[octaane]

I agree, but just a heads up: the front images for most scifi novels these days (and for the past few decades) have largely been out of the hands of the writer. The publishing house pretty much unilaterally decides on the cover for marketing reasons.

[robocat]

Author said they paid for the cover art: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879213 (of course that doesn't mean they chose it).

I actually like the art - but I'm somewhat eclectic.

[mojoe]

Just confirming that yes, I chose the art. It's hard to please everyone with a project like this, I'm glad you like it!