This is of such badness, it may even surpass Micah.

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

So, the cover art for Strange Candy is up.

............

Good GOD it's ugly. Who chose that sickly bile green? (And is the cover model...blonde? *squints* Why yes, it appears she is. Hello, new Mary Sue!)

And gee, thanks for including previously published stories, too. Because we totally need the opening chapter of Incubus Dreams in a third book. And that's not at all a giant middle finger to all the people who bought the supernatural anthologies strictly for Laurell's stories. (Not that I'm one of them, but I feel their pain.)

ETA: As if that's not enough, according to the page on amazon.com it's a mere 272 pages--less than Micah--and retails for $25 in hardcover. (There's also a discussion entry by our very own Darla, whose profile is little more than a boot-licking paeon to her beloved mistress. "My favorite author is Laurell K. Hamilton. I am Laurell Hamilton's assistant." *HEADDESK*)

Comments

[dwg.livejournal.com]

That...ear is going to creep me out. Seriously. It should be under the blindfold, with a bit of lobe sticking out and that's it.

And...is she about to suck on a blood-dipped cherry? Because the red blobby bit and her fingers don't match up, and it doesn't look like a lollipop.

And yet, I think I'll get this book. I just want to see what the "all new introductions" for the stories are. What can really be said? "This is a story I wrote when the photocopier ran out of toner."?

[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

Blood-dripped cherry was my first impression, although now that I think about it, it could also be chocolate. There had better be a fondue reference in the book, or I will be pissed.

I'm not getting this book until (unless?) it's out in paperback. Which it had BETTER BE eventually, because there is no way I'm spending $25 on a 272-page book when the paperback will be a) cheaper (duh) and b) slightly longer and possibly containing previews for future books.

Actually, what would be ideal is if she put out short story collections, say, once a year, and her "novel-lites" the next year, so they'd alternate and give a nice little fix between novels. Both would, of course, be slim PAPERbacks (not hardcovers...grr, you have NO IDEA how much this book's hardcover status pisses me off) and be $6.99 or less.

Yeah, this fantasy world I live in is real fun.