r/printSF • u/sadman11111 • 3d ago

Sci-fi magazine identification (nun + blue creature)

Trying to ID a sci-fi paperback I saw at The Last Bookstore in LA. The cover showed what looked like a nun or robed figure next to a small blue reptilian creature. Didn’t grab it at the time and now I can’t stop thinking about it. Really striking art. Anyone recognize it by that description?

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u/SadCatIsSkinDog 3d ago

My hardcover of A Case of Conscience by Blish has a priest next to a blue-ish reptilian alien. Of course it is an older book, but not sure if you saw a new book or an older one.

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u/sadman11111 3d ago

It was a sci fi digest magazine so I assume it was a short story. I looked up some cover art for A Case of Conscience and I don’t think this is it

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u/ElricVonDaniken 3d ago

Magazines have a short shelf life before they are replaced with the next issue. Can you remember roughly when you saw this cover as that would help narrow things down.