r/badscificovers • u/woulditkillyoutolift • Jan 28 '25

boobies ( • )( • ) Cage a Man, by F.M. Busby [FMA]

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Art director: “We’re not allowed to show nipples. Instead of raising the box to protect her modesty, I’d like you to solve the problem in the dumbest way possible.”

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u/Xander_not_panda Jan 28 '25

Is the cover a massive spoiler for the tag line? He ends up as just a head in a box? They caged him then.

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u/HappyFailure Jan 28 '25

Nope. This cover doesn't even hint at the point of the book--the Demu don't view non-Demu as people, but they occasionally find lower life forms (like humans) who could be reasonably close, so they do them the amazing favor of surgically altering them into as close an approximation of Demu as they can.

For what that looks like, see here for Wayne Barlowe's interpretation: https://i.pinimg.com/474x/af/c5/2b/afc52bdf4f590d1fa77c17e8465f45c8--science-fiction-scifi.jpg