Behold!
This image will no doubt rekindle the fractious old covers/new covers debate, but I will say that this is totally my favorite of the new ones. I think the two leads look awesome together. (Though note that in reality Deryn is taller than Alek, so clearly he’s standing on a box. That’s barking princes for you!)
Enjoy the slightly-spoilery manta-ship in the upper right!
Shay's Story, a graphic novel version of Uglies, is OUT NOW!
The Uglies series has been adapted into graphic novel form, with the events of the trilogy told from Shay's point of view in three volumes.
The first one comes out March 6, 2012!
Click here to contact Scott Westerfeld.
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March 11th, 2011 04:33
Please don’t be scared, but I’m going to have to fangurl scream over this. Definitely my favourite cover!
March 11th, 2011 04:33
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I LOVE THIS!
March 11th, 2011 04:33
beautiful!!!!! <3 i cant wait til it comes out!!!!
March 11th, 2011 04:34
I agree–this one is the best of the photographic covers! Those models are working it!
March 11th, 2011 04:34
This is marvelous. As usual, the use of light is slick. The crown is a mighty tasty touch.
Now how about getting this book out a little earlier than planned? Whaddaya say?
March 11th, 2011 04:37
OH MY GOSH!!!!
This is amazing, I’ve never been the biggest fan of the new covers but this changed my mind!
I love it.
March 11th, 2011 04:39
Whoa! Awwwwwwwwwwwesome! We finally get to see what these two look like, and together, too!
I can’t wait!!!
March 11th, 2011 04:39
Wow, I like it! Is it pretentious to say I guessed that the colour scheme would be yellow?
I love how the people portraying the characters are posed together, very dramatic! (Barking princes and their egos, needing to be taller than everyone around ;p) Interesting symbolism with the crown caught between the two chains pulling apart the gear. Very cool! Also, manta ship! Pretty awesome. :]
…I liked the old covers, but the new covers with the characters portrayed on them are really nicely put together.
March 11th, 2011 04:43
I have to say that I still prefer the original covers, but this is by far the best of the new ones.
I love it when covers actually say something about the book instead of simply being designed to make you notice them.
March 11th, 2011 04:44
The first thing I thought when I saw it was “He’s got to be standing on a box.” Then I read your note. Not just barking princes, barking boys!
I like the gold chain pulling in two directions with the gold crown in the center. Not to say that the manta-ship isn’t totally cool. Can’t wait to see it more clearly!
Are the faces models, drawings or some graphic combination?
March 11th, 2011 04:45
I just screamed for a solid minute. A very high pitch scream.
My mom was not impressed.
But, OH MY GOD.
This is amazing! A basically just died a little.
Love it love it love it.
March 11th, 2011 04:46
Wayyyy better than the other new covers. Now I see why they had each character on the first two cause now they are together
soooo cool
March 11th, 2011 04:51
Sweet Mercy.
March 11th, 2011 05:08
So…. where is these models resemblances to Alek and Deryn? Because I don’t see it.
Seriously, is it that hard to make the girl taller then the guy…?
Oh well. I really enjoy the color scheme and the crown and the gears!
March 11th, 2011 05:10
Scott, i just showed this to my 11-yr old son, and he is just beside himself. We are both eagerly anticipating this book, we have loved the other two.
March 11th, 2011 05:11
my heart is doing a relay race in my chest. who designed the cover?!?!? it’s amazing!
March 11th, 2011 05:14
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCOTT-LA THAT IS AMAZING!!!! HOLY FRICKEN CROW! SCOTT-LA I LOVE IT!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!
March 11th, 2011 05:18
Flipping fantastic.
This is definitely my favorite of the new covers. Ahhh.
March 11th, 2011 05:18
I love this cover! Alek, Alek, Alek, accept the fact that you are short. The manta ship and crown are nice touches. Too bad I’ll never get this cover in real life. The covers I get here are all the British covers.
This is probably really annoying for you, but do you know when Goliath will come out in Singapore? Will it also be in September or will it be later, in October or November?
March 11th, 2011 05:26
Oh, just a guess on behalf of all those berating Alek for his need to be tall, but did the designer of the cover maybe have him taller to denote his status? Prince in comparison to commoner.
March 11th, 2011 05:27
*swoons in a fangirl moment even though this will most likely not be the cover we get in the UK*
March 11th, 2011 05:34
March 11th, 2011 05:36
i neednt remind u of my team old-coverness, but the faces on this just look awkward. definetly and epic design in all
March 11th, 2011 05:36
Scott, you’re amazing! I didn’t expect you to reveal the Goliath cover so soon!
Anyway, I must agree, this is my favorite of the new covers. :3
I love the manta ship and the crown in the center. Lets just hope the chains on either side don’t pull it to the point of breaking…after all, Alek MUST become Emperor to stop all those unnecessary deaths and save the Germans from too harsh of reparations. *really wants Alek to become Emperor >w<*
March 11th, 2011 05:37
i really like this one best out of the new covers!
Although, I quite enjoy this fan cover I saw on devianart quite a bit too!
http://fav.me/d3bcjty
March 11th, 2011 05:37
-claps happily- Oh my god it’s so lovely. I mean I love it I simply do. The two look wonderful and the one who is Alek looks amazing. Oh I can’t wait to own this book. It’s freaking fantastic!
March 11th, 2011 05:43
Sweet! I am so excited about this book! And lol at box-standing Alek. And the manta-ship is way cool.
March 11th, 2011 05:47
I…but why does Deryn have brown hair? I mean artistic design is fantastic, but they look nothing like Mr Thompson’s sketches, and the fact that Deryn is not blond is really straining my nerves. I really wish we could have to original Leviathan style cover art back.
March 11th, 2011 06:02
LOVE IT!! yeah, Deryn’s hair? a bit of the wrong shade but I still like it. they look so cute together!!!
March 11th, 2011 06:08
Oh my goodness! I LOVE THIS COVER!! But, they’re not the same people who posed for Deryn and Alek, though…or are they?
March 11th, 2011 06:09
OH MY GOODNESS, its amazing. I am soooooooooooooooo excited for this, so excited I had to put 16 O’s after my S. Obiviously standing on a box, barking princes, but we love him anyway.
Its actually offensive that my family no long notices when i start freaking out over this book.
March 11th, 2011 06:17
OHMYGOD!!!!!!
Awesome cover! They look great together. Although I am intruiged by this mysterious ‘Dery’… Alek’s love intrest, perhaps?
March 11th, 2011 06:21
oh, thanks for clarifying who is who (I has trouble with this recently). But anyway, OMG!!! That is amiazing!! I really love it! Who may I ask are those models? I really love Deryn’s, but I love Alek’s eyes and I apologize for going into so much detail for this, but it’s real pretty. Now I don’t have to imagine what it’ll look like!
Thank you~
March 11th, 2011 06:30
Gorgeosity in yum-yum! I can’t wait
March 11th, 2011 06:46
Ahhhhh! Yes, definately the best of all the ‘new covers’!!!!!!
Amazing!!!! It’s got Alek AND Deryn!!!! There’s not as much in the background so it’s not as overly busy looking as the others. Now, I have to wonder what the ‘old cover’ would look like….
The yellowish color is very interesting.
I’m just estatic that we finally get to see it!!!! Hurrah!!!!
Thank you Scott-la!
March 11th, 2011 06:56
Only makes me want to read the books more!!!! Thank You Scott… the cover reveal makes it a little more bearable while I wait for the book to come out!
March 11th, 2011 07:05
Hana:
Don’t know about Singapore. I think in territories like that it’s up to the bookstore when they want to import it, more than a release date per se. So bug your local store!
Hope-la:
Thanks for catching the typo!
Brita:
Hilarious! I will blog that soon.
March 11th, 2011 07:08
I love how it’s mostly black and white, with little splashes of color
March 11th, 2011 07:24
I really like this. Usually I’m not a fan of having pictures of characters on the covers of books, but this looks great! Like it much better than the Behemoth cover (: Can’t for it to come out! <333
March 11th, 2011 07:34
Oh, I love it!!
March 11th, 2011 07:36
Very beautiful Scott!
I love the layout.
March 11th, 2011 07:37
I liked the old covers, but these are starting to grow on me!
And somehow I knew that the last book would be like a gold-ish or yellow color.
I just get that feeling sometimes. haha
Anyway, I am SO excited! This is my absolute favorite series ever! The book comes out a couple of days for my birthday and this is the one thing I will be sure to ask for!
March 11th, 2011 07:46
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Can’t stop exclaiming…craziness! I like this way better than the second cover. It’s really pretty!!!! (Those barking princes, standing on boxes….God’s wounds, he’ll do anything to display his importance!)
I agree with most everyone else, that I still like the original cover scheme, but this one is amazing nonetheless. It’s probably the best cover I’ve ever seen with models on it (okay, except for Clockwork Angel, but I’m just really into guys in top hats). Also, I love the chains pulling at the crown, they’re awesome.
You know what would make my day? A poster of this cover that I could hang on my ceiling
March 11th, 2011 07:50
OH. MY. WORD. As much as I loved the original Leviathan cover, this is fawesomely beautiful. I can’t wait!
March 11th, 2011 07:56
OMG, this is so awesome. It’s gorgeous. Something told me it would be gold. I like how it is both Clanker and Darwinist. And it is very steampunk.
The faces follow you wherever you go. Barking princes, lol. You gotta love Alek.
March 11th, 2011 07:57
Nice! I was pro-old-covers, but this one’s easily my favorite of the new style.
March 11th, 2011 08:00
THIS IS SO AWESSOSOMMEMEEEEE.
i love this, way more than the other covers.
March 11th, 2011 08:10
This is so cool! I’m so glad both Alek and Deryn are on the cover. You’re right, the two heads DO look awesome together! It kind of has an…. aged quality to it that the others didn’t. I don’t know, I think I’m losing it. I think it’s just the texture and the inanimate appearance of the faces.
March 11th, 2011 08:11
AWESOMEEEEEEE!!!!!! This is my fav covers among all three though previously I was in love with the old cover of the first book. Love Love Love. Can’t wait for its release.
March 11th, 2011 08:16
I gotta be honest, this cover doesn’t match the first too. HOWEVER, I don’t care as much about the cover as what’s between the covers so BRING ON GOLIATH! *confetti*
March 11th, 2011 08:23
…
Barking spiders.
This is mad amazing. I do not even have words for how epic this is.
Actually I do: This makes waiting for Goliath unbearable and even more painstaking.
Love, love, love!
And as for the manta ray, kind of reminds me of the picture of the Stamboul from the Behemoth cover, and at the time, we had no idea what that was.
March 11th, 2011 08:35
This was certainly a great surprise for me when I saw this today! I got goosebumps seeing them both on the cover. The only thing I don’t like is where at the top it says:
“The Conclusion to the Leviathan Trilogy”
NOOOOO! It can’t end so soon! I want to continue for another…. book or two? 0,0
I am loving the manta-ship! Hopefully Deryn gets to pilot it X3
March 11th, 2011 08:45
Oh, it’s amazing! I didn’t like the new covers before but this one is fantastic looking!
March 11th, 2011 09:22
Yes, CLEARLY Prince Alek is standing on a box. XD I loved that
Personally, I don’t like who’s modeling Deryn… I prefer the drawings better.
Also, I’m jealous of Alek.
March 11th, 2011 09:31
This is one of the better new covers, but…. OLD COVERS
March 11th, 2011 09:41
I love this. Completely beautiful, but I still really wish there were old cover versions :/
March 11th, 2011 09:50
ahahahah i love how you say he must be standing on a box
:D:D
but i really did not know that deryn was taller thank him..
hmmm….could this be a contributing factor to why he cannot tell she is a girl?
SQUEAL! the tension mounts!!! or builds…whatever
March 11th, 2011 10:48
I love it! The cover looks awesome and I love how both of them are on the cover. It’s by far my favorite and forgive me for this but …. *SQUEEEEEAAALLLL* I’m dying with anticipation for the last book but kinda sad that the story is ending so soon. (which is why I reread the books all the time)
And yes. Alek is clearly standing on a box. Barking princes are so high up on their pedestals
.
March 11th, 2011 10:53
Princes, boys, boxes- my guess is that maaaaybe the cover-designer haven’t read the book?
Also, being very superficial, I like it because they look good. Both of them. Otherwise I always like faceless covers better!
March 11th, 2011 11:09
@The Politick yeah, remember in Leviathan? Deryn was taller than most of the boys registering for the Air Service….it’s a good part of her disguise.
Sidenote, it makes me very happy that most every comment is in agreement about everything….rare but nice when that happens!
March 11th, 2011 11:57
EPIC! I love it. I am with some of the others I didn’t expect for a cover so soon. I’m not sure if I can wait till next fall!
March 11th, 2011 15:05
Is that a stingray in the top right hand corner???
WOW i love this!!!! usually i hate covers on books which have models posing as characters, but is actually pretty cool!!!
and i cant help but notice, in Leviathan Alek was on the cover.
Then in Behemoth Deryn was on the cover.
Now they are on the cover together…
is that like symbolism for something…
maybe?
March 11th, 2011 15:39
Oh. My. God. No words for it, but maybe a fangirl scream *screams andjumps all over the room while people look at* Ok, better now! *-* Wow, I just can’t wait for this xD and Deryn does look girl like… Stupid barking prince!! XD
March 11th, 2011 16:04
The girl whos modeling Deryn looks to timid and petite, no offence but i imagined Deryn to look a little more rough and ruthless
March 11th, 2011 16:06
okay the more i look at it the more annoyed i get!!! i didnt imagin Deryn like that at all.
March 11th, 2011 16:11
How could this happen!?
March 11th, 2011 17:26
Ohhh my goodness spool awesome!! Granted, I still like the original covers better, but this is definitely all right with me.
So long as the spines match. I just realized that, that the spines between the old and new covers match, and I freaked out a little! So on my bookcase, they actually go together!
And I know that observation was really delayed of me, but in my defense, Behemoth just got back in my hands after I made all my friends read it. XD Not a single one of us can wait!
PS-Can I has manta ship?
March 11th, 2011 21:17
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful…
That’s just what I repeated a lot! xD I still preferred the original covers, but I love this!! I just can’t wait that this comes out!!! I wish time would go faster! :3
(Just a random note… I’m pretty sure my sister thinks I’ve gone mad. I’m almost drooling all over the screen)
March 12th, 2011 02:00
First of all, I have to admit I just read the books like two days ago or something (After reading the Uglies series for the millionth time, I realized there must have been other books from the same guy, right? I bought an entire shelf off the closing Border’s store on Scott Westerfeld.[50% off! A poor readers' paradise!]) and have already filled my social studies notebook with my fanart. Now there’s no room to write notes for my American History test. Whoops. Guess I’m not passing this semester.
I just happened to notice that almost all of the comments on here seem to be from girls. Like the female kind. With faces and everything. And sadly, because I’m avoiding studying for that American History test, I counted the girls and boys… Like, three of the comments seemed to be from guys… out of 68. Which is about 0.044117647058823529411764705882353%. Popular amoung the ladies, huh, Mr. Westerfeld? ;D
Who likes being a stalker? I do. Numbers are my favorite.
March 12th, 2011 02:35
Wait, then who is on the first two book covers?
March 12th, 2011 03:24
Hmmm. What can I say about this cover? I think I shall quote Deryn. BARKING SPIDERS!!!! Can’t wait for the book. Thank you very much Mr. Scott-La Westerfeld. P.S. My friends and I can’t help but use the words barking spiders and ninny. It’s quite entertaining since we can’t do accents.
March 12th, 2011 03:45
The best cover for last!!!! I am dying to know what happens!!!
March 12th, 2011 03:47
Why are all the girls brunettes when clearly Deryn is a blonde!
I mean their are plenty of blonde girls who would love to be on a cover!
Other than this fact, i love the cover! It is truly amazing!
March 12th, 2011 04:02
i really like it!!!!
kinda wish it was purple though (though it might put the royalty thing over the top)
and i agree with anyone who says that Deryn should be a blonde!!!
i am a blonde myself and am always astonished how few covers actually feature the blonde characters!
but i still LOVE it!
March 12th, 2011 05:25
I love it!!!
seems to me that most everyone hated the first two covers but loves this one. I’m with them
Alek, we know you’re a prince, but Deryn will still love you even though you’re shorter than her. So get off that barking box and show your real height!! XD
March 12th, 2011 05:38
I have to say, I don’t hate this. It’s much better than the other two “new” covers, but I do still wish you’d stuck with the originals. Oh well.
March 12th, 2011 05:48
AAAAAGHHHH!!!! I just screamed when I saw the two!
I am now super excited to get my hands on goliath!
March 12th, 2011 06:35
I love the colors and the design, but abhor these new covers. PLEASE Mr. Westerfeld, my sister and I are begging!
March 12th, 2011 08:27
YAY! The cover looks great. Now I want the book still more.
March 12th, 2011 13:30
Is it me or Deryn looks asian?
March 12th, 2011 16:04
HOELY SHIZZZZ !
I LITERALLY CRIED SEEING THIS
March 12th, 2011 21:03
This is the best of the new covers. when I saw it I had this agument with my self.
My pride: Yana, don’t you dare fan girl squeal at this.
Me: but but but it’s ssssoooo awsome.
My Pride: yes, but you’ll kill the ears of every one in this house.
Me: but I can feel the awsomeness welling up inside me.
My Pride; don’t do it.
Me: can I at least cheer for the manta ray.
My Pride: ok fine.
Me: I LOVE YOU MANTA RAY!!!!! <3
March 12th, 2011 22:33
Very elegant design. Something about the manta ship reminds me a little of the flying dragon from Shadow of the Colossus – nifty.
Deryn’s hair color bothers me a little, but the height thing bothers me more. It frustrates me the way American culture insists that the male half of any pair has to be taller. I’ve even seen people who draw fanart for stories that buck that rule deliberately redesigning the boys to be taller because “it just isn’t romantic otherwise”. There are some rather unfortunate implications there.
Still, kudos to you for not only keeping your cool, but coming up with a marvelously funny explanation.
Never change, Scott.
March 13th, 2011 00:24
…..SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSQQQQQQQQQQQQUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE<3
XD XD XD XD XD
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! They look so cute together~<3
I hope that the cover hints something more about their relationship~ Alek is taller than Deryn, maybe that means he thinks hes better than her now that he knows?
Or hes just standing on a box for the fun of it. ^^
This cover has gotten me more excited for it to come out <3
March 13th, 2011 01:37
I. LOVE. IT. ;O
That is all. x]
March 13th, 2011 01:48
Oh mah goodness!
And I thought it couldn’t get any better than an adorable loris video… So much more stoked for this cover than the Leviathan-fake-Alek-cover (is it a different model?????) and it’s melting my brain just a squick. Have to go look at it again to make sure it’s real and not something my brain created out of a lack of new-stuff-from-Scott.
And off the box, Alek. You’re not fooling anyone.
March 13th, 2011 02:06
I like this cover a lot better than the one for Behemoth. Now I really can’t wait for the book to come out!
Alek is standing on a box. Of course!
March 13th, 2011 07:39
But I think the important question that we’re all missing is this: is Alex standing on a /soap/box? Cause that would make all the difference…
March 13th, 2011 08:24
Every time I look at this cover I start smiling uncontrollably.
March 13th, 2011 08:55
Fawesome, just fawesome!!! I can’t wait to read this. Royalty. They always have to be on that pedestal.
March 13th, 2011 09:52
Love it!!! I’m so happy both of them made it on this cover! I like the new covers.
The yellow works for it- I wasn’t sure at first but i like the whole effect. But I don’t think there’s enough going on, the crown and everything just makes it seem too straightforward. I do like the sting ray airship in the background though!
March 13th, 2011 16:30
OMG! Best Freaking Cover Ever!!!!! i love it!
March 13th, 2011 21:26
It’s a perfect marriage of the covers. Just like penut butter and jelly! Or lepechrauns and gold! It really does look like the final cover of a trilogy. It was a good idea to put the leads together on the cover. Someone needs a premotion!
March 13th, 2011 23:05
Why can’t the others have been like this? This cover is perfection!
March 13th, 2011 23:13
mostly. except deryn. But considering what other covers have been like these days, yeah, ITS AMazing!!!
March 14th, 2011 00:35
Love it
March 14th, 2011 02:51
*GASP* BEAUTIFULLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So much more awesome than the other new covers!
March 14th, 2011 05:36
Um…is the manta-ship the submarine equivalent to the Leviathan?
And could its name be the GOLIATH?
I cannot wait for September. If only I had a time machine…
March 14th, 2011 08:44
It’s alright. I’m not too fond of the covers with the actual people on the them, but I don’t let a cover stop me from reading a book. Is it just me, or does Deryn look especially feminine on this cover?
March 14th, 2011 23:36
hehehe friedrich in the sound of music had to stand on a box…
-Lizzy-wa OUT!
March 15th, 2011 03:59
Awesomeeee!!! It just makes me want to read the book even more…. Just finished Behemoth in one sitting… 480 pages, 2 hours.
i know you just bumped up the date (yay!!) but Can you release the book sooner, like 2 more weeks, or 1 month, or 2 months, or tomorrow???
March 15th, 2011 04:01
Scott-la, I haven’t bugged you in so long, but as per usual, your blog does not disappoint.
I’m still kind of amazed that I can get caught up in life and remember your awesomeness and eventually come back here, and there STILL isn’t much news about the Uglies movie. You will still let us know if there’s even the slightest chance of Hollywood giving us rabid fans a shot at casting, right? (Since I live in Nowheresville, the chances of this are even slimmer than none, but I’ve adored Shay-la since I was in that awkward littlie-to-ugly transitional stage, and if there’s even a remote chance of a public try-out…though I doubt it. Argh, Hollywood.)
Anyway, your post: epic cover is epic. Deryn DOES look a mite bit more girlish than she usually does; I take this as a foreshadowing on the fact that our oh-so-oblivious prince is finally going to get filled in on the big secret? Maybe then he’ll get it through his thick skull that living like a commoner isn’t all bad if he can stay with a girl like Deryn, although that’s IF he can, y’know, stay alive. The Germans don’t seem too keen on this being an option, but again: he’s got Deryn and Volger and Klopp and Bauer and his very own perspicacious loris looking out for him. What could go wrong?
I’m really looking forward to this wrap-up of the trilogy. Actually, my history teacher is looking forward to it too. I’ve gotten her hooked on the Leviathan series so far, and I’ve gotten my English teacher to include Uglies as a summer reading assignment for freshmen. Spreading the reign of Scott-la, wherever I go, yaaay.
Anyway, I’ve left you another novel of a comment it seems, so I’ll stop now. Ah, it feels good to revisit this blog.
March 15th, 2011 04:44
So, this has nothing to do with Leviathan, Behemoth, etc. But on Yahoo news I found this awesome article about weird, for lack of better word, food and it reminded me of the strange food in Extras.
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/extreme-eating-inside-the-new-625-cookbook-2464738/#photoViewer=1
If you want to check it out!
March 15th, 2011 07:21
OH SHOOOOT!!!!!
see, this is my punishment for not checking this website often enough. COVER!!!!! gasp, at least we can tell who’s who, and the guy really looks like alek!! XD best cover yet…but yellow? I was hoping for black…oh wellll (:
March 15th, 2011 08:10
1. Deryn looks kind of girlish…she wouldn’t fool many people.
2. What’s with everyone complaining about hair color? Her hair’s under the flight cap; you can’t even see it.
3. Alek, just because you’re the man and the prince doesn’t mean you have to be on top. For the record, Deryn is more manly than you are. But I still love you.
I still like the original covers better, but this one’s pretty cool anyway! SO EXCITED. gaahh.
March 15th, 2011 11:57
is it just me or does Deryn look WAAAY too girly?
oh well. it’s an awesome cover anyway
March 15th, 2011 17:03
the two leads look super weird.. sorry but its true
March 15th, 2011 19:48
O.O
I think I just had a mini heart attack!
This honestly just made my day Scott-La, and thats a good thing cuz its been kinda a bad one.
Anyway, I told everyone right when I found out about Goliath that the cover would be yellow (: and i was right! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Can’t wait for Goliath
March 15th, 2011 20:18
As super amazing as this is [and believe me, it is
], I just remembered how long I have to wait to get my hands on this book…Ah well…I can always re-read the other two 500 times… *Sigh*
March 16th, 2011 00:25
WOAH! I JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM B&N WITH NEW UGLIES COVERS! THEY ARE SO COOLLLLLL AND PLASTIC SURGERY-ISH!!
March 16th, 2011 01:47
This is the worst cover i have ever seen on a book. The fist cover of Leviathan was amazing. Mr.Westerfeld, why would you do this! I might actually not buy it because of the cover! I will not have such a terrible book cover anywhere in my house.
March 16th, 2011 02:54
@Mr. Upset
Don’t judge a book by its cover…just a piece of advice.
March 16th, 2011 10:35
I prefer this one to the cover with the character on them. I do prefer the orginal Leviathan cover but that’s just my opinion.
Love ths chain crown combo!
And Alek looks great and Austrian! (I think)
And Deryns just so Deryn!
I juist love the names of the books, they’re all the names of monsters in the Bible.
Leviathin is meant to guard the gates of hell
Behemoth has a simliar job
Goliath is an evil giant killed by David with a slingshot
(Maybe the last name gives us a hint on what will happen in the last book)
But I think that its cool to use old names, from any reglion, as it brings more character into the story than a modern made up name
March 16th, 2011 12:15
@Mr. Upset
Fine don’t buy the book, thats your loss
March 16th, 2011 21:57
I really wish you would continue the series! Theres so much more that could be written! (i think… Ill have to see how Goliath goes! My teacher and i enjoy discussing books together and we are having small HISSY FITS!!! over this)
Hmm your reaeers are pretty scary are we not?
March 17th, 2011 03:51
Is it just me, or does Deryn sort of favor Paris from Gilmore Girls?
March 17th, 2011 08:39
Did keith Thompson make the cover or did you, Scott Westerfeld?
These are the things I wonder about.
Hmmmmm?
March 17th, 2011 19:52
@Mr. Upset
There’s no need to be judgmental. And why would an ugly book cover keep you from reading a good book? Not that the cover is ugly in the first place.
Obviously you:
1. Haven’t read the Leviathan series. (Which if you have, you wouldn’t mind the cover because it’s an incredibly intense book!)
B. Don’t know what a good book would be if it hit you in the face. (Though throwing a book at your face would probably knock some common sense into you.)
Tres. Never read the Uglies series because it teaches us that beauty is within (:
March 18th, 2011 03:37
Not bad for one of those “new covers”
Most of all, this is so exciting!
March 18th, 2011 04:13
I like it, although it seems a little sparse compared to the other covers. I like that it has both Clanker and Darwinist things.
Some things are Darwinist-but-look-Clanker (like those square leafy things), just like Behemoth had things that were Clanker-but-looked-Darwinist.
March 18th, 2011 05:59
A manta ray? Seriously Scott!? I demand NARWHALS!
Don’t even attempt to deny that awesomeness
March 18th, 2011 09:46
PLEASE GET HERE SOONER!! >.<
Pretty leggit cover by the way. Like the leads together!
March 18th, 2011 12:54
I reckon the cover looks good, the best one yet.
March 18th, 2011 22:32
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Alek is sooooooooo HOT in this pic. LOVE the cover why can’t it get out sooner???? I’m DYING
March 19th, 2011 06:58
I hope you realize i was joking. I actually happen to love this series. Wow, this is awkward because I posted THIS message right after it but it did not seem to upload itself: ” Jk
I love the cover of Goliath! I can’t wait for it to be released.”
Sorry Mr. Westerfeld.
March 19th, 2011 08:04
Lovely! It’s great to see Deryn and Alek side by side where they belong. The artist did a great job with Deryn: If I didn’t know better I’d have a difficult time assigning a gender to that face!
Alek is looking quite princely, indeed! (It must be the box.)
March 19th, 2011 11:34
Just thought I’d post this, in New Zealand there’s a town called Oamaru and its big on streamounk, it has its own meeting place etc. and people in the twon are involved. So they have done heaps of steampunk competitions/fashion shows etc. so if you’re into steampunk take a look its pretty cool.
The website is http://steampunkoamaru.co.nz/2010/11/
(that is not a link)
March 20th, 2011 02:54
its good but you can never get it perfect and i can’t wait untill it comes out! im so excited!
March 20th, 2011 19:26
WOW!! I love it! Deryn + Alek = PERFECT MATCH!
March 20th, 2011 19:29
I admit, this is much better than the other new covers but I much prefer the old cover. Oh well, what can you do? It’s just a cover, anyway. I will have to show this to the triplets I care for because they are going to be so excited.
March 20th, 2011 23:26
oh goodness scott. i loved the first cover. it had no people, only awesome. the second and third have disappointed me. i really did not like the second, while this one is better (they did do deryn pretty well, but she looks too young) i still just don’t like covers with people on them. i’m sure it will not make the book any less awesome though.
March 23rd, 2011 00:54
The cover is awesome!
Any, this is off-topic but have you seen this: http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2011/03/cage-match-2011-tally-youngblood-versus-katniss-everdeen.html
It’s Tally fighting with some random from another book.
I was supporting Tally!
March 23rd, 2011 07:09
Ok number one I absolutely loved the other two books and when I was done with the second book I almost screamed because I’m nowhere near september!Scott I honestly CAN NOT WAIT for the next book!
Can you pretty please get the book sooner? And the cover Alek has to be standing on a box. But Alek and Deryn perfect match! Can’t wait!
March 23rd, 2011 07:16
Scoot see if u can get someone to make a movie out of these books like twilight if u have to use Summit productions
March 24th, 2011 01:10
@CHxg
Only better that Twilight
March 26th, 2011 18:43
Wow, I stopped breathing when I saw this, it’s beyond awesome! I’m so excited for this book, I stayed up till 1 AM finishing Behemoth, it was that good!
April 1st, 2011 07:24
Ha! Isn’t that weird? Deryn and I have the same name, interesting, Eh? Omg!!! I heard a pop and I know it wasn’t my imagination. I think you have killed meh brain! Augh!!! I think my brain will die if this book doesn’t come out soon, and I think the ppl at book stores are getting irritated at me for asking every three weeks, ‘Is Goliath in yet?’ Any who, please do keep writing your amazingly awsome stories. As me, my sister and some of my greatest friends say, “It’s not over till the greatest writers have a horrible case of writers block.”
April 5th, 2011 06:24
To be honest, I’m not very happy at all with the American covers for book 2 and 3. The cover for book 1 was what drew me to it in the first place. I wouldn’t even of picked it up if these had been the covers for book 1 also.
I literally would pay more money to have covers like the 1st book.
April 12th, 2011 03:08
What’s the ship in the background? Is it the Leviathan, or is it a new ship, possibly the Goliath?
April 12th, 2011 22:16
this books are far to go for you to not try some way to have them turned into a movie. but i must say that this is not my favorite cover. i feel that the first one was much better
April 12th, 2011 22:17
i must also say i am very very sad to here this will be the finnal book
April 20th, 2011 07:16
(music starts playing)
I’m proud to be an american
where at least I know I’m free
to buy this book with this cover
and laugh at all of ye
May 10th, 2011 04:21
EEE!!!!!! Just wanna read Goliath!!! (But maybe I should first read Behemoth. Shame, isn’t it?)
OK, one request: PLEASE let the cover represent that Alek (who I always, for some reason, thought WAS taller than Deryn) and his friend “Dylan” form a relationship. I will accept the craziest scenes, secret discovered by someone else who tells Alek (probably Dr. Barlow), or even a gay relationship. I’ll accept ANYTHING, just PLEASE bring them together!! Everyone wants it!!!!!!!!
May 15th, 2011 15:50
I loved leviathan,behemoth and I can’t wait to read this. These are my favorite books and I’ve reread them both a couple times.I wish that this series had three hundred books!
June 8th, 2011 02:25
so as i read these comments i was shocked to discover that only like three noted what i have been freaking out about. DERYN LOOKS FEMININE!!!!! did she tell alek yet?! WHY IS IT NOT SEPTEMBER YET?! </3
June 14th, 2011 00:00
pssht, Alek must be standing on a box or something. I seem to remember him being short.
June 19th, 2011 19:40
After scruinizing this for ten minutes, I realized that Alek is taller than Deryn. Plus I distinkly remember Alek being short.
July 14th, 2011 03:14
Alek looks somewhat Dracula-ish…
August 15th, 2011 00:02
Not to be overly judgmental and all, but I have to agree with Bailey-wa and A’shia Myers that covers with real people on them just don’t work for such an elaborate fantasy series as this one. They really distort the imagery us readers will have while reading the story.
… I guess this volume will be just another library check-out for me like Behemoth was, however awesome both of them are / will be. :/
August 15th, 2011 17:55
when dos it come out?!?!?!FAVE BOOKS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!? THESE BOOKS!!!?????????
September 6th, 2011 04:31
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW Love the cover cant wait till goliath comes out!!!!!
December 10th, 2011 09:46
Hippie costumes remind me of my college days in my 70′s. They are so brilliant. I am long over the hippie dress and I am kinda missing those days we thought we were all cool. I had a huge afro type of hair. I would like to get the hippie afro and bit disco mix.