The Robin Hobb Collection discussion
Book 14 - Fool's Assassin
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Fool's Assassin > Part 7: Chapter 31 - Epilogue & Overall Discussion (Full Spoilers)
Em wrote: "I agree, the cover is a right old mish-mash, give me a John Howe cover any day!Maybe this bird thing is hunting/chasing Fitz and the Fool on their way to rescue Bee?
I bet the wings have nothin..."
I bet you're right there Em, rough and ready Fitz on the cover of Fools Assassin had NOTHING to do with the actual story.
He just looks dorky to me. The hair looks greasy and too curly. Isn't Fitz usually shown with his hair tied back in a warrior's tail? And the arm! Muscled yes, but disproportionate to the body. His body looks kind of stocky. The bird (even if it is a bird of prey) seems a cold animal to bond with. Man, am I full of critique. I hope the story makes up for it...Maybe the male model who posed for the previous cover wasn't available.
Maybe Fitz is aided by Webb and Swift's bird. Or as Wastrel says, maybe this is Bee's bird sent out to seek help. Maybe the wings just signify a long journey. Maybe this dude isn't even supposed to be Fitz! (OK, that won't sense).
Alfred wrote: "He just looks dorky to me. The hair looks greasy and too curly. Isn't Fitz usually shown with his hair tied back in a warrior's tail? And the arm! Muscled yes, but disproportionate to the body. ..."Maybe its a stone dragon bird?? That would be an interesting thought.
Alfred wrote: "He just looks dorky to me. The hair looks greasy and too curly. Isn't Fitz usually shown with his hair tied back in a warrior's tail? And the arm! Muscled yes, but disproportionate to the body. ..."Haha, I was going to say that about the greasy curly hair but thought I was going on a bit - glad you said it:)
One last thing, what's with his left hand? Only appears to have a thumb and it's claw-like. Almost like someone's cut the picture out and snipped off the fingers by mistake!
They couldn't be dragon wings could they? Not big enough I guess.
Em wrote: "Alfred wrote: "He just looks dorky to me. The hair looks greasy and too curly. Isn't Fitz usually shown with his hair tied back in a warrior's tail? And the arm! Muscled yes, but disproportionat..."stone dragons come in all shapes and sizes!
Ok Bee really captured my imagination Is she Fitz's daughter? or the the fools son? Is the white race multi-sexual and is that what the Fools been trying to hide all these years ? Is she a combination of Fitz and Fool? and how'd that happen? Is it because of the silver magic? FitzViligent and Shun both just got on my last nerve and WTF is Chade and Nettle doing letting them act like that? There had better be a good reason for that. There are so many questions I have and so long before August.
Well, Chade let Fitz act like that all through the first trilogy!
Emma Jane wrote: "Loved it, blazed through it an a few hours, now going to read it again. More leisurely this time, and I think I'll enjoy it more now that I dont have to dread the Fool being absent from the entire ..."Belatedly: yes, given that Fitz has literally been tortured to death in the past, the idea that his "darkest days" are yet to come is a pretty ominous promise.
Incidentally, just had an interesting idea for a trick Hobb could use. We know Fitz must survive, because he's writing the books. But now there is also Bee and her version of events. So what if Fitz reaches some 'safe' point early in the third book, say, and writes down the events up to that point, and then we only get Bee's POV from that point on? Then we couldn't know whether Fitz would survive to the end or not...
This is the Belgian cover for Fools Quest! ...more crows and BEE...aint she pretty! But also the title is 'the daughter of the assassin'...discuss!
Any translation that changes Hobb's terrible titles is welcome...
Just wondering about a sentence that really stood out for me in the epilogue:
"But one day I will carry forward as if it were tattooed with sharp needles of both pleasure and pain into the very core of my being."
The important part being "needles of pleasure AND pain."
Now, for the next book, I was thinking it would start with Fitz finding out about Bee and Withywoods and being all angry and self-blaming and Fitz-y. That's the 'pain' part. But there's no 'pleasure' there. So now I'm hoping, really hoping, that the happiness predicted in this sentence is the Fool's healing working.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this sentence? Or am I just over-analysing in my wish for the Fool to be healed?
"But one day I will carry forward as if it were tattooed with sharp needles of both pleasure and pain into the very core of my being."
The important part being "needles of pleasure AND pain."
Now, for the next book, I was thinking it would start with Fitz finding out about Bee and Withywoods and being all angry and self-blaming and Fitz-y. That's the 'pain' part. But there's no 'pleasure' there. So now I'm hoping, really hoping, that the happiness predicted in this sentence is the Fool's healing working.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this sentence? Or am I just over-analysing in my wish for the Fool to be healed?
Linnea wrote: "What do you think about Bee's magics?
I think she has both the Skill and the Wit. The Skill is quite obvious that she has, she senses her father's thoughts and emotions. But the Wit is a bit more..."
I think this might be a possibility. Having the Wit and the Skill and being a White is a incredibly unexpected person. She is the Unexpected Son, so she might be unexpected in more than just her birth, right?
I think she has both the Skill and the Wit. The Skill is quite obvious that she has, she senses her father's thoughts and emotions. But the Wit is a bit more..."
I think this might be a possibility. Having the Wit and the Skill and being a White is a incredibly unexpected person. She is the Unexpected Son, so she might be unexpected in more than just her birth, right?
Wastrel wrote: "Fool's Assassin, Fool's Quest... makes me wonder what the last one will be - Royal Fool? Golden Assassin? Assassin's Fate? This 're-use the words from older titles' thing certainly suggest she's no..."
I think I heard someone saying it's going to be called "Assassin's Fate".
It doesn't sound good for Fitz, does it? Really ominous.
I think I heard someone saying it's going to be called "Assassin's Fate".
It doesn't sound good for Fitz, does it? Really ominous.
Very excited, as Clerres or wherever Bee's headed is south of Bingtown. That means Fitz at least has to pass through Bingtown, and probably get a ship to carry him south. I'm hoping Paragon, because that meeting scene would be priceless. This does make sense, though. The Fool said at some point that events repeat themselves: Amber was Paragon's eyes, and gave him eyes. Maybe Paragon will be the Fool's eyes, and restore his sight?
Does anyone have any thoughts on Bee's Catalyst? If she's a White Prophet, then she has to have one... I think, so far, the options are: FitzVigilant. Might make sense because she fell in love with him, like the Fool fell in love with Fitz. A White/Catalyst thing, maybe.
Perseverance: If he isn't dead. He is around the same age, although we know that age doesn't matter here, but he had such a character build-up I'd be annoyed to see him die in FQ. Or maybe he survives long enough to tell Fitz about the Servants kidnapping Bee. Anyway, he's my favourite option.
I can't see Shun being a Catalyst, although she is a bastard, and unexpected... no. I really don't think she could change a thing, let alone be the Changer.
Some people are speculating Fitz will be the Catalyst again. I hope not. Poor Fitz would be so tired, and I have a feeling the Fool might be slightly jealous. And as Catalyst he would have to try not to die. So he wouldn't go into his wolf dragon and I would be shocked.
Who do you think will be Bee's Catalyst?
Perseverance: If he isn't dead. He is around the same age, although we know that age doesn't matter here, but he had such a character build-up I'd be annoyed to see him die in FQ. Or maybe he survives long enough to tell Fitz about the Servants kidnapping Bee. Anyway, he's my favourite option.
I can't see Shun being a Catalyst, although she is a bastard, and unexpected... no. I really don't think she could change a thing, let alone be the Changer.
Some people are speculating Fitz will be the Catalyst again. I hope not. Poor Fitz would be so tired, and I have a feeling the Fool might be slightly jealous. And as Catalyst he would have to try not to die. So he wouldn't go into his wolf dragon and I would be shocked.
Who do you think will be Bee's Catalyst?
Stella wrote: "Does anyone have any thoughts on Bee's Catalyst? If she's a White Prophet, then she has to have one... I think, so far, the options are: FitzVigilant. Might make sense because she fell in love with..."I think Per is Bee's catalyst. RH tweeted the other week about 'doing rewrites in her sleep' and she mentioned Per not knowing the way! The cover art for book two contains crows, so i think that Per is witted and bonds with a crow/a murder of crows to help find Bee.
I hope Per does come on the rescue mission. If he's going to be Bee's Catalyst than he'll definitely come along. If he's not, than I'm guessing his purpose is simply to tell Fitz about what happened.
Can anyone think of things that Per has done that might mean he's a Catalyst? I've a feeling that I've missed something in the book, a hint I didn't pick up on.
Can anyone think of things that Per has done that might mean he's a Catalyst? I've a feeling that I've missed something in the book, a hint I didn't pick up on.
What if under the Fools grey skin (that colour from the torture) there is a layer of brown or whatever colour he is now? So all that needs to happen is for his skin to do the peeling thing, right? And then he'll still have scars, but maybe he'll be a bit healed. In Liveships Amber was always described as looking more vibrant and healthier than before. Or have I got this horribly wrong?
Either way, I doubt Robin Hobb's going to be that nice to the Fool....
Either way, I doubt Robin Hobb's going to be that nice to the Fool....
Stella wrote: "What if under the Fools grey skin (that colour from the torture) there is a layer of brown or whatever colour he is now? So all that needs to happen is for his skin to do the peeling thing, right? ..."I agree, why does she hate him so?...is it because we love him? I can't get my head around how much suffering he has been though in his life, and she's still laying it on thick. He deserves a little happiness, bless him!
Alfred wrote: Stella wrote: "...She is the Unexpected Son"
What is your basis for that? I know that many readers have called Bee the unexpected son - but I beg to differ based on the prophecy on the unexpected son which some of us feel clearly describes Fitz.
I'm not sure, actually. The Fool did say at one point that prophecies can be and are often interpreted differently. So who interpreted it wrong: the Fool or the Servants?
The 'unexpected' part does fit both Bee and Fitz, though. I guess it's just another of those things Robin Hobb has to answer in book 2. She really does know how to create a painful cliffhanger. :)
I'm with you on the Fool POV. Imagine if the epilogue of Book 3, usually written by Fitz, was in the Fools POV. It would be so amazing, but the only way I can think of that to happen is if Fitz dies. :( That would probably be the saddest epilogue- no, chapter- I'd ever read.
What is your basis for that? I know that many readers have called Bee the unexpected son - but I beg to differ based on the prophecy on the unexpected son which some of us feel clearly describes Fitz.
I'm not sure, actually. The Fool did say at one point that prophecies can be and are often interpreted differently. So who interpreted it wrong: the Fool or the Servants?
The 'unexpected' part does fit both Bee and Fitz, though. I guess it's just another of those things Robin Hobb has to answer in book 2. She really does know how to create a painful cliffhanger. :)
I'm with you on the Fool POV. Imagine if the epilogue of Book 3, usually written by Fitz, was in the Fools POV. It would be so amazing, but the only way I can think of that to happen is if Fitz dies. :( That would probably be the saddest epilogue- no, chapter- I'd ever read.
Since Bee chipped in with her POV in the last book, I've been thinking what other characters I'd have liked to have a POV from. I think Perseverance might be interesting, with him and Bee being a younger counterpoint to Fitz and the Fool. It would have been so interesting to have a POV from Nighteyes, but since that wouldn't work now, a POV from another wit-bonded animal would be really interesting, cos I think it would reveal a lot about the nature of that magic. I did initially think that I'd love to hear from the Fool. He's my favourite character. But the more I think about it, the more I dislike the idea. I don't want to be in the Fool's head - it would be too much of him, I think his character works best seen from Fitz's point of view. I'd hate to see inside his head and then be disillusioned as to what his thinking and his motives are.
[Clearly that's Susan Sto Helit on the cover.... crossover!?]
Wastrel wrote: "[Clearly that's Susan Sto Helit on the cover.... crossover!?]"Minus the badgerlock!
Emma Jane wrote: "I don't want to be in the Fool's head - it would be too much of him, I think his character works best seen from Fitz's point of view. I'd hate to see inside his head and then be disillusioned as to what his thinking and his motives are..."You're right. Our interpretations of the Fool that might be ruined if we knew what he was actually thinking. Or not... I am thinking of Melisandre in GOT. Her POV surprised me in that she wasn't as evil as I thought, just very convicted in her faith and what she needs to do for it.
POVs I would like to hear... Kettricken and Nettle - I missed their characters, which took a backseat to the new ones. Realder, Fitz's mother, Nighteyes for sure, Chivalry (if he is truly dead).
Bee might be the closest we will ever get into a White's head.
Alfred wrote: "Wastrel wrote: "[Clearly that's Susan Sto Helit on the cover.... crossover!?]"Minus the badgerlock!"
See, the whole of Tawny Man was just foreshadowing for the crossover!
This is kind of random, but I just want to say that when Fitz was describing how the Fool looked, as in all thin and scarred and bony, the first thing that popped into my head was the scene back in Jhaampe, AQ, after Fitz's torture when the Fool says:
"When I recall how beautiful you were."
I want Fitz to remember this. :)
"When I recall how beautiful you were."
I want Fitz to remember this. :)
Stella wrote: "This is kind of random, but I just want to say that when Fitz was describing how the Fool looked, as in all thin and scarred and bony, the first thing that popped into my head was the scene back in..."I agree. The skill healing of Fitz gave him back his youthful appearance and stopped his phisical aging at 35. It would be great, as there is now such a powerful coterie , if they could feed the fool up until he has strength to cope with a full skill healing. Only Fitz knows Fools beauty inside and out!
Fools Quest went into production today. This is the UK cover by Jackie Morris.
Alfred wrote: "Scarletine wrote: "Fools Quest went into production today. This is the UK cover by Jackie Morris."
A crow!"
Exactly!...all of the covers -US, Uk and Europe have a crow on them. Someone's wit crow I reckon!...Fitz, Bee, Per?
Scarletine wrote: "Fools Quest went into production today. This is the UK cover by Jackie Morris.
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Can anyone tell what the crow's holding? Some sort of bracelet/string maybe?
And that vial- probably poison, but the positive side of me is hoping for an antidote of some sort. (Like Robin Hobb would be that nice.)
As a side note: FA was gold, FQ is going to be silver, anyone guess what colour AF will be?
Completely agree with "A little slice of heaven"!
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Can anyone tell what the crow's holding? Some sort of bracelet/string maybe?
And that vial- probably poison, but the positive side of me is hoping for an antidote of some sort. (Like Robin Hobb would be that nice.)
As a side note: FA was gold, FQ is going to be silver, anyone guess what colour AF will be?
Completely agree with "A little slice of heaven"!
Scarletine wrote: "Fools Quest went into production today. This is the UK cover by Jackie Morris.
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Did anyone else stop breathing for a second and then start laughing and jumping up and down when they saw this cover?
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Did anyone else stop breathing for a second and then start laughing and jumping up and down when they saw this cover?
Stella wrote: "Scarletine wrote: "Fools Quest went into production today. This is the UK cover by Jackie Morris."
Did anyone else stop breathing for a second and then start laughing and jumping up and down when ..."
I just want to read the damn book! :-D
Happy endings never last…
Years ago, they freed a dragon from the glaciers on Aslevjal. Then they parted ways, the Fool returning to far-off Clerres, while Fitz finally claimed a wife, a family, and a home of his own.
Now, betrayed by his own people and broken by torment, the Fool has made his way back to the Six Duchies. But as Fitz attempts to heal his old friend in Buckkeep Castle, his young daughter Bee is abducted from Withywoods by pale and mysterious raiders who leave ruin and confusion in their wake.
Fitz must find a way to rescue his beloved Bee. At the same time it is the Fool’s fiercest wish to return to Clerres with the best assassin he has ever known, to gain vengeance and justice.
Can Fitz bear to take up the tools of his old trade again, even to avenge his dearest friend and save his child?
Here's the blurb for Fool's Quest. Thoughts, anyone?
Years ago, they freed a dragon from the glaciers on Aslevjal. Then they parted ways, the Fool returning to far-off Clerres, while Fitz finally claimed a wife, a family, and a home of his own.
Now, betrayed by his own people and broken by torment, the Fool has made his way back to the Six Duchies. But as Fitz attempts to heal his old friend in Buckkeep Castle, his young daughter Bee is abducted from Withywoods by pale and mysterious raiders who leave ruin and confusion in their wake.
Fitz must find a way to rescue his beloved Bee. At the same time it is the Fool’s fiercest wish to return to Clerres with the best assassin he has ever known, to gain vengeance and justice.
Can Fitz bear to take up the tools of his old trade again, even to avenge his dearest friend and save his child?
Here's the blurb for Fool's Quest. Thoughts, anyone?
Stella wrote: "Happy endings never last…Years ago, they freed a dragon from the glaciers on Aslevjal. Then they parted ways, the Fool returning to far-off Clerres, while Fitz finally claimed a wife, a family, a..."
It gives NOTHING away!
I know, it basically just summarises the last books- but it does say the "raiders" leave "confusion". Raiders, not Servants, although it obviously is the Servants. Maybe it means there's no 'sit down and figure everything out' but more of a Fitz + axe + anger + self blaming thing. Hopefully not... But it would be SO Fitz-like.
And the Fool's 'fiercest wish' is an act of violence?! I'm so worried... the Fool hates violence. What is the true extent of his torture? What if it has changed his personality?
And the Fool's 'fiercest wish' is an act of violence?! I'm so worried... the Fool hates violence. What is the true extent of his torture? What if it has changed his personality?
Stella wrote: "I know, it basically just summarises the last books- but it does say the "raiders" leave "confusion". Raiders, not Servants, although it obviously is the Servants. Maybe it means there's no 'sit do..."There has to be some kind of sit down and work things out! No one but Fool has any idea where Clerres is! Fool needs to be fixed, he's literally been living on borrowed time!
As for Fools personality, he just wasn't the same man, was he. Torture strips away all the certianty we hold dear and lays bare all of the helplessness and fear. The Fool has been betrayed by those he thought he 'belonged' with. He left his Beloved to let him find peace and a life, but then his plan backfired when his own people tortured him for nearly 20 years and stole his eyes. Fool has suffered ten fold what he 'believes' he put Fitz through as catalyst. The impression we are given is that Fool is broken and the only thing he had left to hold on to was finding Fitz and his 'sun' before he died. I'd say his personality has most definitely changed, he is weaker, blind and his beauty has been destroyed. But Fitz knows the beauty of Fool's soul and will do anything to save his daughter and seek revenge for the suffering Fool has endured.
I'm expecting Hobb to kill him off (sob) and will be delighted if she doesn't. I don't care who else gets killed off, I just want Fitz and Fool to be together in the end!
I noted that this 2nd book is 400 pages, whereas book 1 was over 600. Lets hope its 400 amazing pages!! (rather than the 450 lacklustre pages and 150 good ones in book 1!)
I spotted the cover yesterday and feel the same. It's like a Hollywood version and very glam rock! He looks bloody awful! I think of the Fool being slender and yes androgynous and more boyish and beautiful. It's ghastly.
Alfred wrote: "On the topic of covers... This was in Robin Hobb's facebook yesterday re new cover of Golden Fool. (My thought: hate it. Also, damn US publishers.. why do they portray the covers like some cheesy..."Laughing. Oh my god!
That's closer to being Nighteyes than it is to being the Fool xD He looks more creepy than anything!
Alfred wrote: "On the topic of covers... This was in Robin Hobb's facebook yesterday re new cover of Golden Fool. (My thought: hate it. Also, damn US publishers.. why do they portray the covers like some cheesy..."Absolutely awful. I hate it. That dude looks like a cheesy 70's gay porn star, and nothing like the descriptions in Hobbs books. She said a while back she based him on early David Bowie. There are so many amazing artists who have done paintings of the Fool on Deviant art, i can't believe thats the best they could come up with. Just horrible.
I hadn't heard about her basing him on David Bowie, that's so cool. I can totally see it. And I agree, I've actually got a deviant art drawing of Lord Golden as my kindle screensaver right now, the publishers would have done a much better job just by google searching the character name and using copy and paste.
In fact, sticking David Bowie on the front would work about a million times better.
Emma Jane wrote: "I hadn't heard about her basing him on David Bowie, that's so cool. I can totally see it. And I agree, I've actually got a deviant art drawing of Lord Golden as my kindle screensaver right now, t..."
That cheesy cover will give me nightmares. Can't believe Hobb endorsed it!...it doesn't even look like the cover for a fantasy book. How many fantasy geeks would look at that cover and say 'oh i must read that!' Publishers make me mad sometimes!...most comments on her FB page say the hate it. it doesn't look like the illustrator even read the books. That guy does not have a dragon tat on his 'slender androgynous frame'...and as Amber he'd look like a dude in drag. wrong, wrong, wrong!
Scarletine wrote: "Emma Jane wrote: "I hadn't heard about her basing him on David Bowie, that's so cool. I can totally see it. And I agree, I've actually got a deviant art drawing of Lord Golden as my kindle screen..."
If I saw that for the first time in a bookshop, I wouldn't read it in a million years. It's just...so bad it defies description, but you got it pretty close with cheesy 70's gay pornstar.
To be fair, "so bad it defies description" has become traditional for US fantasy covers, and US Hobb covers in particular. It's just following in the grand heritage of:
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(oh come on, that's clearly the porno version of the book!),and of course:
MY EYES. In all the decades of people drawing dragons for the front covers of fantasy novels, that is probably the worst dragon I have ever seen. I saw better CGI dragons when I was a dragon-obsessed teenager browsing the nested-frames/guestbooks/animatedgifs/splashpages-infested amateur dragon-obsessed-teenager-art webrings in 1995. Not kidding, I really did, bored teenagers in the early 90s were doing better CGI dragons than that, and those guys animated them too!.
Factor in the terrible names (no, Robin, "Ship of Magic" isn't a great name, it makes you sound like unimaginative Enid Blyton fanfiction), and it's no wonder so many people have to be chivied into reading her by their friends, rather than picking her up in the shops...
EDIT: wait, no, turns out I picked the classy 'Ship of Magic' cover. At least, by comparison to the Audible cover:
.Seriously, it's like people are TRYING to dissuade people from reading these books...
EDIT: the Dutch cover, on the other hand, just goes with a naked-breasted woman front and centre. OK, so that does make sense in the context of the story, because she's actually a Liveship figurehead, but even so...
Wastrel wrote: "To be fair, "so bad it defies description" has become traditional for US fantasy covers, and US Hobb covers in particular. It's just following in the grand heritage of:
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Oh god that first cover is hillarious...the little fat kid from the Goonies as Fitz! The purple cover with Fitz and Nighteyes is lovely, but the dragons on that 'Dragon Haven' cover look like balloons. Is Blondie on the cover of ship of magic? and that last one...WTF? Thanks so much for sharing these Wastrel, gave me a good giggle.
In the SoM one, I like the way that the elegantly-coiffured alternative-universe Brashen is casually hoping Althea will turn around and be excited by his scarlett crotch... or possibly his knee-high leather boots. The dragons - good point! But I don't think they're balloons. I think they're real dragons, having a fight... just filled with helium. I can really see that red one screaming "nooooo! come heeeere!" as bounds through the sky in super-slow-motion, arms helplessly extended as he drifts... realising his wings aren't big enough to control where he's going... that said, on second thought the one in the background might not be a dragon at all. It seems to be standing on the groun like Godzilla, but with five legs, one wing (and a wing-shaped cloud over his shoulder)...
As for the Fitz one, I can't stand any of that series of covers. I almost posted the first one (where 'Fitz' and 'Chade' appear to be statues on a windowsill), but the sheer weirdness of this one won out for me. Was there a scene in that book where Fitz is feeling really hot so rips open his tunic and then climbs to the top of a tall tree, right in front of Castle Dracula while purple toxic clouds roll across the land, and then suddenly feels the need to pretend to be Kate Winslet and shout out that he's on top of the world? More to the point, why does Nighteyes then climb to the top of the tree, and sit down on a branch as though he were on solid ground!? Has he become some sort of ninja-footed cat-wolf??
Wastrel wrote: "Was there a scene in that book where Fitz is feeling really hot so rips open his tunic and then climbs to the top of a tall tree, right in front of Castle Dracula while purple toxic clouds roll across the land, and then suddenly feels the need to pretend to be Kate Winslet and shout out that he's on top of the world? More to the point, why does Nighteyes then climb to the top of the tree, and sit down on a branch as though he were on solid ground!? Has he become some sort of ninja-footed cat-wolf?? "HA ha! Castle Dracula and toxic clouds! I don't recall that scene either! :-) The art work is the best of a bad lot, even though it had nothing to do with the story. Actually The US cover for Fools Assassin had a macho Fitz with battle axe aloft and that had nothing to do with the story either!
I really got a good laugh out of all of them, but the first and last ones take the biscuit xDThank god I'm from the UK.
[e] and looking more closely at the first one, I realise now that the thing peeping out of chubby-child-Fitz's cloak is actually a puppy, not a teacup pig like I first thought.
I was sure I would have remembered Fitz having a teacup pig.
Was there a scene in that book where Fitz is feeling really hot so rips open his tunic and then climbs to the top of a tall tree, right in front of Castle Dracula while purple toxic clouds roll across the land, and then suddenly feels the need to pretend to be Kate Winslet and shout out that he's on top of the world? More to the point, why does Nighteyes then climb to the top of the tree, and sit down on a branch as though he were on solid ground!? Has he become some sort of ninja-footed cat-wolf??
Ha! :-) As well as all that, I couldn't quite figure out the massive moon/sun thing in the background...
Ha! :-) As well as all that, I couldn't quite figure out the massive moon/sun thing in the background...
Wastrel wrote: "Was there a scene in that book where Fitz is feeling really hot so rips open his tunic and then climbs to the top of a tall tree, right in front of Castle Dracula while purple toxic clouds roll across the land, and then suddenly feels the need to pretend to be Kate Winslet and shout out that he's on top of the world? More to the point, why does Nighteyes then climb to the top of the tree, and sit down on a branch as though he were on solid ground!? Has he become some sort of ninja-footed cat-wolf?? "Yes. You don't remember it? It came right after Fitz escaped from Alcatraz after learning all he could from Emperor Palpatine, with his trusty teacup pig Nighteyes at his side. After spending his entire childhood restricted by his overbearing cloak hood, he rips it off, them climbs the nearest tree to feel the breeze for the first time since the nuclear bomb fell, turning all of Buck into a trippy purple wasteland where tree stumps float in midair. Nighteyes got exposed to the toxic waste and ended up large, furry and wolf-like, with super spider powers, allowing him to climb the tree beside Fitz and together, they howl out a challenge to the terrifying dragon-blimps that have taken over the world...
Maybe this bird thing is hunting/chasing Fitz and the Fool on their way to rescue Bee?
I bet the wings have nothing at all to do with the story, just thrown in there for whatever reason;)