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Monday, 3 March 2014

cover art for Kevin Bryce's THE NIGHT LANDS

Interesting new cover art for Kevin Bryce's THE NIGHT LANDS
 
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@copy; hal hefner
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What is interesting is that there's nothing like this in the original book by Hodgson: but it could very well illustrate a story from the Darkening. If this is intentional, it shows rather more attention to the source materiel than is usual in such things. If mere neglect, it is sadly typical.

4 comments:

  1. It could be, or be seen as the House of Silence.

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  2. It is not a direct scene from the book. Much of Hal's work seemed to me to be in the spirit of the Night Land. This was a piece he had done several years ago that had inspired me during my musical interpretation of the book. I asked him if I could use it as an album cover and he kindly offered to redesign it to suit my needs.

    Speaking solely for myself, I think one of the enduring qualities of Mr Hodgson's book is how it presents a world so rich and full of nightmarish wonder. The image is not meant to be a depiction of any event in the book, rather it should be thought of as a glimpse into the world created by the author and reimagined by us over a hundred years later.

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  3. Very fairly answered. I apologise for the snotty tone of my original post.

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  4. No worries Andy! If anything it made me seek out the Darkening for further reading :)

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