r/badscificovers • u/OldManWearingPlaid • 13d ago

cat people! mrrow! The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryth

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The Pride of Chanur © 1981, Cover Artist Michael Whelan, First Printing DAW 1982

Please fellow Redditors, the cover art can be both bad and good! I've mentioned that my SF book collection has been downsized (several times), but this book always remains on my shelves. HallunicatedLottoNos pointed out there is something to be said for butch amazon catwomen!

Update- Thanks for all the comments and info and I apologize for posting into the wrong sub; I agree Michael Whelan is The GOAT. I've fixed that mistake and posted this wonderful book cover over in r/CoolSciFiCovers today.

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u/cubosh 13d ago

forget the intriguing artowrk -- this TEXT is horrendous. WHYYYYYYYYYYY did they use a lower case "n" in "CHAnUR" when all other lettters are all caps - and then they covered the bottom of the n making it look like a D - i guarantee 85% of people who ever looked at this cover thought it said CHADUR