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Click for full imageBookWench’s Art Direction: Okay, so this just looks like two nipple-less people standing there exposing their inner wrists. How do we make it more “Faith of the Fallen”-y? Uhm, how about chucking a craftsman in there, admiring his nipple-less handiwork?
Published 2008
(Average: 4.41 out of 10)
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August 29th, 2012 at 10:38 am
Terry Goodkind, the only author to have a Venn Diagram as the second letter of his surname.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:50 am
Unfortunately the classic marble of Praxiteles usually known as “Yer Looking at Mi Bird, Knob?” has been lost for centuries.
August 29th, 2012 at 11:59 am
A rare example of 21st-century Nazi sculpture.
August 29th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
“No, its not a skirt, its a sarong, actually!”
Nice prong, too.
August 29th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
Terry Goodkind’s classic HATPIN OF THE GODS!
August 29th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
There be nipple here.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
That statue’s actually described in rapturous detail in the book itself! See it here: http://www.journalfen.net/users/white_serpent/13545.html
August 29th, 2012 at 11:17 pm
“You can call me… Michelangelo! Not *the* Michelangelo, obviously… a Michelangelo…”
August 30th, 2012 at 1:08 am
Thanks to Lilah for that rhapsodic description. ‘The man’s body displayed a proud masculinity. ‘. Obviously, they couldn’t depict that on a book-cover.
August 30th, 2012 at 2:50 am
Maybe they couldn’t directly show his proud masculinity, but he is holding a fairly impressive rod. That can’t be unintentional.
August 30th, 2012 at 4:07 am
Tablecloths are all the rage for the fall fashion season.
August 30th, 2012 at 4:39 am
Yes, these crappy, derivative statues that are intended to represent the soul of humanity itself are sculpted in the form of persons of white northern European extraction. This is due to the many personal failings that the people who brought us this book painstakingly included in its creation.
August 30th, 2012 at 10:07 am
@ Lilah and Tat Wood – come on, admit it- “The man’s body displayed a proud masculinity” isn’t from this book, it’s from 50 Shades of Grey, isn’t it?
August 30th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Coulda been worse. Coulda been the statue of the woman displaying proud masculinity.
August 30th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
The way he holds that staff, I suspect the man’s proud masculinity would be reflected quite clearly in it’s er… knob, if it weren’t for the Ting.
August 31st, 2012 at 12:19 am
In that context, his right fist and her left one look more than usually interesting
September 4th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
I call this masterpiece “For the love of masturbation”! Notice the hands, how they are perfectly shaped for physical stimulation…
September 9th, 2012 at 9:36 pm
What a terrible book, too. It’s the one that made me abandon the series.
November 6th, 2013 at 4:08 am
Anyone who’s read this knows that this image is a perfect rendition of a scene in the book where the main character looks at his finished sculpture (exactly specified and painted in true-to-the-author’s-idea detail) which inevitably helps the people in this story realize that their lives suck due to the oppressive government and rebel leading to his freedom. Sorry, spoiler alert…. This cover is spot-on even if it does have a lot of black space and looks a little old-school. Any author could only wish to have an artist this attentive to his story. This one was probably my favorite in the series as it explored a huge amount of the world or the series that wasn’t really ever used before with some very interesting characters being fleshed out.
November 6th, 2013 at 2:24 pm
Hold onto your hat, sir. All covers on this site are user-submitted, so SOME-body thought it was a bad cover, but that doesn’t mean everybody did. As you can see by the rating beneath it, people have actually been quite kind to it. That said, we’re here to snark, please take it all in good fun and is intended. Many of my favorite authors and even some of my favorite books have covers here. That doesn’t diminish what’s underneath the cover.
February 5th, 2014 at 1:45 am
I can’t help but think maybe the artist should have preserved a little more mystery in the cover…left a bit more up to our imagination…maybe by hiding the gentleman behind a curtain…and having the woman seated…in a bear costume…eating a chicken leg…
February 5th, 2014 at 5:01 am
We may be utterly humorless, but that’s what makes us the best damn “living statues” in Central Park. Just drop your spare change into that basket beneath my rod.
February 5th, 2014 at 9:25 am
“Now it’s your turn to hold the pigeon!”
(It’s an oldie, but it’s still good.)
March 27th, 2015 at 2:26 pm
One ring-ish to rule them all.
May 12th, 2015 at 9:09 pm
Ah-ha! ‘Faith of the Fallen’ is in fact an anagram of the real title, ‘HEFT THE NAIL, OFFAL!’
August 27th, 2015 at 2:53 am
The artist looks more like the museum janitor to me. That’s what I thought he was at first.
December 19th, 2015 at 11:27 pm
‘HHNNNNNNNG!’
January 13th, 2017 at 11:16 pm
They’re rising boldly up out of marshmallow fluff. I think the position of the title was a wise choice.
June 13th, 2018 at 5:03 am
Non papillial persons.
March 27th, 2023 at 12:20 pm
Male statue looks extra cross, as someone has stolen his other knitting needle.