Venusia

Von Schlegell

2005

Submitter:Here it is in all of its glory! Why it’s awful: THE ENTIRE COVER. Exhibit A-Naked lady with owl head. Exhibit B: breastballoons. Also: I read the back, and my brain turned into a pretzel. Oh, and the subtitle is “A True Story”. You can’t make this stuff up, it seems.

Holly: Oooh, it’s a series! The author wrote a doctoral thesis on 19th century American Literature. This was the obvious next step for him! It’s weird, but then a lot of sci-fi and fantsy novels are. (Ok, this one is really weird.)

Mary: I was absolutely fascinated by this truly bizarre cover. (I doubt I will be able to sleep tonight after staring at that cover.) Poking around the Internet I found some decent reviews for those who like their lit a bit bizarre. ( Click here to read Bookslut’s review of this title.)