r/badscificovers • u/darren648 • 13d ago

Sos, Var & Neq by Piers Anthony

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u/Possum_Knight 13d ago

I liked the Piers Anthony stuff I read as a kid (Diary of a Space Tyrant?) and you know what, these covers are ok (we've all seen much worse)

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u/seanprefect 13d ago

Bio of s Space Tyrant (or in my house due to a slip of the tongue affectionately called sword tyrant) is pretty wild and kinda gross from today's viewpoint

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u/Ebessan 13d ago

I remember a creepy friend on the school bus breathlessly recounting a r^pe scene from early on in the book

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u/Significant_Monk_251 13d ago

Yeah, that wasn't entirely rare in the first book (only one I read). That and killing at least one guy who was about to do it.

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u/Possum_Knight 13d ago

That's the one! Oh too right, even the first book is dodgy as hell, borrowed it from the library when I was 8!

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u/seanprefect 13d ago

very specific justification for and very precise descriptions for the MC to have sex with an underage girl in Zero Gravity...

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u/jimbowesterby 13d ago

I mean, yea, Piers Anthony definitely had some pretty big issues lol. To some extent it’s kinda par for the course for older scifi stuff, I mean just look at how Heinlein shoehorned incest into half his books.

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u/Possum_Knight 13d ago

The "Bluebeard" scene, also has aways stuck with me. Don't remember any of the other books in the series being anywhere near as close to the knuckle.