Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng

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Once again I’m a little behind with putting new pieces of work on these pages, a consequence of the reduced rate of posting and the delay between finishing various works and them being announced by publishers.

Under the Pendulum Sun is a fantasy novel by Jeannette Ng whose cover was revealed this week by Angry Robot. I was very pleased with the way this one turned out so it’s good to see it being given a positive reception. Jeannette’s novel is a dark hybrid of Gothic drama and fairy story, the main characters being a pair of Victorian missionaries attempting to bring the Gospel to Arcadia, a very real and very sinister fairyland. The model is that of the Victorian missionary heading into what were regarded as the benighted places of the world then finding themselves and their beliefs subverted by the alien culture they were hoping to enlighten. It’s a clever concept, and the novel is filled with strange invention, so much so that I had to scale down the amount of things I wanted to get into the cover. This often happens with inventive novels (the ones I’ve done for KW Jeter suffered from this), you find yourself with enough material for three or more covers but only the one cover to contain everything.

There’s no need for me to go into any detail about the art and design when I did that earlier for the cover reveal at Fantasy Faction. The book itself will be published at the beginning of October.

10 thoughts on “Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng”

  1. “I had to scale down the amount of things I wanted to get into the cover.”

    –! O_0

    There’s also all these POE illustrations that we may see. someday. apparently…

  2. I’m still waiting for a publication date (or any details, really) about the Poe book. Don’t like announcing things before publishers are ready.

  3. Looks like a costume Björk would be happy to wear – your invention within the frame never ceases to a-maze!

  4. Thanks, John. If anything, the outfit worn by the Pale Queen (for it is she) is a little staid for Björk’s recent level of couture.

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