
There are sequels. The second book’s cover is about this bad.
The third is the worst book cover I have ever seen. Windrider’s Oath, if you want to GIS it for a laugh.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Bookstore personnel griped about this cover: “Lots of Star Trek fans come here, grab the book at first sight, then they come back and complain that there are no Vulcans in it.”
November 23rd, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Everyone looks so well put together for a night in the out of doors. i have a feeling as though the youth hostel is just off the edge of the page, stage left.
November 25th, 2013 at 9:50 am
Bard sings:
‘Twas a night on Vulcan
a Ferengi tried to sell
a used and rusty spaceship
before its engine fell
the Rules of Acquisition
he used and used them well
But when the Vulcan buyer
did see the rusty hull
he said “It’s only logic
that you of shite is full!”
November 17th, 2014 at 12:29 pm
Cheers, big ears!
December 3rd, 2014 at 9:31 am
The splash “Exclusive new novella!” is almost as good a selling point as…
“Exclusive very short book that almost lives up to being a real novel!”
“Exclusive missing the mark publication!”
“Exclusive edition WITHOUT all the padding and pointless walking around for pages and pages that would make this a ‘high fantasy novel’ !”
December 8th, 2014 at 11:49 am
@A.R.Yngve. I’d guess the “Exclusive new novella” is a separate story included in this edition, since “Oath of Swords” runs to something like 500 pages. But hey, maybe that still makes it a “novella” by modern fantasy standards.
December 8th, 2014 at 2:29 pm
Whoa there, Rachelj. 500 pages is a *prologue* by modern fantasy standards.
July 3rd, 2015 at 11:48 pm
David Weber considers it his magnum opus. I’ll just toss that one out there then, brah. No homo.
October 13th, 2015 at 6:47 pm
Diva We Bred
Ass-Worth Food
“Eating plenty of raccoon & smelling putrid. Who’s worried?” — C.Cylos
Win Vulcan Sex Eel, Love!
January 26th, 2022 at 2:50 am
A Superbowl commercial for s’mores?
January 26th, 2022 at 3:27 am
No sign of chocolate, marshmallows, or graham crackers.
Not sure why they’re all looking so happy — sure, the fire’s nice and they’re all clean, but they’ve only got 2 mugs and 3 bowls between the 5 of them, the girls don’t have any seats, and one wrong note on that stringed instrument is going to be very painful to anyone with those ears.
I really hope dude on the left and the damsels are about to roll the elves for their valuables.
January 26th, 2022 at 3:58 am
That’s one large economy sized elf there. And those are goblin ears, not elf ears. (Perhaps they’re planning to spy on the goblins and the ears are part of a Cunning Disguise?)