Favorite Cover(s) in the series

[Tatts4Life]

Of all the versions that are out for all the Novels, What version do you like the best? I have to say since I just read the books last year and bought the newer versions I like the first 4 books the best. I wish they had continued using that type of art of the last 3.

[turtlex]

Novels or comics?

[Tatts4Life]

sorry Novels

[turtlex]

No worries. It's a great idea.

Let's see - I really love the UK Sphere covers.

I own this book and love the cover :
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/596/medium/WasteLands_UK_Sphere_Front.JPG

I also love this one, the Gunslinger 3rd. Again, as book I own.
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/596/medium/Gunslinger_3rdPrinting_cover.JPG

I know I have a link someplace ( at home ) which shows all the various covers. I'll look it up and post it here when I can.

Great thread!

[sarah]

tatts4life, would you like me to make this a poll and stick it?

[turtlex]

maerlyn - wouldn't it be hard to have a poll, though - there are probably 20+ different covers between editions, and UK versions, etc.

[Tatts4Life]

tatts4life, would you like me to make this a poll and stick it?

Sure why not but like Turtlex says there are probably tons over different versions of covers. I forgot about the UK versions covers. Of couse i don't know what they look like.

[turtlex]

tatts - I'll find that link when I get home and post it here. It's very cool.

[Tatts4Life]

These were the 4 covers I was talking about that I really loved. Like I said I wish they had done the last 3 books in that style.
http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/the_gunslinger/the_gunslinger.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670032557.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/the_waste_lands/the_waste_lands.jpg
http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/wizard_and_glass/wizard_and_glass.jpg

[Tatts4Life]

tatts - I'll find that link when I get home and post it here. It's very cool.

Awesome I would love to see what all the different cover they had for the books were.

[turtlex]

Okay - Here's the master link :
ALL KING COVERS : http://www.stephenkingshop.com/bookcovers.htm

Breakdown :
Gunslinger : http://www.stephenkingshop.com/covers/TheGunslinger.htm
Drawing of the Three : http://www.stephenkingshop.com/covers/TheDrawingoftheThree.htm
Waste Lands : http://www.stephenkingshop.com/covers/TheWasteLands.htm
Wizard and Glass : http://www.stephenkingshop.com/covers/WizardandGlass.htm
Wolves of the Calla : ://www.stephenkingshop.com/covers/WolvesoftheCalla.htm

That's all they list - Songs of Susannah and DTVII, not up yet.

[Tatts4Life]

Nice, strange that they don't have any of the ones that I posted.

[turtlex]

Yeah, no clue how often they update those pages.
Just as an FYI - there are tons!

[Tatts4Life]

Just found when you click on the (click for more information) button they do give you the covers I showed you.

[Jackie]

My Favorites in order:

1.http://www.emdashery.com/photos/uncategorized/the_dark_tower.jpg

2.http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/wizard_and_glass/wizard_and_glass.jpg

3.http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/the_waste_lands/the_waste_lands.jpg

4.TIEhttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X6gscMvRL.jpg

4.TIE http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestsellers-2006/1023-1.jpg

5.http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/the_gunslinger/the_gunslinger.jpg

[Wuducynn]

1.
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/upload/yuiupload/573795998.jpg



2.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0743254554.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

3.
http://www.librarything.com/picsizes/99/2f/a5b544d7f2c563489a51aacbe858ddb3.jpg

4.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X6gscMvRL.jpg

5.
http://www.freedomscientific.com/images/gunslinger.jpg

6.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0452284708.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

7.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y237/link223/0670032573_01_LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[sarah]

maerlyn - wouldn't it be hard to have a poll, though - there are probably 20+ different covers between editions, and UK versions, etc.

Yeah you're right. When I first read the thread I was just thinking of the first seven original covers.



tatts4life, would you like me to make this a poll and stick it?

Sure why not but like Turtlex says there are probably tons over different versions of covers. I forgot about the UK versions covers. Of couse i don't know what they look like.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking about that. I think the thread is fine the way it is. It sure is fun scrolling though this thread and seeing all the cool pretty covers. Great idea for a topic, tatts :D

[Daghain]

CK's pick of DTVII is my #1 pic as well. I have a Whelan of that on my office wall. :D

[Chap]

These were the 4 covers I was talking about that I really loved. Like I said I wish they had done the last 3 books in that style.
http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/the_gunslinger/the_gunslinger.jpg
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670032557.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/the_waste_lands/the_waste_lands.jpg
http://www.stephenking.com/darktower/images/book_covers/wizard_and_glass/wizard_and_glass.jpg

agreed, those were great!

The Gunslinger one is my favourite DT cover. it is what got me interested in the series in the first place.

[Tatts4Life]

agreed, those were great!

The Gunslinger one is my favourite DT cover. it is what got me interested in the series in the first place.

The Gunslinger and The Waste Lands were what caught my eye. Those are my top 2 probably in that order too.

[Tatts4Life]

Yeah, I wasn't thinking about that. I think the thread is fine the way it is. It sure is fun scrolling though this thread and seeing all the cool pretty covers. Great idea for a topic, tatts :D

Thanks, I was kind of surprised when I was doing a search that nobody had started a thread like this yet. I saw a bunch saying what's your favorite SK book, Favorite DT book, and Least favorite. I was also kind of curious if there was a certain cover that people went for with all the different types that are out there.

When I was just starting to read the books I only had the first 2. My wife asked me what I wanted for my Birthday since her parents didn't have any ideas. So I told her I wanted them to get me more of the dark tower books. When I got them they got me the rest of them. But they were all in the small trade edition. So I went to the store on the way home and traded them all in for the bigger ones and payed the difference.

[turtlex]

Wow, that Japanese cover of the Gunslinger is freaky!

[Wuducynn]

Wow, that Japanese cover of the Gunslinger is freaky!

Are you talking about this one? - http://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt1/dt1_jp.gif

[Letti]

This one is my absolute favourite:

http://www.kingstone.com.tw/english/images/Product/141/1416524525.jpg

I love this thread.
You have shown me some covers I have never seen before.

[Wuducynn]

It's amazing how hard a time I had trying to find that cover of The Wastelands.

[Tatts4Life]

It's amazing how hard a time I had trying to find that cover of The Wastelands.

Really? It was in one of the links that Turtlex had posted earlier.

[turtlex]

Wow, that Japanese cover of the Gunslinger is freaky!

Are you talking about this one? - http://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt1/dt1_jp.gif

Yup. What is that? Like a Gunslinger hand coming up out of the desert?

Kind of out there.

[alinda]

This pic has always been my favorite of Roland.
It is by and large my favorite cover pic, except
for of course DT VII where we see him at the tower!!

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/thumbs/DOTT_SL_Face.jpg

[Wuducynn]

It's amazing how hard a time I had trying to find that cover of The Wastelands.

Really? It was in one of the links that Turtlex had posted earlier.

I didn't look at the links.

[Wuducynn]

Wow, that Japanese cover of the Gunslinger is freaky!

Are you talking about this one? - http://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt1/dt1_jp.gif

Yup. What is that? Like a Gunslinger hand coming up out of the desert?

Kind of out there.

I think so, it sure looks like it anyway. Along with what seems to be an Eye of the CK.

[Letti]

Check out this one:
Japanese cover of WaG
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v352/0/107/741074747/n741074747_956096_6035.jpg

Maybe we should analise it.

[turtlex]

I wonder why these funky aspects on the Japanese editions?

[Wuducynn]

It's that Japanese. I've seen other artwork for books and other things and it's a lot like that.

[Letti]

And whose eye can that be? I guess Susan's... the way it's flying the the air... :orely:

[Brice]

Check out this one:
Japanese cover of WaG
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v352/0/107/741074747/n741074747_956096_6035.jpg

Maybe we should analise it.


I'm pretty sure I've got some more/all of these Japanese covers. I'll look and see what I find.

[Wuducynn]

Then we could "analise" you Brice and make you love every minute of it.

[Brice]

Ummmmm...no! :lol:

[Letti]

Check out this one:
Japanese cover of WaG
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v352/0/107/741074747/n741074747_956096_6035.jpg

Maybe we should analise it.


I'm pretty sure I've got some more/all of these Japanese covers. I'll look and see what I find.

Please do. I cannot wait to see them.

[at_one]

This pic has always been my favorite of Roland.
It is by and large my favorite cover pic, except
for of course DT VII where we see him at the tower!!

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/thumbs/DOTT_SL_Face.jpg

I would definitely agree....The simple covers attract me a lot more. My second favorite would have to be the original 1st ed. Gunslinger cover though, the old school art reminds me of the roots of the story....

[turtlex]

There are so many great covers - it's really hard for me to pick an absolute favorite.

Wouldn't it be cool if we could get a poster of every cover?!? ( ie - one poster that shows every cover on it )

[Brice]

This pic has always been my favorite of Roland.
It is by and large my favorite cover pic, except
for of course DT VII where we see him at the tower!!

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/thumbs/DOTT_SL_Face.jpg

I would definitely agree....The simple covers attract me a lot more. My second favorite would have to be the original 1st ed. Gunslinger cover though, the old school art reminds me of the roots of the story....


This is absolutely my favorite cover. I waited more than fifteen or twenty years before I got one of my own.

I'll try to find those Japanese covers a bit later.

[LadyHitchhiker]

The gunslinger edition with Zoltan on the cover is my favorite.

[Tatts4Life]

Here are all the Japanese cover's I can find so far, I can't find SOS or the Dark Tower anyplace.

The Gunslinger
http://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt1/dt1_jp.gif

Drawing of the Three
http://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt2/dt2-2_japan.jpg

The Wastelands (apparently the Japanese version had 2 books)

http://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt3/dt3-1_japan.jpghttp://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt3/dt3-2_japan.jpg

Wizard and Glass

http://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt4/dt4-1_japan.jpghttp://www.stephenkingshop.com/images/books/king/covers/dt4/dt4-2_japan.jpg

[MonteGss]

The hardcover of DT7 is my favorite of all time. I also kinda like the HC of DT5 too. :)

http://www.thedarktower.org/images/The%20Dark%20Tower.jpg

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/WOTC_trade_face.jpg