And Now, the Taiwanese Cover to Old Man’s War

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1. jpusel says:
   March 24, 2012 at 7:07 pm

   Awesome cover
2. wintermute115 says:
   March 24, 2012 at 7:10 pm

   That is pretty cool.

   I would read that.
3. Billy Junior says:
   March 24, 2012 at 7:56 pm

   Dude, that’s awesome!
4. stoicjim says:
   March 24, 2012 at 8:01 pm

   I want to see “50′s Retro” cover where John is stomping on little people.
5. John Scalzi says:
   March 24, 2012 at 8:13 pm

   stoicjim:

   See here.
6. Xopher Halftongue says:
   March 24, 2012 at 9:59 pm

   I love the type design. The kanji look like they’ve been hammered up as a temporary measure to keep looters out. Evocative of the general environment in the colonies the hero and his comrades are sent to protect.
7. Frankly says:
   March 24, 2012 at 10:18 pm

   Perhaps my favorite one of the series!
8. Arclight says:
   March 24, 2012 at 10:23 pm

   Holy… wow. That’s *cool*.
9. rachelci says:
   March 24, 2012 at 11:23 pm

   Beautiful cover.
10. K.W. Ramsey says:
    March 24, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    Awesome looking
11. Johan Jönsson says:
    March 25, 2012 at 5:38 am

    That’s a really nice cover.

    //JJ
12. Peter says:
    March 25, 2012 at 6:17 am

    Great cover, but did they leave out the apostrophe?
13. Craig Johns says:
    March 25, 2012 at 6:39 am

    I really like that cover. A bit gritty perhaps, and not as great as the John Harris ones for the US versions, but still pretty darn neat.

    The big question for those Scalzi fans in Taiwan, is if Old Man’s War is just now being published there, how long will they have to wait for Redshirts or heck, The Ghost Brigades?
14. Chris Butterworth says:
    March 25, 2012 at 8:48 am

    I think it’s pretty badass. Love it.

    I believe the literal translation of the title is “Twilight War”… or something like that. Online translators aren’t exactly reliable.
15. changterhune says:
    March 25, 2012 at 9:20 am

    That is a badass cover!
16. Paul Strain says:
    March 25, 2012 at 9:37 am

    Envy. Want. Desire.
17. ldgilmoure says:
    March 25, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    Sweet! Like this one best!
18. stoicjim says:
    March 25, 2012 at 1:13 pm

    Whenever I reread the series now I always see Colin Ferguson from Syfy’s Eureka as John Perry. He has that same “wise-ass” attitude.
19. Mitch Wagner says:
    March 25, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Nice!
20. Joe P. says:
    March 25, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    Wow, I have to say, that is a really awesome cover design. It’s my favorite among the book covers I’ve seen for your books. High on the grittiness factor, which I usually like.
21. Ari B. says:
    March 26, 2012 at 11:33 am

    Really nice.
22. Alan says:
    March 26, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    The title means both “the twilight/dusk/sunset war” and “old age’s war”. Yes, the apostrophe is left out, maybe for artistic reasons.

    If OMW sells good and is popular enough (especially when the movie comes out), they would probably willing to buy more Scalzi books. science fiction market is still weak here, so far it’s very difficult to convince editors to invest in the SF genre.

    – Alan (translator and SF reader)
23. AlanM says:
    March 26, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    It looks a little like the cover of Matter, by Iain Banks. Not that the stories have anything to do with each other, but if your book is going to sort of remind people of another book, that’s not a bad one to choose.
24. K. Traylor (@amongthegoblins) says:
    March 26, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    What does the Chinese approximation of your name sound like?
25. John Scalzi says:
    March 26, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    No idea.
26. Alan says:
    March 27, 2012 at 1:35 am

    You can get google translation say it:

    http://translate.google.com.tw/#zh-CN|zh-TW|%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%20%E5%8F%B2%E5%8D%A1%E8%A5%BF%0A

    “John” is translated from Latin Bible so it sounds more like yo-han.
27. Alan says:
    March 27, 2012 at 1:43 am

    Not sure if you can see the link correctly…”Scalzi” just sounds like Scalzi in the translation.
28. Februaryfour says:
    April 17, 2012 at 1:57 am

    I don’t generally read translations when I can get it in English, but I might make an exception for this one. (For the curious, I’m bilingual but read MUCH faster in English.)

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