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Written by David Mattingly

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David Mattingly has been a major cover artist at Baen for a long time. He has recently completed cover art animations for Jim Baen's Universe and for Baen's upcoming re-issue of The Mote in God's Eye.

We hope you enjoy our second animated cover, "Cities in Flight

Note that the animation requires the Flash player version 8 or higher.

You can get this animation as a screen saver, either for mac or pc.

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David Mattingly is the cover artist for much of Baen's work, including the Honor Harrington series. It's a pleasure to have his animation as our first cover. ......

(To read the rest of this bio, and see other stories in Jim Baen's Universe visit David Mattingly's author page.)

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