authors – if all else fails…use a hammer

I came across this survey on Cheap Thrills and Charleen got it from Katie’s blog, Words for Worms. Both of them decided not to tag anyone, but leave it out there for anyone who’s interested to grab it, which is exactly what I’m now doing.

The rules are:

Post these rules
Post a photo of your favorite book cover
Answer the questions below
Tag a few people to answer them too
Go to their blog/twitter and tell them you’ve tagged them
Make sure you tell the person who tagged you that you’ve taken part!

Favorite Book Cover

I can’t really say that I have a favourite book cover. I’m more interested in what’s in a book. However, I am a bit obsessive compulsive, so if I buy books from a series I like them all to come from the same imprint and edition (you know, so they look all pretty and organised on the shelf). And I love the covers of old, especially antique books. I have a bunch of old books that I bought simply for how they look.

But I’m avoiding the question, aren’t I? I guess if I had to pick a favourite it would be the original Discworld covers by Josh Kirby. Since his death in 2001 the covers have been done by Paul Kidby. Kidby’s are also very good, but I like Kirby’s more, probably because I got to know the Discworld through his drawings when I first started reading them in high school. Here is one I randomly selected: