Octavia Butler's "Dawn", right? Although I'm sure there are other such horrendous examples - I certainly remember there being some Earthsea covers with a white Ged ...
Actually, the book I was talking about was "Larissa" by Emily Devenport but you're right about the Butler book. The original Questar edition of "Dawn" that I have has a white woman on the cover. I remember sitting there reading the book, looking at the cover, reading the book some more, and looking at the cover again and thinking "Whoa, WTF?" The Warner Aspect omnibus edition of the Xenogenisis trilogy has thankfully, corrected that.
Ursula LeGuin has talked extensively about "Earthsea" - especially in light of the Sci-Fi channel production. She's not a happy camper about a lot of those types of changes.
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Actually, the book I was talking about was "Larissa" by Emily Devenport but you're right about the Butler book. The original Questar edition of "Dawn" that I have has a white woman on the cover. I remember sitting there reading the book, looking at the cover, reading the book some more, and looking at the cover again and thinking "Whoa, WTF?" The Warner Aspect omnibus edition of the Xenogenisis trilogy has thankfully, corrected that.
Ursula LeGuin has talked extensively about "Earthsea" - especially in light of the Sci-Fi channel production. She's not a happy camper about a lot of those types of changes.