Hi, everyone. If someone can assist with this, he or she will be my hero for life. I have been trying to remember/figure this out for soooo long, and have tried every search online I can think of, but I come up empty.
I am trying to locate a science fiction novel that I have indeed read, but can not remember any plot or character details of the darn thing, so most of the information I can share about it is just a general description of the cover. First the least useful information: The book was published in paperback only sometime in the mid to late 1980s, most likely. It might be an early 1990s book, but I really think it was in the 1980s. I can't remember the author for the life of me, but I know it was a male author (real helpful, I know), and I am pretty sure it was an author who had a few to several other books out there...this is not a one and done type author, I do not think, but I can't think of the other books this author may have done. For a while I thought the author might be Jack Chalker or Robert Heinlein, but now I am nearly certain it is neither of them, but the author would be a contemporary of theirs. I know the book was featured in one of those new releases newsletters that Waldenbooks and B. Dalton put out (Xignals, Sense of Wonder, etc.), and I am pretty sure it was on the cover of whichever said newsletter it was.
The cover of the book is what I remember most clearly, though this general description I know may not be all that helpful:The cover had the title of the book featured in what looked a lot like neon light tubing, and the lead character of the book, a young, blonde, long haired woman, is sitting on top of the title, as if it was a box or bench she is sitting upon. The author's name is in the same neon tube looking lettering/font. I believe the girl on the cover is looking at the camera, so to speak, impishly, and I believe she has her hands down on the edge of the title, again as if she is sitting on the edge of a wall and is about ready to push herself off and hop down. I believe her head is cocked a little, flirtatiously. She wears a gossamer type white dress that is wispy and blowing in the wind a bit and I believe you see a lot of her bare legs, but the cover isn't especially salacious either...it's flirty, but not overly suggestive either. There is no scene behind her at all, as I think I remember it...I think it's just the words on the cover and the girl, with a dark background.
I know the book was not a deeply serious novel. It was written at an adult level, but was on the lighter side of science fiction. It's possible the covergirl main character was an artificial human, or enhanced human, but again I am not sure on that. I used to think the word "glory" was in the title, or perhaps even WAS the title, but all I come up with with various searches like that is Glory Lane by Alan Dean Foster, Heinlein's Glory Road, and Brin's Glory Season, all of which definitely are not the book I am after. It's quite possible the title of this book was a single word, which I believe was the character's name. As I remember it, the book was fairly thick...not a super slim volume. I want to say it was published by Ace/Berkeley, though I don't know how much that could help, even if that is accurate.
I know that is not much to work with, but if you happen to remember an 80s/90s lighthearted sci fi novel with a flirty girl wearing a wispy thin dress on the cover, sitting on neon, I owe you a Coke!
I am trying to locate a science fiction novel that I have indeed read, but can not remember any plot or character details of the darn thing, so most of the information I can share about it is just a general description of the cover. First the least useful information: The book was published in paperback only sometime in the mid to late 1980s, most likely. It might be an early 1990s book, but I really think it was in the 1980s. I can't remember the author for the life of me, but I know it was a male author (real helpful, I know), and I am pretty sure it was an author who had a few to several other books out there...this is not a one and done type author, I do not think, but I can't think of the other books this author may have done. For a while I thought the author might be Jack Chalker or Robert Heinlein, but now I am nearly certain it is neither of them, but the author would be a contemporary of theirs. I know the book was featured in one of those new releases newsletters that Waldenbooks and B. Dalton put out (Xignals, Sense of Wonder, etc.), and I am pretty sure it was on the cover of whichever said newsletter it was.
The cover of the book is what I remember most clearly, though this general description I know may not be all that helpful:The cover had the title of the book featured in what looked a lot like neon light tubing, and the lead character of the book, a young, blonde, long haired woman, is sitting on top of the title, as if it was a box or bench she is sitting upon. The author's name is in the same neon tube looking lettering/font. I believe the girl on the cover is looking at the camera, so to speak, impishly, and I believe she has her hands down on the edge of the title, again as if she is sitting on the edge of a wall and is about ready to push herself off and hop down. I believe her head is cocked a little, flirtatiously. She wears a gossamer type white dress that is wispy and blowing in the wind a bit and I believe you see a lot of her bare legs, but the cover isn't especially salacious either...it's flirty, but not overly suggestive either. There is no scene behind her at all, as I think I remember it...I think it's just the words on the cover and the girl, with a dark background.
I know the book was not a deeply serious novel. It was written at an adult level, but was on the lighter side of science fiction. It's possible the covergirl main character was an artificial human, or enhanced human, but again I am not sure on that. I used to think the word "glory" was in the title, or perhaps even WAS the title, but all I come up with with various searches like that is Glory Lane by Alan Dean Foster, Heinlein's Glory Road, and Brin's Glory Season, all of which definitely are not the book I am after. It's quite possible the title of this book was a single word, which I believe was the character's name. As I remember it, the book was fairly thick...not a super slim volume. I want to say it was published by Ace/Berkeley, though I don't know how much that could help, even if that is accurate.
I know that is not much to work with, but if you happen to remember an 80s/90s lighthearted sci fi novel with a flirty girl wearing a wispy thin dress on the cover, sitting on neon, I owe you a Coke!
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