Chris Roberson has posted on his blog the cover for the upcoming Splinter by Adam Roberts.

I’m not sure what to call the style of this homage to a first edition cover of Jules Verne’s Hector Servadac. In the automotive world, it’s called retro-futurism, the use of prior styles as a springboard to something new. (Prime examples of this are cars like the PT Cruiser, the new Ford Thunderbird that was recently discontinued, and the Chevy SSR.)

Splinter

But never mind the design style! This is one of the most-beautiful covers I’ve seen lately. I couldn’t wait until September when it comes out in order to blog about it—I had to do it now. I can only hope that the US edition of the book sports the same slacks. Here’s the folks at Solaris for creating a winner.

And what’s more, Splinter looks great with the new design of my blog!

Thanks to Lou Anders at Pyr for bringing this to my attention.