On Wed, 14 May 1997, Maryelizabeth Hart wrote:
> >Ancient Shores started out well (and had a beautiful cover painting), but
> >McDevitt didn't seem to know where to go with it and the all-star ending
> >struck me as a bit silly.
> >
> >Mike
>
> Re: the cover art. Sad to say, it's probably worth noting that not only is
> it a well rendered cover, but also depicts *gasp* an African-American woman
> on it. A real rarity, unfortunately.
>
>
> Maryelizabeth
Apparently the depiction of African American women on sf covers is no
longer taboo. When Butler's Dawn first came out it was notorious for
having an ivory white female character on the cover, despite having
a black protagonist. Now, the beautifully done illustration for the new
paperback edition shows an African American woman.
By the way, anyone who hasn't read Dawn, Imago, and Adulthood Rites by
Octavia Butler should buy them in their new paperback editions now. They
aren't likely to remain in print all that long.
Mike
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