Hayakawa's neat...

[seawasp]

I haven't yet seen or heard anything on GCA yet (why should I, it's only been a month or two since the deal was done, and I'd figure the translation alone will take several months), but while trying to figure my way around a site in a language I can't read, I DID come across Sarah Hoyt's Darkship Thieves/Dark Ship entry, and the cover certainly looks kickass.

ETA: The link I used got changed, so I found a hard-link to the actual cover JPG.

So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for both an excellent translation and a buttkicking cover. I love the original cover for GCA, make no mistake, but I look forward to seeing what the Japanese decide to do for it; I'm hoping for an anime-manga style translation of the imagery, sort of the way Weber's Honor Harrington novels ended up (here's the one for Honor Among Enemies).

Comments

Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?

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Does the Maelkodan have ventral scales? Are they any particular colour?

Stocky or slender build?

Re: Why do *none* of these artists read the description of treecats?

[seawasp]

Relatively slender build, lighter ventral scales but probably still patterned.

With respect to the head, I see it as having a crest like a small Triceratops, except fancy sculpted, as though the crest part were strung like a heavy bone layered web between sharp horn/spike ridges. The face is semi-humanoid, semi-Werewolfoid, but more human; it's not monstrous but, if you ignore the sharp diamond teeth, almost delicate looking.