| The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson |
Exciting news! Not only is Brandon Sanderson’s Shadows of Self hitting the UK shelves on October 15th but we also have a new cover to gush over. The cover for the sixth Mistborn novel, The Bands of Mourning, has been revealed by Gollancz and features more stunning artwork by Sam Green. All the UK Gollancz covers are absolutely gorgeous and this addition is no exception… not to mention they all look fabulous together on my bookshelf!
The Bands of Mourning
by Brandon Sanderson
Gollancz – 28th January 2016
| UK vs. US |
Gollancz Edition vs. Tor Edition
| The Gollancz Covers |
Artwork by Sam Green
| The Tor Covers |
Artwork by Chris McGrath
What do you think of the covers for The Bands of Mourning? Which is your favourite – the Gollancz or the Tor edition?
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I love the UK covers, the way all the books look like a matched set. Also the US cover for Shadows of Self – someone once told me she thought the two of them looked like Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, and now I can’t unsee it.
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Cannot unsee!!!! It really does! I was about to say the US covers look similar to The Dresden Files covers but just realised it’s the same artist – that would explain it.
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I LOVE BOTH!!! And it’s true: once you picture them as Kidman and Cruise it’s so difficult to look at it differently! LOL I’m so excited for this! I loved Shadows of Self ❤
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Eeee I can’t wait to read Shadows of Self! And hopefully get myself a signed copy at his UK tour! 😀
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Aw did you get a ticket? I wanted to go but they sold out of tickets 😦 Maybe I’d get lucky with this next Mistborn book :p
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Yes I got a ticket a while ago! And luckily I went to his last UK signing so I don’t have to cart all my books around this time 😛
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You’re so lucky!!! Is it for the London one? I’ve never been to an author signing event before so I don’t really know what to expect from those occasions I bet it’s gonna be awesome 🙂
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It’s the Manchester one. I’ve been to a fair few individual signings now but this is the first one with so many authors! The ones I go to are usually at Waterstones and usually involves a reading or two, a Q&A and a signing. They can be quite long! I’m not sure what this Gollancz festival thing will entail though. Exciting though!
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I just started reading The Wells of Ascension a few hours ago! But the UK Gollancz’s covers blow the Tor covers out of the water. I mean, Sam Green did win the Ravenheart Award for the Words of Radiance cover 🙂
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They’re all so lovely, I’m not surprised 😀 Hope you enjoy it!!
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October 15th for the Shadows of Self release date? What country do you live in? I’m Australian, and it’s October 8th for me.
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Oh lucky! October 15th is the UK official print release date. Sad times – I’ll have to make sure I avoid all mentions of it for a week 😛
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