Nov 23
Click for full imageI’m sure there are a good few of you who have read a fine novel by Anne and if not, you really should. Thanks for the books and in our case here, especially the wonderful covers that graced them!
Madelyn Comments: She does appear to be teaching the dragon to play, “fetch.” I always thought, what I now realize is a red squeak-toy, was the satellite that periodically dropped lethal spoor over all of Pern.
Alessandra Comments: ‘Cause nothing says, “Lessa of Pern,” like a swingin’ naked chick in a flimsy, filmy fannabaroo riding a dragon sidesaddle with cutey goldy sandals.
Both Published in 1976
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November 23rd, 2011 at 10:22 am
Nice to see Idris from Ivor the Engine showing up on the second cover. Solidarity! RIP Anne.
November 23rd, 2011 at 11:56 am
There is a beautiful consistency in the way the dragons are portrayed here: exactly the same dorsal scales, horns, fangs etc. The artist clearly knows how to do a dragon. I’m a bit worried about how long a dragon’s tail is: stretching almost off into infinity in the cover on the right.
November 23rd, 2011 at 12:19 pm
“Alas, poor mini-dragon. I knew him, Horatio.”
November 23rd, 2011 at 1:32 pm
I love the dragons, can’t see why they had to be paired with b-grade seventies rejects, though. Well, the groovy dude on the right is clearly more than just friends with that dragon. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
November 23rd, 2011 at 6:28 pm
I read a few of the Pern books, but I must have skipped the one that spelled out, “Pern was a very warm planet, so nobody wore very much.”
November 24th, 2011 at 12:34 am
Gino has always been a top choice for an art department requiring fanservice.
Mind you, he has perpetrated a lot of Gorbage.
But the customer is always right?
November 24th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
The dragon on the left has got the biggest cheeks I’ve ever seen on a dragon.
The one on the right looks like the guy conjured the little dragon out of nowhere and the other sea-dragon is like “how’d you do that!”
November 24th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Love the right-side cover – Looks like Canth is saying ‘Oi! You brought lunch!’ Brilliant.
November 26th, 2011 at 2:10 am
I pulled out my copies of these to show the kids. My fifteen-year-old took one look at the cover on the right and said, “It’s the girl dragon from ‘Shrek’!”
The resemblance is strong, eyelashes and all:
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December 4th, 2011 at 12:08 am
Yep, these are the covers that graced the copies I read (I borrowed my dad’s). I put the first one down to a bit of 60’s excess. But the second one…Why were F’nor and Canth drawn so ugly? What was with the 100-ft tail? And the thing that got me the most was the sword–why was it perched there at such an odd angle that if the dragon lifted his tail at all he was going to get a very unfortunate stab?
June 25th, 2012 at 3:06 pm
Well, I admit I’ve never seen a dragon making funny faces before. That’s quite innovative.
August 25th, 2015 at 4:43 am
That’s neither the Red Star nor a squeaky ball. That’s Happy Fun Ball. DO NOT TAUNT IT.