There's also an unusual, slightly retro feel to the spine design (nabbed from here):
All in all, interesting stuff, even if it is just two years since the last big PFH cover redesign. I'll be interested to see if his other books are also given this treatment, or if this is something reserved for just the Commonwealth books for now.
The Abyss Beyond Dreams is the next book in the reading queue once I finish Kameron Hurley's excellent Infidel.
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Now I wish I hadn't bought the recent editions with the thematically inappropriate mil-sf style covers: http://i.imgur.com/pYNEXLD.jpg :(
hah, that cover looks awful..
Part way through The Abyss Beyond Dreams but I'm taking my time. Not a fan of the Void generally but at least it's not the fantasy realm of Edeard yet :)
With the "romantasy" genre taking over SF&F sections in book stores, traditional science fiction novels have been shifting towards a more minimalist approach to cover design within the last few years in order to distinguish themselves from all those roses/crystals/ivy/crowns and brooding heroes/heroines. While not as minimalist as other SF book covers, nor an aesthetic that would immediately grab me, these new PFH covers do have a kind of 80s tie-in charm about them and are distinctive enough to stand out on the shelves.
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