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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: Cover art mixup
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 12:55:28 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <robertaw-7448D9.21544222062024@news.individual.net>,
Robert Woodward  <robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:
>In article <YIEdO.9438$zMs3.1124@fx48.iad>,
> Lee Gleason <lee.gleason@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>    It the late 70s, early 80s, there was an SF paperback published that 
>> mistakenly  used the cover art intended for a different novel from the 
>> same publisher. Does anyone recall the name of the book? It was pretty 
>> widely discussed at the time.
>> 
>
>Publishers have used inappropriate cover art that they had on hand for 
>decades. It is possible that you are referring to the first edition of 
>Lawrence Watt-Evans's _The Unwilling Warlord_ (1989) that used Darrell 
>Sweet art that was originally done for a Lloyd Arthur Eshbach title 
>(IIRC, _The Scroll of Lucifer_, released in 1990). This is later than 
>you specified.

I wonder if Lee is not referring to a famous story about Jack Vance
complaining about his book cover. This inspired, iirc, an artist to
take special care with the cover he was working on for a non-Vance
book. The result was so good the published decided it was perfect
to replace the cover Jack Vance was bitching about. 

I think the Vance was Araminta Station. 

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