OK so on most of the covers it's Aviendha, not Elayne. My bad. I forgot that she wears that outfit when... [redacted for spoilers]. I still maintain that her attitude is all wrong and I won't stand for it 😂

Bookborn: Hey let's just do what most people would consider a quick, easy, fun video also Bookborn: does a ton of research

Yes, we were still unhappy when the real Gathering Storm cover was released. It's the "Rand Yells at the Dark One to Get The Hell Off His Lawn" cover.

I really enjoyed how you put in the quotes of Robert Jordans thoughts, made this cover ranking a lot more interesting and engaging than the other ones I have seen.

I do miss the days when Books had epic paintings on their covers that you'd want to find a print off and hang on the wall.

The cover for eye of the world is what drew me to the series initially in my late teenage years, I think it's a great classic fantasy book cover which gets the imagination churning

I love the center section in the 1998 book "The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan & Teresa Patterson, the book covers are reproduced in a section titled "Some narrative paintings of questionable authenticity".

I remember finding the cover weird when I started reading the books. That was around 2003, and these are very 90s covers. But I got fond of them eventually. And I agree, The Eye of The World is the best and most memorable one, as flawed as it is :)

Great video! Really didn’t expect it to be this fun and informative.

As a huge fan of cover art, I love this deep dive you did! And very nice touch doing the research to give us RJ's thoughts on the covers as well. Great video! 💯

Just found your channel and I’m really loving your takes and content. Hope more people keep finding you.

The 90s covers of the books remind me of some of the artworks in various cards of Magic: The Gathering in those days. But I'm still looking for a convincing bit before I get started with the WoT series. 😍🤓🥰

i loved this video! i think it was creative of you and fun. i often stared at this art thinking the same things 😝 i was wondering if you would be willing to do another episode just like this but with the new fancy covers. 🙏i personally love the new art.

Nick Cage! I died. I'll never unsee it! And now, someone is gonna edit the show and plaster Nick's face on Rand. lol That giant Rand in Lord of Chaos must be a little jab at Jordan. Hey, you want him taller? Here! lol That Office insert was hilarious. I got into Wheel of Time pretty late tbh. But it's the cover for Memory of Light that made me realize I should love myself more and start reading the entire series.

Great channel, really excited that this series is getting more attention from people who would might never have known it existed if not for the show. I'm really curious as to what the covers would have looked like if Jordan had a direct hand in them, honestly that goes for *a lot* of writers, I had no idea the publisher had such a big hand in this - to the point of not even taking critique from the author himself seriously(on that note, I'd love to see more "lore" videos on Robert Jordan and his comments/thoughts on the series through the years)... That aside, I will now ALWAYS see Nick Cage on the EoTW cover lmao.

For the Great Hunt, I always thought it was Rand, Selene and Loial. The Fires of Heaven gets the iconic look of Mat right, which is good. You are not entirely correct about a Crown of Swords. They had the DKS art on the physical copies here, but I think they introduced alternative versions around that time that bookstores could choose. Agree that the Path of Daggers cover is great. The woman on Winter's Heart should be Berelain or Alliendre or one of the Aes Sedai in that camp? The Gathering Storm: given what scene it is, it makes more sense for it to be Min, but wrong hair color.. A Memory of Light: Rand is on the mockup cover though.. on top of the pyre. In general, it is not just the size of people being off, but their internal proportions and poses. And all the horses except for Lan's are too small, not just Moraine's.

I’m gonna follow each book commentary as soon as I read them! AND I’m so thrilled that a book tube channel is featuring them prose-packed compact portable and RELATABLE quintessential paperbacks of WoT series! And nobody had yet mentioned Jordan’s thoughts on the Sweet cover! Kudos! (As for other channels, don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the featuring of wishlist special edition covers and ooh, aah, when you have the moolah, but I also very much appreciate the featuring of the famous covers that we can do all enjoy!) and reminded below of the gorgeous evocative Raymond Feist covers! Will you be doing those? For me, rather than shelling out for special edition hardcovers, oy. I rather get the Feist covers for re-reads after the Sweet paperbacks down the line and library display!

LOVE the Cap shield behind you. Perfect backdrop, I think.

I love all the research you did for this.

Just wanted to point out that Rand is actually in Sweet's art for Memory of Light. Personally like it way more than the final cover. Great video!

Because of that first cover I always imagined Egwaine as blonde :D awesome video, especially loved the quotes you got from Jordan!

I have been really burning through some of your videos and just want to say that they are awesome. You talk very fast and elegant, and the amount of research / visuals is impressive. I have never seen that Crown of Swords I have only ever seen the blue one which I bought but it was probably somewhere around 2005. Maybe they stopped selling the text one after an initial run? Or maybe it was an america only thing? I think I would have Fires of Heaven much higher, mainly because I like Mat's weapon but also because I think it is more actiony, which I was just thinking when you said it wasn't. I guess I find Rands casual stance a showcase of his power, he is confident and casual when Mat and aviendha are worried and on edge. The best part is my memory of pretty much all the "horned" enemies is that they must be Seanchan with their "insect" like helmets but now I feel incredibly foolish. I guess they are Trollocs with human bodys but with animal heads under different animal head styled armour ha.

Nicholas Cage Rand, Fabio Rand, and Jean-Claude Van Damme Rand are such a gift to us. I see great (if obscure) Halloween costume opportunities for when ‘Rand al’Thor’ is a household name.

For Fires of Heaven, I think the red head girl is Aviendha.

This was a fun journey through the cover art of the books, thanks! I actually have the Darrell Sweet cover art on my paperback copy of A Crown of Swords, I had no idea until seeing this video that there was a boring maroon version. You learn something new every day...

The video I’ve been waiting for.

So much nostalgia in these covers! Sad to say, it was because of the covers I was not interested in the series when I first saw them many years ago. I'm now in book 4 on my first(ish) read through and can honestly say I wish I had the set with these covers!! How the wheels have turned.

Great video! Fair assessment all round, I think. Surprised at how my kind quickly went to romance books for a couple of covers 🤣 Now I really I don't count myself as a proper WOT fan, so, from a purely aesthetic perspective, my favourite cover has to be 'Memory of Light'. There's just something about the subject, colours and pose that gives it a certain dynamism 🤩

Fun video! My favorite cover is The Dragon Reborn.

A crown of swords was originally released with the fantasy artwork. The plainer covers were done for all of the books not just number 7. I have been following the series religiously since the first book was release when I was 18 so I saw it first hand when it came out.

I love this style of campy pulpy fantasy art and it's super nostalgic for me with this series in particular. These books started to come out when I was a really little kid (too young to read this kind of book), and I remember seeing them in the bookstore and the library, etc., and I would make up stories in my head about what happens in the book, based on the cover. I think they appealed to me because they kind of looked like cartoons from the 80s that I would have watched around this same time (like The Last Unicorn, He-Man, etc.) I hope they never stop printing these covers even though the original artwork is so ridiculous sometimes. The newer artwork is probably closer to descriptions in the story, but it makes it more realistic sort of, and removes some of that magical 90s cheesy fantasy feeling that I've always associated with these books.

Ohhhh! So THAT was the guy who designed my Sourcery and Wyrd Sisters books I had as a kid!! Even back then, I knew something was not right about those covers - they lacked the busyness and fun weirdness of the Josh Kirby Discworld covers that I so loved :D Thanks for clearing up that lifelong mystery, Bookborn :)

Revisiting this because it’s fun, and I’m in a WOT mood given the Jordancon video/interviews from the set of season three (with a very cool/important location!)

I think my favorite would have to be the Great Hunt. I liked it because the main characters went their separate ways only to be reunited again in the battle against the Seachan.

Have you done this for the new edition covers that eventually came out? Love this video!

I first encountered Sweet's artwork on the covers of Stephen R Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Pushed me to purchase. I was one of the people who believed that the unfinished cover should have been used as the cover. Lastly, I absolutely LOVED the digital edition cover of The Fires of Heaven, featuring Moiraine. I was fortune enough to meet artist Dan dos Santos and I purchased a print, which he signed for me. It is framed and hanging in my library now.

SO COOL!!

This is increasing becoming my favorite booktube channel. By chance, are you familiar with Daniel Greene content ? I am curious, because I was able to glean more info re wot from you than him and I love his work ! You are amazing.

I agree, a memory of light is a great cover. When the book was released I lived in England and I was initially disappointed at the cover, but then came to love the simplistic British release cover. If you havnt seen the covers from other countries its worth a look. My copy of a memory of light is the only one I have not in original cover art. But I like it just the same

The Great Hunt cover is Rand, Loial & Lanfear in her Selene guise. When watching "Wolf" with Jack Nicholson, you can see "The Dragon Reborn" with the distinctive Ba'alzamon head on the spine of a book on a bookshelf behind him in his office. Shadow Rising cover, I think feels like they mixed up a couple of different scenes. Egwene never cooks in the book and neither Mat nor Rand brought a bow to the Aiel Waste. There were peddlers with wagons there, but not Tinker wagons. Those were in the Two Rivers, and if you ignore the clear desert setting, that scene would work better if it was a pre-beard Perrin confronting Lord Luc (not that it happened in a Tinker wagon, but whatever...). For Lord of Chaos, I thought that was Sheriam on the cover, because of the red hair, until I read it. It's strange that people think the redheads are Elayne, since from book 3 on she was mostly described as blonde or golden-haired. Not coincidentally, that was when Aviendha showed up, and I think Jordan decided that having two redheads with Rand, whose red hair is such a distinctive trait, would be weird. For Crown of Swords, the hardcover was released with the Sweet art. I have also seen paperbacks with the same cover. Also, the original sketch for the cover had him holding a sword with two hands, which might explain the two clenched fists. I think he looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger on it. Mat was 21 in Crossroads of Twilight (he & Rand & Perrin turned 21 near the end of Lord of Chaos) Whose body do you think Elayne, Aviendha and Min are looking at in the Sweet cover to aMoL?

The was also a painting by Darrell K Sweet for the original novella version of New Spring, which appeared inside the cover of the "Legends" anthology, in which it first appeared. It shows Lan and Bukama's confrontation with the city guards.

This topic is dear to my heart. The WoT covers have given me many a laugh. AMoL cover is easily my favorite. The following covers crack me up: EotW: Lol the Nick cage thing is killing me. Like you said, I will never unsee it. TGH: The "trollocs" are funny. I assume the cover is Rand, Selene, and Loial during the scene when they recover the horn from Fain and the trollocs midway through the book. Selene is supposed to be the most beautiful women you'll ever see and she looks hilariously awful on the cover. TDR: Rands renaissance fair outfit kills me. LoC: Fabio Rand TGS: Rand's tiny hand after breaking out of the Haunted House ride at disneyland lol This was a very fun video. Thanks for making it.

As a kid, Ba'alzamon's head on the Dragon Reborn's cover freaked me out when I saw it on my parent's bookshelf. I was legit scared of it. Ten years later, I started reading them and laughed when I got the third one and realized: this was the same book that scared me.

Great Ranking! I always assumed it was Aviendha in that FoH cover. Overall I don’t love the covers outside a couple…but they do feel a bit nostalgic and I do like them for how they transport me back to my first time reading. Eye of the World cover is just iconic even if it’s inaccurate. I would actually love to see a Michael Whelan take on each of the other books. My cover rankings: 1. A Memory of Light 2. The Eye of the World 3. Path of Daggers 4. Dragon Reborn 5. Fires of Heaven 6. Tower of Midnight 7. Gathering Storm 8. Shadow Rising 9. Crossroads of Twilight 10. Winter’s Heart 11. The Great Hunt 12. A Crown of Swords 13. Lord of Chaos 14. Knife of Dreams

That’s so weird that they published A Crown of Swords without the cover art! I actually have a physical copy of it with the cover art so I wonder at what point they put it back on? Loved the video and all the research you did!

When I started reading the books I read the swedish translation of them as I am swedish, lol. Fun fact, they actually split all books into 2 installments probably for the same reason you mentioned. Knife of Dreams was the last book that was actually translated into swedish so 11 books turned into 22, the books after that were never translated though. I have read through the full series in english a few times afterwards, lol.

I never been the biggest fan of the original covers either, so this video is interesting. Like you, I haven't read Wheel of Time in awhile, for about ten years. I was a huge fan of the series, but I actually never finished the series. By the time the last book was out, I wasn't reading much fantasy and was very busy. I keep telling myself to re-read the books and actually finish it, but I'm afraid like you had been. But after you said it was a great read with nostalgia, I'll like to try and read it again. I really do miss the characters and I would like to see what I think of it now compared to when I first read it at 20 (I'm 36 now).

You could check out the covers of the Swedish translations. They split some of the books so there are a total of 20 covers. The first one named "Farornas väg" painted by the artist Luis Royo mirrors the cover of "the Eye of the World", except the scene is depicted from the front.

Happy Fall reading to you 😊🍁📚

I just discovered that I *can* get the MoL cover as a print. The artist, Michael Whelan, has a website and sells prints of many of his book covers, including this one. Needless to say, I bought a print right away! 😀

i also love the eye of the world cover, but not because it's good haha but you are totally right the nostalgia and classic fantasy vibe

I knew there was something else I meant to say, and forgot by the end of the video! The Great Hunt cover, isn't it meant to be Rand, Loial and "Selene" after they come back from the portal stone world and nick the horn back?

Your comments about LoC looking like a romance novel are spot on. I remember explaining to people that, no it's not a romance novel, it's a very good fantasy novel. While I had never heard most of these comments from the authors about the artwork, I had heard Brandon express that he is fortunate to have more control over his artwork than most authors get. On another note, related to comments from the authors, but not to the cover art . . . Robert and Brandon are very different in their stance to pronunciation. When fans asked Robert questions, he is reported to have sternly corrected their pronunciation before answering their questions. Brandon never does this, and when he is asked about pronunciation I have seen him refuse to answer, by explaining that when you read a book, you get to be your own director and you may use any pronunciation you like. I thought of this, because in this video many of your pronunciations are different than the pronunciation I use. Part of me wants to say you're wrong, but the kinder part of me stops and realizes that you pronounced a name, I understood whom you were talking about and therefore I understood you. You communicated successfully and made a fun video. So, you're not wrong, just unique . . . just like everyone else. With that in mind. Thank you for the fun video. One of my least favorite names, however, became one of my favorite names when I saw a video with Robert answering a question about how to pronounce a name. I wish I could find the video now, but I have tried and failed several times. The interviewer asked him how to pronounce one name. Robert gave an exasperated sigh, pronounced the name, then went on to pronounce a string of names and words that are often mispronounced. Before that point, I had no clue how to pronounce Semirhage, which was in that string, but nothing I had tried appealed to me. I didn't like the name. Then, when I saw that video and heard him pronounce it, it became a very cool name and nobody pronounces it the way he did. But, I wish they did. Earlier books didn't include her name in the glossary, and later books dropped the pronunciation guide (probably because it was worthless), so without being able to find that video we can only take Brandon's advice and let each of us be our own director. I keep telling myself that I'm fine with that. In case you're curious about the pronunciation I heard, he pronounced it with the 'se' from the word semi (the truck) or 'sem' from semester followed by or blended with the word mirage. The soft 'g' somehow makes the name much more feminine and that pronunciation makes the name much more pleasing than anything I had tried before.

The mock up was interesting that's min's vision of Rand's death. I also think shadow rising is the "merchant" dark friends.

The Crown of Swords art cover one is what I've always had in paperback. I got it back around 98.

I am back in crown of swords second time through btw. And this series really makes me happy.

I think you had a solid ranking of the covers. I like the point that the art isn't necessarily about what's in the book as much as a poster to sell the book. It seems to me that it fails on both levels. As a man of 55, I feel that the cartoonish covers poorly display what a deep series it is. I don't feel that way about Michael Wheelan art in Asimov and Anne McCaffrey books. Often, I feel some of the perceived YA nature of the genre comes from how it appears on shelves. I feel the "dwarf Moiraine" comment. I wish they didn't say she it short in the books as I picture her more as a Kate Beckinsale in my mind. The character on the cover never would have physically been able to execute her confrontation with Lanfear in book 5. I'm in book 6 and the only thing I can guess about the Fabio scene is that maybe he looks so confused is because this might be where he's getting bonded uninvited. What I now find are trollics I thought were Seanchan based on how they were dressed more like insects than animals dressed like men. BTW, I've heard book 7 called "Rand never misses arm day" cover.

Dannil Lewin is a Two Rivers man of an age with the boys and is featured prominently throughout the series starting in book 5

I purchased the hardback version of 'Crown of Swords' when it was originally released, and it had the illustration of Rand in Shadar Logoth on it. I also own a very early paperback copy of CoS, it also has the illustration of Rand in Shadar Logoth. I didn't realise some places only got the basic maroon cover of Crown of Swords, but that certainly wasn't the case everywhere. Have to politely disagree regarding the 'The Fires of Heaven' cover, it's great imo. Mat looks protective of Rand the way he's looking over his shoulder at what might be lurking behind them, whilst Rand looks entirely menacing in his famous red coat, the first time on a cover when he actually looks the Dragon Reborn as opposed to an out-of-proportion side-character in Robin Hood clothes. Covers I really like: Path of Daggers, A Crown of Swords, The Eye of the World and The Fires of Heaven. They're all awesome imo, especially Path of Daggers and Crown of Swords, when Rand looks a legit BAMF. Whilst the rest are at best meh, and at worst p terrible. Lord of Chaos is okay, despite short-legged Rand in his open-necked white shirt and the Dragkhar flying overhead, the latter ofc being ridiculous considering it's a depiction of Dumai's Wells with literally loads of male channellers milling around below, who would have blasted it out of the air! The formal issues with the illustrations and problems with perspective often leave a lot to desired: the dwarf Moraine, the too-short legs of numerous characters, and ofc Rand's shrunken arm on The Gathering Storm, to name but three. That said, they remain hugely nostalgic for me, and I prefer them over the covers that had no illustrations that eventually replaced them. Real shame images from the tv show are finding their way onto the covers now. I refuse to watch the tv show, just don't want to spoil how I see the WoT world with someone's else's idea of it and, considering the revisions I've heard they made, I really don't think the tv show is enough of an accurate portrayal of the books that they should be using stills from it. I didn't like stills being used from the GoT tv series on book covers either tbh. Great video, really loving the coverage of the Wheel of Time books on your channel. Keep up the good work!

Moiraine the halfling wizard on her white gelding beside Lan who’s ready to go to war! Followed by Rand al’Castor Troy! (Nic Cage - Face/Off)

I would love to see different drafts of the covers, the ones before Jordan talked to sweet, and see which discrepancies didn't make it onto the covers.

Although my first book in the series was The Great Hunt (loved the horn and the trollocs), I'd still put A Memory of light as my number one with Eye of the World second. AMoL because how magnificent Rand looks and EotW because blue is my favorite color and loved the moon contrasting Lan, just iconic in my eyes. Least favorite are prolly Path of Daggers, Winter's Heart and Knife of Dreams. Haha might be a coincidence with them being the least favorite books to read through. Thank you for sharing.

Dannel the 4th boy also appeared in a later book and said to Perrin something about "If I had joined you" been a while since I read it, can't remember too well.

FYI- Crown of Swords has that blue cover in paperback in Australia. I have it in my right now

Eye of the World and Memory of Light are the only two covers that ever drew me in. The rest were just there.

Pretty sure the woman on the cover of the great hunt is Lanfear. (Selene) (It's when they are in the mirror of the wheel place)

I’ve always thought that in the Great Hunt cover, the woman on it was Selene/Spoiler, not Egwene, but maybe I’m wrong. Just, in the book, Egwene and Rand weren’t with each other very often, so it didn’t make sense for them to be together on the cover.

Have you seen the Japanese version of the covers? There are 64 of them (so I guess they divided one book in 5 parts?). They look amazingly drawn, so beautiful.

Omg I actually stopped reading the WoT in 2013 because I brought Lord of Chaos to a beach. 😂 I feel kinda bad that I cared so much what others thought about me back then but I was mortified by this cover. Also Crown of Swords' cover was probably in response to people who had similar experiences to me with Lord of Chaos at the beach.

I think it would be cool to do a cosmere version of this video.

Oof, these covers are making me glad I didn't discover this series until recently!

Re: "Memory of Light" cover, the mock-up art absolutely does include Rand. I won't say more, but he's definitely in that image. With that said, I definitely understand why a different direction for the actual cover art that was used. I don't understand why Rand is holding Callandor in his right hand, but that's a different issue.

Robert Jordan went to Comic Con in 2005, I asked him a few questions, and had Eye of the World signed. This is the catcher, I stayed at the Omni hotel next to the con, went to breakfast the next day, and the table next to me was - Robert Jordan! He was reading a newspaper and I was straining to see what he was reading, but didn't bother him.

Completely agree with your opinion about LoC as being the worst one; proportions are a complete mess, the art doesn't show anything relevant, and... is that a giant bat flying over Rand? the heck? 😂They really dropped the ball on that one. And then we've a Memory of Light. The color contrast is great, Callandor looks amazing, and the best part, it doesn't give you spoilers about Rand's left hand. Chef's kiss

This was a good video

I loved hearing what Jordan thought about the covers. Everyone is too kind to artist Sweet... I would be beyond thrilled to see new skillful, more accurate covers. Especially, improved depictions of Moraine and the women characters.

What do you have against horses?? 😆 I read the ebooks and didn't realize how many of the covers are just them on horses, doesn't make much sense to me either. I am glad that Brandon has taken control (as much as possible) of his art and I really like his covers. Even though some don't make sense with things like Wayne holding a gun, they get a lot right. I think my favorite WoT cover is the last one, but the first is so iconic and representative of the series so I get the nostalgia factor for it. They need to release a photo of the actors on the show recreating the first book cover!

You're really great to listen to.

I really like the hearing the stories behind these. You never do things halfway.

i stg i JUST started reading these books a month ago (about to finish book 2) and i literally told my friend who recommended me The Eye Of The World that Rand looked like Nicholas Cage 😂😂 can’t believe someone else noticed it too

So...Dannil on the cover of tEotW becomes an important side character for Perrins arc later in the books...also, he shares a surname with Natley Lewin. Natley Lewin married a girl named Laila Dearn (sound familiar?). Perrin muses in tSR that he used to have feelings for her and she for him, but they both moved on.

The woman on the cover of "Fires of Heaven", and "The Gathering Storm" is most likely Aviendha. Any time there is a redhead female on the cover, that is most likely her.

I'd rank the original WoT covers: #1). The Eye Of The World #2). The Great Hunt #3). Winter's Heart #4). Towers Of Midnight #5). The Dragon Reborn #6). Crossroads Of Twilight #7). The Shadow Rising #8). A Memory Of Light #9). The Fires Of Heaven #10). A Crown Of Swords #11). Lord Of Chaos #12). The Path Of Daggers #13). The Gathering Storm #14). Knife Of Dreams

I think the redhead on the cover of Fires of Heaven and Gathering Storm is supposed to be Aviendha

So does New Spring (by default) fit in the 2nd #4 Spot? Or have you read the prequel?

Rand was on the Sweet Memory of light cover, his body is on the top of the funeral thingy

Great hunt cover - i thought that was Lanfear, Lioal and Rand when they recover the horn...

MoL would be my #1. I just love that cover. The movement, the sense of power that Rand gives off, the drama. It’s too bad that they never put it out as a poster!

You might be interested to research in the Jordan interviews how he felt about how some people say Egwene's name.

@19:02 Your artless cover appears to be only with the paperback editions. I have a first edition Hard back and the dust jacket has the cover art on it as shown at @20:37

The worst part of Lord of Chaos is that there's actually a whole battlefield in the complete image. You can see it on the back and wrapping the side. It's a pretty important and identifiable part of the book. But because of the layout all you see on the front is Muscles McSexy there.

The best way to think about the covers is a bit meta. These covers are supposed to represent the view (perspective) of a bystander, recalling it to an artist. Imagine I'd you happened to be near the scenes, or knew a person, who knew a person who... heard about those scenes. A travelling Gleeman, or perhaps a bard sung about it and an artist drew it. "A man with an axe you say?", "He had a green cloak?", "he was missing a hand?!", "She was a small woman riding a white horse?" I've always believed these images are supposed to be based on art which was creates many years (maybe hundreds of years...) after the events, being passed down as stories, which eventually became myths... you know how it goes. Once you take that perspective, any and all inconsistencies can be forgiven because any passerby would not have a perfect snapshot of what they saw. It allows you to be much more forgiving of the many issues in these covers. :)

My best friend loaned me the eye of the world and said don't look at the cover art just read it. But after a couple of months of avoiding it because if the cover art and my friend would not shut up about it I finally read it. Years later I gifted the book to my brother and told him the same thing. It took him a few months and much nagging from me but he eventually read it and became a mega wheel of time nerd. In our cases the cover art was definitely a detractor. To me it looked and still looks like some western romance novels or something.

The "Elvis" cover may just be referring to the crown on Rand. Elvis had been known as "the King"

His hand is gone on the cover, in the attack that caused the big burned hole in the building. And that's Aviendha behind him.

I got A Crown of Swords with the book art back in 96. I am in England though, so I don't know if that makes a difference. But you should be able to get one with the art work on it.

Cool video. I so prefer these book covers to the newer dead-boring ones even if not all are that great. These at least show it's fantasy we are talking about while the new ones with their plain look could be books about woodwork. Btw, totally disagree with the ridicule about the Lord of Chaos cover, I think it's one of the best ones (with Rand in focus, an Aes Sedai and a Draghkar, very cool) and the book might be the best in the whole series too imo (though I know The Shadow Rising has many fans). The other covers I especially like are for books 1, 3, 8, 9 and 14.

Sweet did SO many covers...good memories.

You do that thing with ur arms 21:56 in quite a bit of videos...it's cool I'm not making fun....I enjoy it...ur awesome

I actually love the covers❤