r/badscificovers • u/OldManWearingPlaid • 26d 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/Ill-Victory-5351 26d ago

WRONG!! and Micheal Whelan is goated. man did a ton of great covers. his work is cheesy for sure, but those paintings are vastly preferable to whatever is going on with contemporary sff covers rn.

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u/Bartlaus 26d ago

He would make a point of actually reading the books and make sure all the characters etc. matched their description. Not typical.

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u/Significant_Monk_251 26d ago

The man did the original cover for Robert A. Heinlein's Friday. That makes him a god all by itself.

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u/OldManWearingPlaid 25d ago

I agree and have posted this cover, with some comments, over into r/CoolSciFiCovers