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torcs_and_timegatesIn 2013, the Exiles / Milieu books were re-released, which was great. I saw them fly off the shelves when they were available in bookshops and they appeared in libraries too (the originals long gone from shelves).
Go to this link for reference and scroll down - https://www.tikit.net/2014%20Large/RBM/StephenBradbury.html
I'm not sure about the fiery font for Julian's name though and I think the font is too big.
With the Exile books, there is a nod to the Stephen Bradbury covers. 'Many Coloured Land' repeats the skull motif and 'The Golden Torc' has a torc upon it. 'The Non Born King' does something different and features a crown on the cover.
'The Adversary' features the Double Ourobouros, a reference to the contest between the Tanu and the Firvulag. The colour of this cover is purple, which is made up of red and blue, the power colours of Elizabeth (redaction) and Marc (coercion). These two enemies of course end up as a couple who go off and save the Duat galaxy, eventually turning into First Ones *, um, I mean Lylmik.
Galactic Milieu covers - the one for 'Intervention' is my favourite. The black background makes sense as we have Earth as viewed from space and Da Vinci's 'Vitrivian Man' (which does resemble Marc a bit... hmm...) which refers to Uncle Rogi, who on occasion does that pose to squish someone who is trying to kill him. He might be just a bookstore owner, but people learn the hard way not to back him into a corner!
The V.M. also symbolises I think Rogi and his nasty twin Don, both of whom were born with psi powers, passed down through the ages from Tanu and Firulag ancestors (the tri-hybrid son of Nodonn is a direct ancestor, for example). These powers that have been fairly dormant are reappearing in a big way in the human population from the 1940's onward.
The cover for 'Jack the Bodiless' features a planet plus an eye placed over a triangle which is similiar to the one on American money.
The cover for 'Diamond Mask' features what I like to think is Caledonia, the home of Dorothea. There's a stylised mask upon the cover - not like the actual one Dorothea wears, but I will overlook this. LOL.
The cover for 'Magnificat' is to me the creepiest, and rightly so. It features a planet and some moons and everything is this nasty green colour. Something bad has happened, or is about to happen. There's a pair of white wings which symbolises Marc. The phrase on the cover is 'The rebellion brings Armageddon', which is not creepy at all. Nope. (nopes quietly out of there).
*A Babylon 5 reference - in fact, people had asked the shows creator if he had read Julian May's books because of some similiarities. I think he said he hadn't.
Go to this link for reference and scroll down - https://www.tikit.net/2014%20Large/RBM/StephenBradbury.html
I'm not sure about the fiery font for Julian's name though and I think the font is too big.
With the Exile books, there is a nod to the Stephen Bradbury covers. 'Many Coloured Land' repeats the skull motif and 'The Golden Torc' has a torc upon it. 'The Non Born King' does something different and features a crown on the cover.
'The Adversary' features the Double Ourobouros, a reference to the contest between the Tanu and the Firvulag. The colour of this cover is purple, which is made up of red and blue, the power colours of Elizabeth (redaction) and Marc (coercion). These two enemies of course end up as a couple who go off and save the Duat galaxy, eventually turning into First Ones *, um, I mean Lylmik.
Galactic Milieu covers - the one for 'Intervention' is my favourite. The black background makes sense as we have Earth as viewed from space and Da Vinci's 'Vitrivian Man' (which does resemble Marc a bit... hmm...) which refers to Uncle Rogi, who on occasion does that pose to squish someone who is trying to kill him. He might be just a bookstore owner, but people learn the hard way not to back him into a corner!
The V.M. also symbolises I think Rogi and his nasty twin Don, both of whom were born with psi powers, passed down through the ages from Tanu and Firulag ancestors (the tri-hybrid son of Nodonn is a direct ancestor, for example). These powers that have been fairly dormant are reappearing in a big way in the human population from the 1940's onward.
The cover for 'Jack the Bodiless' features a planet plus an eye placed over a triangle which is similiar to the one on American money.
The cover for 'Diamond Mask' features what I like to think is Caledonia, the home of Dorothea. There's a stylised mask upon the cover - not like the actual one Dorothea wears, but I will overlook this. LOL.
The cover for 'Magnificat' is to me the creepiest, and rightly so. It features a planet and some moons and everything is this nasty green colour. Something bad has happened, or is about to happen. There's a pair of white wings which symbolises Marc. The phrase on the cover is 'The rebellion brings Armageddon', which is not creepy at all. Nope. (nopes quietly out of there).
*A Babylon 5 reference - in fact, people had asked the shows creator if he had read Julian May's books because of some similiarities. I think he said he hadn't.
