Okay, the Manual of Aeronautics comes out August 21, a mere three months and a bit from now, so it’s time to start the art reveals!
In keeping with tradition, let’s have us a vote. I’ve chosen three possible pieces of art to reveal, so choose wisely.
Which would you rather see in glorious color?
1) The bridge of the Leviathan
2) A Sultan’s elephant walker
3) A fléchette bat!
Use the comments thread below to vote (by number makes it easier), or simply to cajole, convince and coerce your fellow commenters about how they should vote.
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May 16th, 2012 06:27
I would love to see the bridge!
(And I can’t believe *I’m* the first comment. How did that happen?)
May 16th, 2012 06:43
1! The Bridge, of course!
May 16th, 2012 06:43
DEFINITELY #1! Seeing the Bridge in full color would be awesome!
May 16th, 2012 06:44
1 duh!
May 16th, 2012 06:45
1
As interested as I am to see a fléchette bat… I think the bridge of the Leviathan would make for a fascinating picture.
May 16th, 2012 06:46
I would love to see number 2!
I’ll be reading Goliath these month and I’m already looking forward to The Manual
May 16th, 2012 06:47
I seem to be alone but I’d love the see the fléchette bat! I’d love to see their digestive tract, for one thing!
May 16th, 2012 06:48
1! I’ve always wanted a closer look of the Leviathan! I can’t wait!
May 16th, 2012 06:49
#3! I want to see the Flechette bat!
May 16th, 2012 06:51
I would really love to see the bridge of the Leviathan!
May 16th, 2012 06:51
1!
May 16th, 2012 06:52
1! The bridge!
May 16th, 2012 06:52
The bridge!
May 16th, 2012 06:57
#1, please. I’m so excited to see what the colors are!
May 16th, 2012 06:58
Yet another vote for the bridge of the Leviathan!
May 16th, 2012 07:12
The bridge! Or all three!
May 16th, 2012 07:15
#1 please.
May 16th, 2012 07:15
Number 2! Definitely the elephant walker!
May 16th, 2012 07:16
#1 fo sho!
Also- how do you chose which fanarts to show on FAF? Can we email suggestions whenever, or just when you request them?
May 16th, 2012 07:16
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May 16th, 2012 07:18
1. No contest.
Well, unless it’s a pic we’ve already seen, but just with color included. Then 3.
May 16th, 2012 07:21
@19. Well. If you have fanart to send in yourself, simply attach it to an email to scott. click “click here to contact scott” at the top of the page to get his email. If it’s in a link, email him the link, or possibly twitter him.
May 16th, 2012 07:31
#1 of course!
May 16th, 2012 07:35
Number 1! I can’t believe this is happening…. Be still my beating heart.
May 16th, 2012 07:36
I’m going with number 3, those beasties have always intrigued me.
May 16th, 2012 07:44
The bridge of the Leviathan for sure!!!!
May 16th, 2012 08:23
Number 1! The other two don’t even compare.
May 16th, 2012 08:30
1
May 16th, 2012 08:43
#3!!!!!!!!
May 16th, 2012 08:50
Definitely #2 or the bridge.
May 16th, 2012 08:53
#1 Please! Cant wait, getting ready to pre-order it!
May 16th, 2012 09:07
Oh mi gosh! The bridge would be fantastic to see since the Trilogy did start from the Leviathan, I think it would be symbolic to show it first…. right? *You’re supposed to agree with me right there* ;D
So #1 would be amazing, and I can’t wait to see everything in color but at the same time terrified that it wouldn’t be as I imagined it to be…
Definitely ordering the book soon.
May 16th, 2012 09:24
The Sultan’s elephant walker. I haven’t quite figured that one out; the others I can imagine.
May 16th, 2012 09:47
#2
May 16th, 2012 09:54
#1!!!!!!!!!
May 16th, 2012 10:08
1 please!
May 16th, 2012 10:23
#1 for sure the bridge will be amazing, especially if it is annotated, then we can learn to control it if it floats by… and #2 surely wouldn’t have that much colour??
#1 definately
May 16th, 2012 10:24
*not 2 meant 3 wouldnt have much colour
not sure if this counts again but
#1!
May 16th, 2012 10:30
# 1 please~
May 16th, 2012 11:21
hmmm.. I think 1.
May 16th, 2012 11:46
The bridge!
May 16th, 2012 11:51
The bridge of course ! *_*
May 16th, 2012 11:57
Flechette bats! I have always wondered what they look like and how “it” happens!
May 16th, 2012 12:04
the bat, the bat!
May 16th, 2012 13:47
1 i would love to see the bridge
in detail and colour 
May 16th, 2012 14:35
I’m going to be a complete sheep and go with 1.
May 16th, 2012 15:32
It’s gotta be #1
May 16th, 2012 15:54
We’ve seen the bridge and the walker without color already. I want a flechette bat pretty please!!
May 16th, 2012 16:27
Eins bitte. (translation) 1 please.
May 16th, 2012 16:52
The bridge!!!!!!!!!!
May 16th, 2012 16:55
the flechette bat
May 16th, 2012 17:10
#1
May 16th, 2012 17:35
#3 BAT!
May 16th, 2012 17:40
#3!!! Please
May 16th, 2012 18:26
#1 The bridge!
May 16th, 2012 18:55
The bridge of the Leviathan. I love this books
May 16th, 2012 18:55
1…..or 3.
May 16th, 2012 19:00
#3 the bat!! Everybody! Bats are ADORABLE.
May 16th, 2012 19:13
#1 The bridge!
May 16th, 2012 19:24
2
May 16th, 2012 20:11
Elephant walker; definitely!!!!!! I’m so excited for this
May 16th, 2012 21:03
1! The bridge would be EPIC!!!!!
May 16th, 2012 22:05
3. I loves bats!
May 16th, 2012 22:33
3. Bats, bats, bats!
May 16th, 2012 22:40
#1 definitely
May 16th, 2012 23:22
#3 actually, since i’ve always been a bit confused as to what they are. Then #1 because its the LEVIATHAN, DUH, although #2 is probably the coolest-looking
i suppose there wont be a terribly lot of clanker stuff in here? Im a total clanker fan, hahaha
May 16th, 2012 23:50
#1 because the bride is going to look awesome!
May 16th, 2012 23:55
I’m pretty sure there’s no chance in hell that anything but #1 is going to win, BUT I’m gonna go ahead and cast my vote for #3, a fléchette bat!
May 17th, 2012 00:48
numero uno!
I wonder if, since the manual will apparently include ottaman walkers, it will include the uniforms and styles of the ottaman empire. I’ve always been curious as to what the difference is between western and turkish clothing, because in the illustrations I didn’t see a difference….
May 17th, 2012 00:49
1 or 3!!!
May 17th, 2012 00:53
#3, definitely. Those flechette bats are cool.
May 17th, 2012 01:14
I’d kind of like to see a fléchette bat up close. . .
May 17th, 2012 01:26
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May 17th, 2012 01:38
1 all the way (but there are so many ones all the way to this point that you may not even need to scroll down this far.)
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May 17th, 2012 01:40
3) A fléchette bat!
May 17th, 2012 01:57
I would like to see what a flechette bat looks like! but an elephant walker is just AWESOME!!!!
May 17th, 2012 02:15
#1!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 17th, 2012 02:17
#2
May 17th, 2012 02:18
I’m interested to see 3… although it seems we’ll be seeing 1 first… well anyways I VOTE 3.
May 17th, 2012 02:54
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May 17th, 2012 02:54
#1 yo
May 17th, 2012 03:08
Das eins!
May 17th, 2012 03:25
I want… I want…. Uh, the elephant walker? Yes. I want that. I think.
May 17th, 2012 03:48
#2 would be cool. (Even though one seems to be too far ahead to compete with.) I happen to like machines a lot.
@Comment 33 on previous post: Apparently there ARE CLANKER THINGS in a British Manual of Aeronautics!!!!! See that with the caps? That was for EMPHASIS!!
May 17th, 2012 04:45
Number 1! I’d love seeing the Leviathan up close.
My second chokce would definately be the bats…
May 17th, 2012 04:53
Sadly I know that one shall win. But I ill still vote.
THREE. ME WANT THE BAT. ALL COLORIFIED.
May 17th, 2012 04:56
1. But in all honesty i’d be happy with any of them
May 17th, 2012 05:11
the bridge, please! almost cried when i saw this post
May 17th, 2012 05:23
THE BRIDGE.
May 17th, 2012 05:30
But after 1 I should like to see 3 as it is the only one without a close up illustration in the books.
May 17th, 2012 06:15
Yay! Either 1 or 3, preferably 1…
May 17th, 2012 06:24
I believe the bridge because vladimir gvozdariki’s mechanical elephant is AMAZING and i’ve seen it already, courtesy of google images.
Bridge – never before seen,
Flechette bats – look like normal bats.
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May 17th, 2012 06:43
#2 of course!
May 17th, 2012 06:45
2 please!
May 17th, 2012 06:46
The bridge of the Leviathan!
May 17th, 2012 06:47
1! I’ve always had a little trouble wrapping my had around the size and architecture of the leviathan. I want to see how things fit.
May 17th, 2012 06:48
1) The bridge of the Leviathan
May 17th, 2012 06:49
#1 The bridge of the Leviathan!
May 17th, 2012 06:51
1!!!!!
May 17th, 2012 06:54
Elephant walker!
May 17th, 2012 06:55
#1! The bridge, a thousand times over!!
May 17th, 2012 06:57
Leviathan bridge! #1
May 17th, 2012 06:59
#1! I really want to see the bridge drawn out
May 17th, 2012 07:02
#2! It would be cool to see!
May 17th, 2012 07:02
BRIDGEEEEEEE
May 17th, 2012 07:05
bat!!!!!! never saw those suckers in the book, was always interested in what they looked like!
May 17th, 2012 07:05
#2, the elephant would be awesome!
May 17th, 2012 07:05
#2! Clanker tech is the best! I think that #1 has won out though.
May 17th, 2012 07:09
#1! It would be great to see one of the bats, but the bridge, oh, I’m swooning just thinking about it.
May 17th, 2012 07:09
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BAT BAT BAT BAT!
I might be mildly obsessed with bats… I might have stopped reading for a moment the first time I read Leviathan to celebrate the fact that bats weren’t being used as an evil character or as something to be feared.
Umm… yes. Bats, please!
May 17th, 2012 07:18
3–Bat!
May 17th, 2012 07:22
I hope the 26 1s on comment 74 aren’t all counted.
May 17th, 2012 07:47
#1, but I would also love #3. Heck, any would be wonderful!
May 17th, 2012 07:56
The Bridge!
May 17th, 2012 08:22
The elephant walker.
May 17th, 2012 08:32
#1 all the way! Very excited.
May 17th, 2012 11:08
3) A fléchette bat!
May 17th, 2012 15:06
#1!!!
May 17th, 2012 17:37
Can I vote twice for the same thing??
If so….
#3!!!! (again)
May 17th, 2012 21:33
Steam Elephant
May 17th, 2012 23:07
#1 Please!
May 18th, 2012 00:43
hhhmm……how about ….no no no ……………..lets go with #2……………………….or…
May 18th, 2012 00:48
has anyone considerd the art might be a cross section if so imagin how awsome #2 could be
May 18th, 2012 01:34
I’d like to see the bridge!!
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(AND ALEK AND DERYN. MAKING OUT.)
(Do HTML tags work in these things…ah well. Let’s find out!!
May 18th, 2012 01:59
*does it in a cheer.* #3! #3! #3! What do we wanna see?! #3!
May 18th, 2012 02:27
#3! I want to see a flechette bat close up!
May 18th, 2012 02:32
I would love to see hmmm… number 2. The elephants are awesome!!!
May 18th, 2012 02:39
#3!
May 18th, 2012 03:07
Omg! It would be awesome if the manual included the goliath bonus chapter! Id love to see it in print! Awesomness!!!!!!!!!!!
May 18th, 2012 03:16
NUMBAH 1
May 18th, 2012 03:27
#1! Seeing the bridge in full color would be EPIC
May 18th, 2012 03:40
I am reminding you that I’d love to see 1.
@129 Yes! Unfortunately if they didn’t already think of that it’s too late (obviously)
May 18th, 2012 04:39
111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111!
Enough said
May 18th, 2012 04:45
BRIDGE!
May 18th, 2012 04:46
I just realized something; I’ll probably be back in school when the Manual comes out. Barking spiders.
May 18th, 2012 05:45
#1
THE BRIDGE!!!
May 18th, 2012 06:31
Wait, what happens on this bridge?
I haven’t read Leviathan in a few months…
May 18th, 2012 06:46
#1 Please.
May 18th, 2012 08:17
Number 1 definetly!!
May 18th, 2012 09:42
3) A fléchette bat!
May 18th, 2012 09:49
The bridge!!!
May 18th, 2012 09:56
Definitely the bridge of the Leviathan!
I cannot WAIT until this is on bookshelves!
May 18th, 2012 12:11
1!!!
May 18th, 2012 13:04
Number 1, the bridge!!!
May 18th, 2012 14:36
The bridge
May 18th, 2012 14:58
I say one or three! I reeeeally want to see the bridge and the bats!
May 18th, 2012 15:33
i wanna see a flechette bat, i’ve never actually seen one up close…
but i guess everyone else wants the bridge :3
May 18th, 2012 16:15
A vote for the bridge from me!
May 18th, 2012 19:24
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May 18th, 2012 19:53
THE BRIDGE!!
May 18th, 2012 21:43
the elephant walker!!!
May 18th, 2012 22:12
The bloody bridge!
May 18th, 2012 23:56
Number 1! The bridge! Please!!!!
May 19th, 2012 00:14
#1!
May 19th, 2012 00:19
1!
Because it’s the bridge. And bridges are awesome.
May 19th, 2012 00:54
umm…errgh…oh… well, i personally lean toward Clanker and would love to see #2, but the #1, the bridge, so exciting… as long as all three are in the Manual i guess i’m fine. and how’d Clanker stuff get into the British Darwinist Manual???
May 19th, 2012 02:17
#3! I wanna see what they look like close up, not just a black cloud in the background!
May 19th, 2012 02:19
One, the bridge.
May 19th, 2012 02:29
numero uno! i want to see #1 I really want to see the colour of fabricated wood
May 19th, 2012 02:35
the bridge! no contest!
May 19th, 2012 02:40
Number 1!
May 19th, 2012 02:47
Number 1, definitely.
May 19th, 2012 02:56
RUTH VOTES BRIDGE. (Ruth is me)
May 19th, 2012 03:11
#1. I’d REALLY like to see the bridge.
May 19th, 2012 03:20
I’m honestly stuck between numbers 1 and 3… those bats have always been very interesting to me, yet the bridge in color is as equally great.
I think i’ll go with the bridge, because the majority (If i had to guess…) said #1.
May 19th, 2012 03:23
1 please!!! ^ ^ My cat will eat you if you don’t vote for 1!
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May 19th, 2012 03:38
3.
May 19th, 2012 04:15
#3 fléchette bat please!
May 19th, 2012 05:28
1.
May 19th, 2012 08:12
3!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 19th, 2012 08:28
The Sultan’s Elephant walker!
May 19th, 2012 10:00
1: the bridge on the Leviathan!!!!!!
May 20th, 2012 04:28
1!!! U v U
May 20th, 2012 05:30
If the elephant walker is big and has many guns, then 2.
May 20th, 2012 06:49
1 for sure! But it’s mostly because the other two pictures will mostly have only one object in them, but with the bridge we will get to see the whole internal anatomy of the Leviathan in COLOR!
May 20th, 2012 14:39
That’s a tough one >.< I'm going to say 1, but any of them would be awesome!
I so wanted to go to the writers festival today but I was working
May 23rd, 2012 04:00
#1 please!
May 23rd, 2012 04:30
Absolutely the bridge.
May 25th, 2012 08:08
#3!!!! FLACHETTE BATS!!!!
May 25th, 2012 08:09
It’s too late anyway though to vote…
May 25th, 2012 20:38
@180- Well, most of the people voted for what I was going to say, anyway.
May 27th, 2012 08:37
#3