Official cover art for "Hunters of Dune" is up

[NeoDevilbane]

Seems like, visually, it's got a bit of the mini-series look to it.

[NHJ BV]

The UK version was also posted at http://www.dunenovels.com/dune7blog/images/HuntersDune_UKArt.jpg

[gunner154]

Can the cover art be less detailed and maintain the classic Dune style?

Oh wait, this isn't Frank Herbert.. or is it? ???

[Dante]

In the words of Guybrush Threepwood, "When will this nightmare end?"

[GhostHunter]

Least it's now obvious to diffirentiate trash from beauty on the bookshelf now.

[NeoDevilbane]

Looks OK to me, but I kinda liked the U.K. one better even if it just depicts a short scene.

[EWS]

That looks like a giant piece of awfulness.  It's horrible.  It looks like the cover to a cheap trashy sci-fi, infact I'm pretty sure I have seen better covers on Star Trek books.

If I saw that in a shop, I wouldn't buy it.

[styx]

OH come on, lets give them the benefit of the doubt.

Yes compared to the original 6 all the other books released under the "DUNE" title have been nothing in comparrison

The biggest three things I have notice is

1)the lack of character depth

2) the lack of suttleness abt their writing (ie thinking we need to have everything explained like 5yo)

3) the lack of in-depth plot-lines (goes hand in hand with #2 and the lack of plots within plots...)

There is a chance that they will write two (or maybe more if they wring this one good enough) really bad books.

BUT what would you rather have no books or two book's with the prospect of once read you can go over the plots in yr mind.

The legends were bad (the death of the cymeks and that little girl with the plague were the two biggers "I WANT TO KILL THEM" parts of the book) but after a week and the 3 fell into place it set the stage for the Dune universe and I just looked over the very bad writing skills.

There is always the possibility that they finish hte DUNE series in style and the books are very good. They have prolly read over some fan sites (even this forum) and read the critism that they have and how the Herbert legacy is being destroyed. You never know they might actually be able to write in a style that would make ould F.Herbert proud

but then again...

[3ngel]

BUT what would you rather have no books or two book's with the prospect of once read

I would prefer have no book, or any book not related in any way with FH Dune, or written at least in respect of the FH concepts (but that's impossible, they are too complicated for poor-intelligent writers).

[Dunenewt]

Ignoring all the crap posted before me.

So what does the scene depict?  It seems Murbella is on the throne, and Guild agents and a navigator to the right, and who on the left? Possibly Ixians?

[Dante]

Does it matter?

I prefer the first image anyway. How come we get stuck with the crappier rendering?

[Andrew]

You UK people always get different covers. Don't know why, I don't see how having the same cover as in America would affect sales. Unless you are completely different in your tastes.

[Dante]

One would think that they would base what covers are used on which ones seem to sell better. But in this case it just looks like Europe can't afford a decent artist.