Hello fellow book lovers! Each year I look forward bringing you my annual review of the cover illustration/design for science fiction and fantasy books that caught my eye. I am quick to report that the covers showcased are my favorites. I am not an art critic; I simply know what I like. The problem inherent in an annual review is that there is always more great work than can be reasonably captured in one post.
I work from the assumption that passionate readers everywhere can relate to the hypnotic draw of a well-designed book cover. We can all relate to that feeling of being arrested mid-stride in a particular row of the bookstore, or library–or virtually in this online age–unable to resist the siren call of a book’s cover art.
In my earlier days, Stainless Steel Droppings featured art and artists on a more frequent basis and one way I would like to bring that forward is to do a monthly review of the covers that excite me for scheduled releases of science fiction and fantasy books/comics. From this monthly feature I will draw my favorites for the annual review, and this will also give you the opportunity to suggest covers I might have missed, thus giving all of us a broad view of all the worthy science fiction and fantasy book cover illustration and design that 2014 will offer.
Here is what January 2014 has to offer.
