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Posted by Vid (Member # 7172) on :

Hey all, I know with the Ender series, the cover illustrations have nothing to do with the books, but I always figured the Shadow books had something in common with the actual content. Any speculation on who the two characters are or anything along those lines?

Due to the hour and my having just gotten off work, my mind works barely enough to be curious, but not enough to think about it.

Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :

I don't think that the paperback cover of Shadow Puppets relates to the story, or maybe it's just my lack of imagination. As for Shadow of the Giant, it looks to me like two people standing in front of a Stargate. [Dont Know]

Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :

Oh, I dunno - it seemed to me that possibly the huge guy on the left was Bean and the gal on the right Petra . . .

pure speculation . . . [Roll Eyes]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Bean should be porportioned more like a baby than the adult on the cover.

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

I still say it's possible for the guy to be Peter. Or maybe they are two characters that we don't know yet, or at least don't expect to be working together in this book.

Posted by xtownaga (Member # 7187) on :

could it be Ender and his sister (Valentine?) looking out the window of the ship going to the colony?

Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :

They look too old, considering that Ender and Val should be about 12 and 14.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

We have no idea how long this book will be. It might be 10 years long.

Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :

Um, I think you're forgetting that Ender and Val are
traveling at relativistic speed. The ship won't reach the colony for 50 years, and they will hardly age in that time.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

But maybe the end of the book is 70 years after the start.

Posted by Beanny (Member # 7109) on :

A linking between the series would be exciting, but then again...It might be disappointing as well. Remember, that sometimes our imagination is more fair towards the characters the the fate set for them by the author...

-Beanny

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

(The linkage doesn't happen until the next book.)

Posted by Quimby2999 (Member # 7044) on :

I don't think the cover was created for or is related to SotG, but probably someone (whoever puts the covers on the books) was looking for a good cover for the book and thought thoese two people staring out at a stargate or something resembled what they thought Bean and Petra would look like. [Dont Know]

Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :

I agree. That's also pretty much what happened for the original Ender Quartet covers. They just slapped random sci-fi images on them

Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :

it is not a stargate. it is the window to a starship. Look at the rest of the cover. you notice it is in a wall and there are stars on other side.

Posted by Mean OId Frisco (Member # 7186) on :

I like the cover.

Posted by NinjaBirdman (Member # 7114) on :

Well, assuming the girl is Petra, the man could be Bean, although I would imagine him looking very different. It could also be Graff or Mazer or one of the other battle school instructers still with the IF.

Maybe it's Petra and Graff staring out from the old battle school toward Bean as he blasts away into space at relativistic speeds to keep him alive... Maybe.

Or maybe it's not related to the book at all.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I think the man is Dean Anderson.

Posted by Vid (Member # 7172) on :

Does Petra have blonde hair?

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

See, I always pictured her with dark hair. I don't think the books tell us.

And the picture won't change my mental image, although it might affect the mental image of those who hadn't read the series previous to SotG's release.

[ January 06, 2005, 10:18 AM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

I like these random fake Frisco posts [Smile]

real fake Frisco posts? Fake real Frisco posts?

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Counterfeit fake?