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Click for full imageRight, with a title like that I mean it’s self explanatory, we’ll put a dragon there. What? A bikinni clad busty women with a bow and arrow? Well I don’t see….. and a space ship? But..but….oh alright then, but I’m going to give the women some furs to cover her shame. And by shame I clearly mean shoulders! Yeahhh! High five anyone? Anyone….?
(Average: 7.42 out of 10)
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September 8th, 2009 at 10:02 am
There ya go Little Mi! Dragons! 🙂
September 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Hurrah for dragons! Actually I do rather like the dragon in this one, its a shame that its obscured by the lady in a such a ridiculous outfit. I’m not even sure where to begin, though I would say she’s certainly not going to be doing much jumping around in such unsuportive chest covering…
…and what’s the space ship doing in this picture?!
September 8th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Who knows what the hell that spaceship is doing there. We might have to read it to find out. haha
And yea, she definitely is not fit for adventuring! Talk about lack of adequate foot wear 😉
September 8th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Not to mention the fact she has only one shoulder pad.
i bet she shoots down the spaceship with her bow.
What is with with Baen covers and the orange fonts on all the covers? Is there only one cover editor at Baen? He spins the font wheel, changes the colour to orange and that’ll do?
September 9th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Well when you have a winning formula why change it? haha
Maybe it is just one guy and he is doing the only thing he learnt how to in his photoshop 4 week night course.
October 31st, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Ah, dearest John Ringo. You never fail to disappoint with an endless supply of shiny and garish book covers (I have been occasionally mocked when seen with his books, but I am not ashamed. Mostly).
To shed some light on the spaceship/dragon/elf clothing combination…
In the far future, technology has advanced until people live a virtual utopia. You get your genes changed to become whatever you wish, like a mermaid or whatever. Suddenly, government goes to war and the world is plunged into barbarism. It’s up to the only people left with useful pre-Industrial skills, i.e. reenactors, to save the day. That’s basically the plot of the book. It’s a sci-fi justification for a fantasy/alternate historical novel.
The elf is Bast and the artist drew her exactly how Ringo described her. Blame John Ringo. She dresses like that because she’s not human and needs neither warmth nor protection. She thinks how she dresses is hilarious.
Also, I never realized just how ORANGE and tinfoil this cover was until I saw it in picture form. Maybe I deserve to be laughed at…
September 1st, 2013 at 5:03 pm
There Will Be Staring Off Into the Distance, With Jaws Slackened.
It’s not a bad dragon–in fact, the damage to the wings is intriguing–and it’s not a badly-drawn elf lady. But every time I flip past this image, I can’t help but feel that they & the space craft are all in the same plane, at exactly in the same proportion. And also, that there’s a monstrous forest fire just behind them.
September 2nd, 2013 at 4:21 pm
Is that dragon strapped to her back?
Is it actually a cardboard cutout of a dragon strapped to her back?
Is it perchance Hallowe’en?
October 22nd, 2013 at 6:51 pm
I loved the movie version. Daniel Day Lewis was great as always. I certainly remember the line “I drink your milkshake!” But I don’t remember a scantily dressed woman with a bow. Is that in the ‘Director’s Cut’ perhaps?
October 22nd, 2013 at 7:21 pm
How does this not already have a “BEHIND YOU” tag affixed? Poof!
September 1st, 2014 at 8:54 am
Review quote by George Takei.
September 29th, 2014 at 1:24 pm
For a hand-painted painting this makes no sense. Why is there a small amount of another person standing behind the elf lady? It adds nothing to the cover and would have involved more painting effort. This second person doesn’t even have legs or a face.