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ITT: god tier book covers

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>> No.10481665

>>10481608
Don't care for the fonts, but why is Kant such a silver fox in this painting while he looks like a literal goblin in almost all other depictions of him? Can't find any info on when this was done, so either he aged terribly, or this is a very flattering depiction made after the fact.

>> No.10481668

>>10481665
>but why is Kant such a silver fox in this painting while he looks like a literal goblin in almost all other depictions of him?
Because that portrait isnt actually Kant its a guy named Jacobi who thought that Kant was the most retarded person to have ever lived

>> No.10481675

>>10481668
Well, he wasn't wrong. If Kant was alive right now, he'd spend most of his time downvoting different opinions on reddit

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>>10481668
Then it's a shit tier cover.

>> No.10481689

>>10481600
gave me a fucking headache, you asshole

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>>10481600
God tier

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>>10481600

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>> No.10481812

>>10481675
He liked to banter and laugh by the table. He would use 4chan.

>> No.10481847

>>10481812
I always imagined him making sheldon cooper bazinga style jokes at the dinner table while his guests awkwardly pretend to laugh at them

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I think it’s more about my love for the book than the aesthetic design.

>> No.10481910

>>10481768
that cant be real

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>> No.10481934

>>10481784
check em

>> No.10481949

>>10481772
b-b-but that's a cock

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Unironically this one. I love the font, the cream colour, the picture. What's not to like??

HNNNNGGGGG

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>>10481600
unironically this one - the colours are amazing when you have it in your hand, and i'm kinda a thing between a /lit/ard and an /x/phile so i really love the cover art that reminds me of the art by one of alister crowleys devotees; General-Major John Frederick Charles Fuller, which is amazing.

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>>10481679
>>10481682
>>10482204
>>10482266
I like these.

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>>10482303

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>>10482310

>> No.10482342

>>10481920
These are pretty great.

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>> No.10482457

>>10481812
God I hope so

>> No.10482700

>>10482310
>>10482305
>>10481682
<3

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Also really like the oxford KJV bible, nyrb anatomy of melancholy, and the modern library City of God

>> No.10485098

>>10481920
I don't care for the third volume cover but the first two are ace.

>> No.10485119

>>10481768
whacky!

>> No.10485323

>>10483219
this one's so fucking good wtf

>> No.10485324

>>10485323
>>10483219
>so this is where the poop comes out?

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>>10484706
I like this one

>> No.10486584

>>10485418
thanks me too

>> No.10486595

Who the fuck thought this would be a good idea?

>> No.10486601

>paperback

>> No.10486619

>>10481812
I think very few great writers would use the internet excessively if they were alive today. Not because they wouldn't enjoy it, but because they would.

Imagine if Kierkegaard went on /r9k/ after jilting his wife. His version of fear and trembling would be a particularly nasty carpal tunnel pain.

>> No.10486621

>>10481600
*Δυναμις intensifies*

>> No.10486630

>>10486619
Imagine if Wittgenstein was able to discover anime

>> No.10486671

>>10485418
Never seen that before, but I like it.

>> No.10486678

>>10486630
I've been thinking a lot on why people are drawn to animation and anime in general, especially the autistic, and it dawned on me recently.

Take for instance, the anime fight scene. It's hallmark is to frame a huge level of action in an easily readable space with some artistic effects to limit the amount of drawing. The result is a scene composed of a huge amount of information that can be read much more easily than a movie, or fundamentally, real-life.

Children and the autistic love animation because it provides them with certainty in an uncertain universe. Furthermore, in it's depiction of the artist's subjectivity, it's clarity gives both inner and outer calm.

Anime condenses life beautifully and childishly.

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>> No.10486713

>>10486678
Why are you making it sound like autists are stumped children? Aren't lots of them high-functioning weirdos like Wittgenstein who make up bullshit logic to make sense of the universe?

>> No.10486810

>>10486679
Is this good? The book, I mean, not the cover.

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>>10481600
loads and loads of heads yo.

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I bought this edition over the others solely because of the cover.

>> No.10486839

>>10486713
Autistic people are very good at understanding particular and exact modes of information. Anything that is too chaotic or abstract is very hard for an autistic person to grasp at times.

Anime is interesting in that it attracts the autistic in droves, and represents an idealized format of reality where data is displayed cleanly.

It's not an insult, I like anime, it's just my thoughts on why it's action scenes (and fundamentally it's kinesthetics) is so appealing to me.

>> No.10486865 [DELETED] 

>>10486839
What's it like being autistic? I knew a couple of people back in High-School who were pretty autistic, but all they did was hate on Obama.

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>>10481600

>> No.10486971

>>10486839
>Autistic people are very good at understanding particular and exact modes of information. Anything that is too chaotic or abstract is very hard for an autistic person to grasp at times.
nominalists confirmed for having autism

>> No.10487023

>>10486810
>Is this good?
Yes if you want some very British Romance

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24940946-the-enchanted-april

>> No.10487027

>>10486963
WIR

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>>10484706
>>10485418
I have this edition (new German translation).

>> No.10487108

>>10485418
>aaah my sword

>> No.10487133

>>10481796

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>> No.10488300

>>10487027
WAREN

>> No.10488367

>>10481795

hahahahaha

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or this one

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Ulysses really fired up my synthesia, FW and this cover excites me

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my favorite

>> No.10488499

>>10487023
Not the guy you're replying to, but the book sounds charming enough and I do really like the cover. Hadn't heard of this before but will pick it up.

Cheers!

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>>10487037
Very cool. Now that I think about it I haven't seen a single cover of the Leopard that I didn't like. I almost picked up this reprint edition before opting for the original I posted first.

actually when finding this pic I saw the green cover which I don't like. But besides that.

>> No.10488569

>>10488300
PHILOSOPHEN

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>>10481784

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>>10481600

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>> No.10489276

>>10481796
Woah

>> No.10489288

>>10481891
I scored this guy for a single dollar from my library. I'm excite. It's a different cover, but still looks great.

>> No.10489296

>>10483219
wow this is fucking dank

>> No.10489307

>>10486830
>practiced consumerism while buying a book by Lenin

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>>10481756
That's a good cover, but honestly, there is something about this one that just gets me every time I look at it. The vines fading into the darkness towards the bottom are done in absolute perfection.

>> No.10489628

>>10488616
To this day I refuse to believe any publisher released this abomination.

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>> No.10489640

>>10481769
Why has no one else reacted to this masterpiece?

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>> No.10489697

>>10483219
Best in this thread

>> No.10489705

>>10489203
Penguin has some great covers

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>> No.10489731

>>10488577
>le bonus situation man

I'm fucking dying.

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>> No.10489737

>>10489732
>>10489735
>dude it's ALLEGORY bro lmao

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>> No.10491017

>>10481752
any full PDF of this?

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>>10488507
Yeah most of them are great. Some are – entertaining.

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This one and–

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>>10491298
this one.

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>>10481600
can't believe no one has posted this yet

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>> No.10493665

>>10487871
What is this trash?

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>>10489668
WHAT the fuck

>> No.10493829

>>10491017
Yes, it's somewhere out there, but I can't remember where. Reading it at the moment.

>> No.10493839

>>10493665
Candide on the left and Other Works on the right

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>> No.10493924

>>10481682
That cover is aesthetic af m8 wtf are you on?

>> No.10494118

>>10492082
it's because this isn't reddit.com

>> No.10494527

>>10492082
most fa in this thread

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>>10486830

>not buying the superior cover

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I always cry reading this book

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>>10489668
What the absolute fuck

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>>10484706
>>10485418
>>10487037

>> No.10494760

>>10494723
Damn, that cat's got a fat pussy

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>> No.10494867

>>10489288
It’s one of my favorite books by far. Maybe it’s because I haven’t read too many books yet, but there’s a powerful beauty in East of Eden that just stays with me.

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>>10481600
The mystery and intrigue this cover builds is great. I also really enjoyed Joylands cover.

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shit thread

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>> No.10496145

>>10494957
>From two time Hugo Award finalist Chuck Tingle

>> No.10496349

>>10485338
Never read meditations; is a raven significant to it?

>> No.10496383

>>10489732
I am currently on page 660 and I really dig this cover
I will never own a TP machine

>> No.10496398

>>10489732
>>10489735
can you actually get this anywhere? its coverkino

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