[K. Riehl]

When I finish reading a book, good or bad, I often take a second look at the cover art and compare the images produced by the artist to what I envisioned when reading the story. Sometimes there is such a disconnect that I am more cautious in the future when dealing with a given publisher and I take the time to read portions of the story in greater detail before buying.
In the magazine market I put myself in the hands of the editors. I read the magazines that consistantly find new, quality, authors and publish good stories by established authors. I hate to read the also ran titles by established authors that are just coasting and the magazine printed it to use their name as a marketing tool on the cover.
If the art represents the story inside fairly acurately then it's the right artwork. If, in the issue above, the story is about man/machine/religion or even man becomes more than human due to machine then the artwork is correct. If the story is about a woman character who is beautiful then there is nothing wrong with putting her on the cover.
How can someone read Science Fiction and not have an open mind about most issues?
I'm from the US and I subscribe to Analog, Asimov's, Fantasy& Science Fiction, and Locus magazines