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April 8, 2007 at 12:28 am #559882
Has anyone else read the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series by Tad Williams? It starts with The Dragonbone Chair and is a series of three hardback or four softcover books. It’s an awesome series and I’m looking for the jacket cover to The Dragonbone Chair if anyone has one I’d pay you 3 or 4 dollars for it. I know it’s a bizarre request just to want a jacket cover but I’d really appreciate the help finding one. A really good read if you haven’t read it. The Otherland series by Tad Williams is good too.
April 8, 2007 at 12:28 am #490429April 8, 2007 at 12:54 am #559883I read that series years ago and loved it. Sadly, I think my copy is in a box in the attic – from what I remember the jacket was not in very good shape. If I ever move I might find it…
April 8, 2007 at 12:56 am #559884I don’t have a jacket cover, but I’ve read the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series and really liked it.
As a matter of fact, the cover art for “Green Angel Tower” is hanging on my wall:
Michael Whelan issued that as a limited edition print, and its one of my favorites.
April 8, 2007 at 12:58 am #559885There are copies of the book on e-bay. You may find one cheap enough that has a good jacket.
April 8, 2007 at 1:28 am #559886That’s actually what happened in the first place. I bought it twice, once on ebay and once on amazon. Both were supposed to have covers but neither did. I kept the better of the two books and gave up about six months ago. One copy said new and actually looked like a dog had chewed on it. π―
April 8, 2007 at 1:33 am #559887Why didn’t you just request Amazon to send you another copy since the one you got was defective?
April 8, 2007 at 1:37 am #559888They said they didn’t have one and apologized for the mislabel and we had purchased their last copy of it at that time. They were really nice about it but I still ended up with no cover. I still shop there alot as they’ve got great prices.
April 8, 2007 at 1:38 am #559889The copy she bought probably wasn’t from the new books part of amazon. It was probably from one of the third party vendors that advertise through amazon. There are a lot of those. Most of them are on the up and up, but some aren’t. π
April 8, 2007 at 1:40 am #559890Yep. And most of the time you get exactly as advertised but this time we were’nt so lucky.
April 8, 2007 at 5:02 am #559891Oh, I see. Hmm…it makes me wonder if those sellers that you got the books from obtained them illegally. I’ve noticed that inside every book they have the following warning:
“If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” by the publisher and neither the author or the publisher has received any payment for this ‘stripped book.’ “
April 8, 2007 at 9:40 am #559892mimitrek wrote:I don’t have a jacket cover, but I’ve read the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn series and really liked it.
As a matter of fact, the cover art for “Green Angel Tower” is hanging on my wall:
Michael Whelan issued that as a limited edition print, and its one of my favorites.
That is beautiful, Mimi! You don’t get the full effect from looking at the book cover. Isn’t M.W. wonderful? I am reading M, S, & T right now. Great so far.
April 8, 2007 at 3:22 pm #559893lamortefille wrote:That is beautiful, Mimi! You don’t get the full effect from looking at the book cover. Isn’t M.W. wonderful?
Thanks! That’s really true, his cover art is even more impressive as full sized prints. He’s done a lot of amazing cover art!
And yes, I love Michel Whelan’s art — he’s my favorite graphic artist. π
lamortefille wrote:I am reading M, S, & T right now. Great so far.
All this talk of the series is inspiring me to re-read it soon. π Its been many, many years since I’ve read it.
April 8, 2007 at 4:13 pm #559894It was an old hardback, I think the jacket just got lost as the actual hardback cover is in ok condition.
April 8, 2007 at 4:22 pm #559895mimitrek wrote:lamortefille wrote:That is beautiful, Mimi! You don’t get the full effect from looking at the book cover. Isn’t M.W. wonderful?
Thanks! That’s really true, his cover art is even more impressive as full sized prints. He’s done a lot of amazing cover art!
And yes, I love Michel Whelan’s art — he’s my favorite graphic artist. π
lamortefille wrote:I am reading M, S, & T right now. Great so far.
All this talk of the series is inspiring me to re-read it soon. π Its been many, many years since I’ve read it.
I actually haven’t read these. It sounds like I should. π
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