...and finally,

The last issue of the Weekly World News is on sale now. After 28 years of journalism at its finest, WWN has ceased production.

Now I'll never know what Bat Boy is up to.

that book that I'm reading

This was the first paragraph:

The encounter of old friends was common enough on Meetpoint Station, where half a dozen species came to trade; and one such old friend came walking Pyanfur Chanur's way when she had no more than put The Pride in dock. She was hani, Pyanfar Chanur, maned and bearded in curling red-gold, sleek of pelt. Her left ear bore the gold rings of successful voyages along its rim, and the bottommost ring had a monstrous gaudy teardrop pearl. Her red blousing breeches were silk, with the faintest striping of orange, and wrapped about the waist was a belt whose dangling ties were finished in precious stones and gold and bronze. She was not quiet, this Pyanfar. She exuded wealth and dignity, and drew eyes wherever she went.

So apparently the man-creature on the cover was female. *shrug*