/lit/ - Literature

The first one is x3 enlarged, this pic is x2 enlarged.

why do you want to read this book

>>1906560
I have a nerd crush and she is reading this book atm.

>>1906568
>>1906568

what country are you from?
the covers for books differ from nation to natio.

>>1906577
The United States. Sorry about that, I didn't think about that detail.

>>1906585
Oh, but she was on her way back from Toronto so she could have picked it up there. Or at a duty-free in the airport.

probably going to be quite ahrd to trace then,m seems to be a grass cover (butterfly's on the bottom right?) wiuth a cow as the centre, the wat the words are at the top is quite strange, it seems to be a very long title

you're best off asking one of her friends, asking her, or checking the top 20 in your local big company bookstore for something similar

but im english so maybe someone here can help you

ciao for now

FFS just ask her what book that is, it'd even be a conversation starter.

>>1906598
Thank you, I kinda thought it was corn and a harvester. But the grass and the cow makes sense. She said in an interview that she was going to check out some of the standards that she missed in her formative years while she went to ballet academy and was home schooled. I can't ask her because she is famous.

>>1906605
I would if I knew her.

I am totally unavailable now therefore I have a crush on someone unattainable instead of over someone I know. Also, slight assburgers.

Bump for someone who might know.

>>1908576

oh god.

looks like an old cover, probably from a tv adaptation. Since it's a classic there a crap loads of theat kind of cover about.

Wait were you spying on this bitch taking undercover photos of her? What is wrong with you bro.

>>1906623

>I can't ask her because she is famous.

famous people can't answer questions?

so you're taking photographs of some bitch without her knowledge and trying to figure out what books she's reading so you can read it too?

>>1906642
So if you;re unavailable anyway, why are you bothering to find out about this book?

OP, you are a ridiculous tomfool, but I heartily endorse your daft endeavour.

Looks horribly dog-eared anway, might be from a second hand shop, in which case you're shafted. Have you tried stretching/skewing the cover then running it past tineye.com?

>>1906545
I think that might be one of the covers for Pride and Prejudice(Jane Austen). Is she holding something green in front of the book or is that part of the book's cover?

>>1908600
>>1908602
Not me, the paparazzi. ;)
>>1908627
Thank you sir. I am in love with Summer and would like to read this book in order to better know her mind.
>>1908617
Because I love this woman and find her fascinating.
>>1908601
She is very reclusive, she has no online presence. Though if she does a convention in my area I just might ask her about the last 5 books she read.

Again, thanks for any help you can give me and my fellow fans that are interested in this.

>>1908648
It's part of the cover.

I was thinking Animal Farm or John Barley Corn but the title seems too long.

>>1908648
It's gotta be the cover, because it's dog-eared in the bottom right

>>1908659

book is too thick to either of those

the wonders of technology.

Here is the best res I've been able to get it.

I am also interested in what book she is reading, by the way.

>>1908681

needs bigger

>>1908679

I hope you're kidding

>>1908679
Wow, close match on the color scheme.

This is a pretty good puzzle.

Of course if someone is lurking who happens to know her you could ask for the rest of us. :3

>>1908693

we're talking to you, Tao. do you know Summer Glau?

>>1908681
I know there are Firefly fans over at NASA.
Maybe they could help us? :D

scouring the net, will report results asap

Bump because its really grindin my gears that i dont know the name

>>1908783
I think I figured out some of the cover. Looks like a woman from around the Victorian era. Sorry about the distortion.

>>1908807
argh, words are, from left to right: "titles", "victorian woman" and "shrubbery"

>>1908814
I lol'd.
>>1908807
>>1908812
Keen observation! She has mentioned that when she was a girl she imagined herself in period pieces. Jane Austen sounds more and more likely.

Well i'm looking at the side-title and font.The look is distinct to a certain publisher.

i give up

This is adorable.

>dat face
she must be at least 30 years old

>>1908899
;_;
>>1908903
Isn't she though? ':3

>>1908827

you get creepier with every post.

>>1908658

>Because I love this woman

You don't know her you fucking Delta male.

this is pathetic

>>1908999
i know, right, someone must know what the hell that book is

>>1908999
Yes.

>>1908903
Yes.

Given the color scheme and the orange in the corner, it's an old Penguin edition.

Hope that helps.

>>1908932
But I love you guys, and the good times we have on 4cham. And I don't REALLY know any of you, but I would be sad if our time here were to come to an end. ;_;

I just love Summer in a different way than anyone else... because she is my unattainable crush.

It still care very much about her.

>>1909045
Thanks, it should. I am going to spread the word a little and see if that jogs anyone's memory.

I guess I could ask my local librarian too.

Fucking glaufags are everywhere.

>>1909065
Reported.

>>1909062
Don't you think it would be a little creepy to ask a librarian if he recognizes a book that someone is holding from a picture? That's the kind of questions we have the Internet for.

>>1909081
>Don't you think it would be a little creepy to ask a librarian if he recognizes a book that someone is holding from a picture? That's the kind of questions we have the Internet for.

pic related, that glautroll made me save this pick even though Summer would never say such things, but it works perfectly in this situation. It was the only pic of his I saved though. ;_;

>>1909091
Could be creepy and embarrassing for the librarian, if not for you.

To be fair, Summer could say something like that when she's in a character and acting. She's said worse and funnier things:
>I'm a bitch whore.

You know OP when you do find out and I have high hope for you (we are legion) you are probably not going to want to read it. Girls taste in literature frequently do not jibe with men's tastes.
BTW...you now realize this thread would be impossible if the subject was: What is Eliza Dushku reading?

>>1909115
I'd read Diuretics by L.Ron Bumquist if Summer cared enough about it to mark it with a pink lace ribbon.

Yes I realize this. It's wonderful, so much love for Summer. ':3

>>1909103
What are the odds of the librarian being a Browncoat and wondering himself what River is reading nowadays?

"Penguin By Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005" and "Seven Hundred Penguins" have a large collection of penguin covers.

>>1909303
Ausum, finding a book within a book. :3

buamp for justice

I'm pretty sure that is not a Penguin Classic. The background color on the spine and the front cover appears to be white. Even very old Penguin Classics didn't have that color scheme.

It looks to me like a used paperback published by Picador UK. White background with black lettering down the center of the spine.

>>1909709

Here. Cut and paste this link...It won't let me remove the .jpg from the site.

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That's a Picador paperback of Cormac McCarthy from 1998. Look at the spine and the lettering. Do you see why I think the book she's holding is a Picador paperback? The right length too, for the sort of novels they publish.

Fucking stalker. Just ask the fucking whore.

>>1909792
I do admit that I know her address, but if I showed up there I would probably get a restraining order. Also, it's on the other side of the planet.

If you haven't figured it out yet, she's a celebrity being photographed by paparazzi.

Here's another image of her holding the book. Looks like there's some yellow logo in the corner of the book.

>>1906545

my advice would be to bring this to /b/ samefag about 5-10 posts, they love wasting their time with this sort of stuff and you'll have more of a multitude reading your thread hence more possibility someone will recognize the book.

>>1909709
It's not a classic but it is a penguin. the orange oval in the bottom gith corner.

>>1910022
That really looks like a Penguin logo to me. I'm leaning towards the victorian women's book, but google image both Bronte and Austin plus Penguin didn't give me a match :(

Also, I have no idea who that woman is. S Glau is an actress, apparently. Looks like I'm behind the times

http://webcat.hud.ac.uk/perl/colour.pl

Keep putting colours into that, see if you can get a match

It looks like my copy of the old Penguin edition of "The Interpretation of Dreams" by Freud.

Did anyone else have that edition? Doesn't it look similar?

>>1910079
I have that book with that cover, but its kinda similar colours, theres a cow on the cover of this one, the freud just has a head

Where is there a cow on the cover of this book? Am I blind? I see a woman in a green dress.

>>1910079

So close and yet so far. It's quite similar, but the book in the OP pic has the green image extending all the way to the right edge. Also, the title isn't quite right.

HEY OP
WHAT'S MY REWARD IF I TELL YOU WHAT IT IS?
Since I actually know. I just want to know what I stand to get out of doing this good deed.

Here ya go, OP.

My e-mail's in the e-mail field, OP. Drop me a line if/when you kiss her. I'd like to know if I helped bring you two together or something.

>>1910109
You exalt the name of anonymous and better 4chan.

Successful thread is successful.

>>1910113

>>1910113
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>>1910113

I started reading this thread. It looked strange but kinda sweet.

Suddenly Glau.

Holy shit man, this is the most pathetic thing I've ever seen on 4chan and that's saying a lot.

>>1910191
I don't think even OP is as deluded to think that he has a shot with her. Me personally would just like to know what book she's reading, since I'm a fan.

>>1910113

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>>1910113
You are an asset to lit-stalkery good sir

>>1910113

>>1910113
And after all that, the book sounds boring.

What a terrible stalking thread on /lit/.

>>1910349
OHNOYOUDIDNT

>>1910113
/lit/, allow me to apologize. I have made assumptions about you that were wrong and I will willfully and happily admit that /lit/ is in fact the place to be.

>>1910371
oh fuck, that's me.

>>1910371

>>1910113
Thank you so very much Anonymous. /lit/ has proven to be one of the best boards on 4chan. you have all been so nice!

What a great way to start the morning. ':3

holy shit, im reading east of eden right now. it's a great book.

i am gonna hook up with glau :3

>>1910477
I am stoked to read it. The Grapes of Wrath was one of the assigned reads as a kid that I actually enjoyed. It actually had a large impact on my political leanings and social stance as an adult. I read Of Mice and Men too but never read East of Eden. Looking at the description briefly on Wikipedia it sounds like I have been fucking up all these years by not reading it, they say Steinbeck considered it his Magnum Opus. I can't thank Anon enough for solving this puzzle. <3

Oh silly sexy Glau, you enrich my heart in so many ways, like erry single day. ':3

For anyone who doesn't know, Summer Glau played River in Firefly/Serenity and Cameron the terminator in the television series. Both series I enjoyed very much.

>>1910113
my god, someone actually found it

>>1910113
I added your email to my contacts. :P
I didn't have time to post a proper response earlier because I had some things I had to do. Thank you very much.

Maybe someday I'll get one of those hoverhand photo-ops at WonderCon or something and tell her how in addition to bringing me two great characters from franchises that stoked my imagination, she also inspired me to read East of Eden.

I'll send you the aforementioned hoverhand pic. ':3

I'll post it too.

The only reward besides my undying gratitude I can offer is this potential new Doubles Guy I found in one of the paparazzi pics. I cropped it for you /lit/.

>>1910701
i think the girl on the right's face would make a good reaction pic

>>1910701
>>1910701

almost, try these

>>1910745
>>1910745

sheeeeeeeeet

>>1910701
>>1910745
FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
>>1910710
pic related

>>1910763

I think this one is worthy of an archive request.

Anon came through hard.

http://4chanarchive.org/

>>1912394

I voted. C'mon, we only need one more vote.