Born last year, Paladin Publishing House, the new
Romanian imprint specialized in science fiction and fantasy, is already hard at
work. With 5 titles published since it was founded, Isaac Asimov’s “Pebble in
the Sky”, Arthur C. Clarke’s “The City and the Stars”, Robert Holdstock’s “Mythago Wood”, Lois
McMaster Bujold’s “Shards of Honor”
and Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451”, two due to be
released in the immediate future, China
Miéville’s “King Rat” and David Brin’s “The Postman”, and a second edition of Isaac Asimov’s “Pebble in
the Sky”, Paladin proves to be a publishing house to watch closely on the
Romanian market. True to its word, the imprint brought authors never translated
in Romanian, new books of some of the writers published here before and new editions
with fresh translation for the titles released here at a certain time. Not only
that, but Paladin also came on the market giving full attention to the books as
a product as well. And one of the reasons for the quality of their products is
the beautiful artworks used for the covers of the books released under their
umbrella. It is a domain where the Romanian market suffers greatly, but not
because of Paladin. With the exception of the first volume, Isaac Asimov’s “Pebble
in the Sky”, the imprint has put a lot of effort behind their book covers. And
this can easily be seen too on the titles due to be released soon. China Miéville’s
“King Rat” comes with a cover by Edward Miller, David
Brin’s “The Postman” with one by Josh Adamski and the second
Paladin edition of Isaac Asimov’s “Pebble in the Sky” with a cover by Maciej
Garbacz. Three new examples that with enough interest the book covers
of the Romanian editions can look good. I can only salute such efforts and hope
that the future would bring us more such wonderful artworks on the covers of
the books we see in the Romanian bookshops.
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