/lit/ - Literature

>>19439954
i hate this shit. why do publishers do it? does it even work? most people i know seem to hate it.

>>19439954
>DUZE

>>19439954
Yeah they are pretty soulless. Apparently the box set, which is sold out, is slightly larger version of these paperbacks. I really am not a fan of the minimalism art. Check out these 2005 French artworks.

>>19439954
i had to go to like 6 used bookstores in Austin to find lotr books without fucking elijah wood on the cover

>>19440080
I like these covers

>>19440102
Yep and each of those is worth 100 USD each at least on Ebay. Probably more.

>tap one button on my phone
>book has any cover that I want
eGods, we win again.

>>19439954
this was the edition i owned

>>19440133
O RLY? I have one of those

>>19440161
the hardcovers yeah

>>19439954
It can do without it but its not the worst ive seen
What I cant stand are covers with promo shots from the movie like pic related

>>19440173
Or god forbid

>>19440179
Forgot pic

>>19440173
they must do this because there's a small but reliable segment of the buying market who will purchase a book if it has the movie poster for the cover, it's the only explanation

>>19440184
Oh no no no

>>19440184
yikes he looks like a 20 year old video game

>>19440186
Its marketing for sure but its so fucking generic. Every single movie poster is closeup shot of the main actor or a group shot of the lead cast.

>>19439954
You tell me, nigger.

>>19440228
Ngl a show about a black man stealing things is pretty based

>>19440173
I had an english copy of A Game of Thrones which had Sean Bean's Ned Stark on the cover. Really shitty. I purchased my Lord of the Rings trilogy used cuz in my country they used images from the movies as covers for a really long time

>>19440102
Messiah, God emperor and heretics are the shit but the other two suck, especially the first one

>>19440155
Pretty cool. Glad it doesn't feature MacLachlan's ugly mug

>>19441812
Every other book has a scenic cover art but the first one has this horrible HBO logo. Just why the fuck do publishers think that this makes a book look better?

>>19441954
>look better
I don't think that's their priority

>>19440102
>Leto II is a giant dong with a pharaoh head
Every time

fucking pseuds and their scifi book about worms again

>>19439954
It's there for a reason. So people can tell that you only bought the book because if the movie and need Hollywood to tell you what to read. That you dislike it is just another sign of your weak inability to COPE with how mediocre you are.

>>19440170
>80s jazzercise instructor asserts her dominance over giant foreskin monster

This is possibly the only one that's not God awful, but it's still not great

>>19442113
Only accurate post in the thread. You delusional fags are so obsessed with your imaginary status and prestige you gain from Reading but you’re so neurotic and vain you feel insecure about being spoonfed your taste by Hollywood. The pages inside aren’t any different so who gives a fuck? Oh wait you aren’t actually going to read it, you just carry it around in public desperately hoping for someone to notice who cool you are

Underage thread. The only people going out to buy Dune right now are teenagers who are hearing about it for the first time. Everyone else has either read it or chose not to waste their time

>>19442508
good point.

Read first book. Didn't think it was good enough to warrant a movie.

>>19440102
I have a box set of the first four of these from the 80s that I got on Ebay. Beautiful

>>19442677
Wow I must have bought this at just the right time. I got it for basically nothing and they’re going for hundreds now. Thanks, Denis

Have this hardcover edition, unfortunately only the first book was released in this set.

>>19439954
in what fucking barbaric civilization do you live that its not a removable sticker

>>19439954
you had 60 years to buy the books

>>19442677
>first four
>posts five

>>19443010
The one I have has four. That’s why I said four.

I actually like these new covers, minus the 'soon to be a motion picture' perma sticker

>>19443051
Then why did you post a picture of five?

>>19443107
Why does it bother you so much

>>19443115
>A man should take seriously everything he does.
—Confucius

>>19443107
Who cares? I understood the post. I also have the 4 book box set. It's a nice set.

>>19443127
You mean a deeply autistic man

>>19442775
I have that cover too and read dune first in this one. It's part of the classic scifi thing penguin books did

>>19440066
based Duze experiencer
>>19439954
it really should be a sticker. one that comes off without gunk.

>>19439954
I hate the trend of flat minimalist art. Just feels lazy to me. Some Photoshop intern probably made that in an hour

germanons...

>the novel gets a screen adaptation
>publisher continues to use original covers
>doesn't mention the adaptation
Post exceptions

>>19443188

this is the reality of living in a post-fiverr world

ace edition covers are still kino though

>>19443188
that isn't minimalist, look at the detail on the dunes and paul, the typeface even has a 3d contour effect

>>19440080
>>19440102
I don't like those, looks like serialised trash with a tie-in board game.

>>19443366
Are you an idiot? Stock Photoshop filters doesn't make it not minimalist. It's all flat boring ugly shit. Look at scifi book covers from the 80s

>>19443385
That's literally what Dune is.

>>19443359
look at >>19443397
and then look me in the eye and tell me that those are minimalist. minimalism != flat lines you chanbrained pleb

>>19440173
I only got this one because I pulled the book off the shelf and was suddenly face to face with the last movie star in the west.

Those the epitome of generic soulless trash: >>19443359

Now these...these are some dangerously high levels of SOUL: >>19440102

That Dune Messiah might be my favorite book cover of all time.

>Now a Major Motion Picture
>New York Times Bestseller
>"I love this book!" - some retard normie celebrity

Easiest indicators that a book is trash.

>>19439954
we all agree DUNC 2021 is trash, right? The mystique and beauty of Dune was completely ruined in the movie adaptation.

>>19443482
>old thing good new thing bad

>>19443854
Is that the first thing that comes to your mind when comparing a beautifully drawn, thematically and atmospherically precise art to that flavor of the season reddit trash that seems to have been made by some intern in graphic design on his spare time?

I like this one

>>19439954
>cares about the cover art
>because you don’t actually read, it’s just bookshelf faff

The modern /lit reader

>>19443922
You're trying too hard, mate.

>>19443919
The SF Masterworks series is great. I have a few of these

>>19443922
You definitely live in your parents house

I wish this cover actually existed

>>19440214
This is Dunc. This is clearly Dunc. You cannot convince me that this isn't Dunc.

a spanish version

>>19445016
pretty gaudy

I just finished Messiah a few minutes ago. Do I keep going with Children of Dune or will Frank Herbert crush my soul again

>>19439954
Why the fuck do we have an entire thread about covers for Dune? Can we talk about the actual books? I only read the first Dune in highschool and just picked it up again last year. I'm on the 3rd book now and it seems to be even better than I originally remembered. This guy must have been on some serious drugs when he thought this shit up, but he puts it together so well that I can't fault his work.

>>19445794
keep going

>>19445794
Children of Dune is great, I'm only halfway through but I love it so far.

>>19446303
herbert is a fellow head injury enjoyer. i first read dune when i was like 9 or 10, i reread it when i was about 15, and then in my senior year of high school i reread dune and finally read the entire original series of books. i made the mistake years later of reading the series again and wanting more i made the mistake of reading all the "other" dune books that his retard son had written, luckily i seem to have purged most of my memory of that trash. when i heard there was going to be a new dune movie i promised myself i wouldnt watch it and reread the original series again. it wasnt really until this most recent rereading that i truly realized how much influence the dune series had on me, more so than just about any other book or series, even more than the lord of the rings or howard.

>>19446403
>head injury enjoyer
Not sure what you mean by this. But good job not watching the movie, it really is a horrendous adaptation. And as far as Sci fi, it is in a league of its own overshadowing other acclaimed titles like Foundation, Hyperion, and Rama.

>>19441936
Don't be mean to Kyle, asshole.

SOUL

>>19445430
>Don't mind if I DO

>>19445794
Is messiah worth the read? I burned through Dune a while back in a way I had never with a book before. Apparently it's the weakest out of all the books and I'm wondering if I just skip to children

>>19439954
just buy an older edition lol

>>19446737
That's not great.
>Frank Herbert's Classic 'Dune'
immediately makes it inauthentic. A book should be itself, not a commentary upon itself. The text should just be:

Frank Herbert
DUNE

A cover telling you the book is a classic is like a travelling salesman trying to get his foot in your door. Can you imagine:

THE BIBLE
A classic for the ages!
Now more than 1,000,000,000 copies sold!

huh i have this one

>>19442677
>>19440102
Bought this unopened at goodwill for $5

>>19447054
I don't know what the general consensus is, but I actually enjoyed Messiah more than Dune. You should know however that it isn't really a sprawling epic like Dune. There is almost nothing in the way of 'action', like people riding sandworms or planetary invasions. It's more of a political drama that deals with the aftermath of the first book. The characters are a lot more interesting and the ending is kino

>>19447466
I also really enjoyed Messiah. I get why many people didn't, but I feel like it was essential to the story. A bridge to the next part of the saga.

>>19447466
>>19447551
Messiah is where the Dune saga start becoming something special. The first book is the least interesting one for me. It has the apparent structure of a typical Hero's journey adventure story and A LOT of focus on ecology (if that's your thing, you're gonna love it). I'm not saying that's all the book has to offer, it has a lot of suggestions at the subversions and change of direction that would come in the sequels, some interesting points on power, leadership, politics etc, and great world building. But the political intrigue, drama and sharpest commentary on political structures, philosophy, sociology, religion and power come in the sequels. Most of those people today that only enjoyed the first book did so because they only cared about the superficial A New Hope tier adventure.

>The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. You have done violence to him, consumed his energy. Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: “I feed on your energy.”

—ADDENDA TO ORDERS IN COUNCIL THE EMPEROR PAUL MUAD’DIB

>>19447465
>buy plastic wrapped bookset in new condition
>don't want to open it in fear of degrading quality

>>19447576

bro it's just a great book/series "new hope tier adventure" lol

>>19448522
It is a great book, by in my opinion it's nowhere near the best in it's series. And you can't deny it dedicates a lot of it's content to the extremely predictable hero's journey and the ecological stuff that really tries to put me to sleep. Yes, it's important as the foundation of what is to come, but still it lies in the shadow of the sequels.

>not getting the Folio Society Dune
But I thought /lit/ was full of patricians

>>19446682
>Not sure what you mean by this
herbert was discharged from the navy in 43 after receiving an "accidental head injury" while working as a photographer for the sea bees.

>And as far as Sci fi, it is in a league of its own overshadowing other acclaimed titles like Foundation, Hyperion, and Rama
i hated the foundation series, its sterile and its written to praise the math autist who hates and is incapable of understanding the nature of man and the world.

Overall i dont like clark or asimov and think they are highly over rated trash. I like heinlein more than those two, but drugs and free love stuff really ruin his later work.

>>19447466
>>19447576
dune itself doesnt have that much in way of action anyways, however i will say that messiah is a lot better on its second reading after you have completed the series. I disagree with herbert on certain things about the great man theory and heroes in general, but his exploration of the hero and its ramifications in the dune series are the best.

>>19443895
stylization =/= bad

>>19448662
Yeah, Heinlein get's a bit too weird for me with the incest and polyamory stuff. The first half of Stranger in a Strange Land was great, until it devolved into hippie space Jesus dying for our square sins...

What do you guys think of these brazilian covers? The publishing company didn't release Heretics yet.

>>19448783
Fuck, meant to say Chapterhouse instead of Heretics.

>>19448783
Beautiful art, anon.

>>19448783
DUND

>>19448791
Yeah, Aleph is a pretty good company, their art is usually beautiful.

>>19448795
Dune Messiah

>>19448805
Children of Dune

>>19448812
God-Emperor of Dune

>>19448817
Heretics of Dune

>>19447465
Did you open it?

>>19448759
In this case it most certainly does

>>19448812
Saved them all, thanks anon. Marc Simonetti is a very good artist. I have this edition from SFASL, from when I still read in portuguese. Now I read mostly in english on a kindle.

>>19448888
From Aleph, I mean.

>>19447143
Minimalism done right

>>19448986
You FOOL! A small part of the image has some detail on it. Everyone knows this makes it NOT minimalism! Minimalism is only what I see on Reddit.

What can I say, I like it simple.

>>19449515
I too enjoy working out my biceps while I read.

>>19449592
Me too I do curls with a 15 pound dumbbell or use a book spreader in front of me while I do pushups

Why did nobody warn me that the story goes to complete shit in god emperor? We get it Herbert, you're a darwinist it's not a hard concept to wrap our heads around.

>>19449847
Filtered

for me its the polish HCs

Dűűűűűűűne.

>>19449515
based thick paperback compilation reader

>>19450172
>Bog Imperator

>>19439954
Just buy used. Buying new books is stupid anway

i hate minimalism.

>>19450637
Those covers suck ass

Is the audio book good or must I read it?

>>19451215
>audio books
>ever

>>19451516
That wasn't my question. Some people have long commutes. Not everyone can be a fucking neet and sit at mommies and read books all day.

>>19442775
DUNC

>>19451516
Audiobooks are good, nerd

>>19448783
>DUND
The forbidden twin of DUNC

>>19439954
Stop being autistic.

Are all the books worth reading? I'm almost done with the first and its been a bit dry at times but overall i've enjoyed it.

>>19450637
dune mushishi

>>19452774
i would recommend at least also reading messiah as i think it perfectly concludes paul's story which it really didn't do in the first book

This is the best edition.

>>19443060
>Messiah
>Soon to be a movie
Don't tease me

>>19453150

>>19452907
Comfiest show

>>19453211
but actually

>>19451215
The audio books are fantastic and scott Brick along with other voice actors. Some of them are are on YouTube but make sure you listen to the Scott Brick version as there are some really bland ones on YouTube as well. I buy them on audible but I have to warm you they are very expensive, but I listen during the monotony of my work day so it's worth to me. Make sure you are focused and multi tasking on something that doesn't distract you. Some person will piss me off in traffic and I'll miss a sentence that is deep. I rewind a lot. These books are so dense.

>>19439954
Yes, it's disgisting

>>19439954
i like this one

>>19439954
>AAAAIIIIEEE A 2CM BLACK CIRCLE IN MY COVER THE BOOK IS RUINNED AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
grow up, who the fuck gives a single shit about a book cover.

>>19454222
I am not paying for a flick ad on my book, grandpa. You are consenting to pay for an ad, for fucks sake.

I don't mind the 50th anniversary editions

>>19454341
>photoshop

>>19454341
what is even the point of this sticker

>>19454637
It’s not a sticker it’s part of the cover art

>>19454647
my apologies but what is the point

>>19454650
It lets you know that the book is a sequel to Dune and that Dune will soon be a motion picture

>>19454310
I'm paying the same price either way so who gives a shit?

Why are people paying new book prices for dead authors? Go to a used book store, dorks

>>19454650
>SEQUEL TO SEQUEL TO SEQUEL TO SEQUEL TO SEQUEL OF DUNE--WHICH IS GONNA BE A MOVIE SOON! (AGAIN!)

>>19439954
Regardless I still really love this cover art because I think it captures really well the color/texture of the landscape that I picture in my head when reading

>>19447143
I have this one too but slightly different because it's the 40th anniversary edition. Great cover.

>>19448795
>>19448805
>>19448812
>>19448817
>>19448824
MAH DIBBA, HE DUND NOTHIN'

>>19439954

"Brb I just shit myself." -from Conversations with Maud'Dib by the Princess Irulan

>>19455339

>>19439954
It doesn't even look like the movie.

>>19448633
>not putting down$600 for the Centipede Press edition that immediately sold out a month ago
ngmi

>>19446682
Hyperion is definetely better than the first Dune book

>>19439954
I had to pay $10 more to get the old paperback edition just because of that. I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks those suck, even though nobody will look at my library and it really shouldnt matter

>>19445512
Pretty nice. I've noticed that Spanish editions of scifi books always get really good covers. Same thing happened for example with the Game of Thrones covers, all of them really good

>>19453611
Thanks anon Ill give that one a listen.

>>19451587
get small books retard?

>>19457604
Gimme a recc then. Just tried a small book that was recommended. Siddhartha. It was an absolute waste of time.

>>19457817
lolita
the gods themselves
hitchiker's guide to the galaxy
starship troopers

>>19446303
the first book was good, goes downhill from there, the guy couldn't let people just die so just make clones and give them all their memory back lel

>>19457830
I've heard hitchhikers is great. I know lolita is classic but for some reason I was under the impression it was fairly lengthy. Thanks anon Ill check these out.

>>19457957
>hitchhikers is great
It is

The upshot to this is that it will usually save you from buying dogshit translations; saw a print of Anna Karenina in a thrift store today and almost bought it for a whim until I pulled it off the shelf and saw it was a movie tie-in print as you described.
Only after I put it back did I think to check the translation, and lo and behold it was the Maude translation. Absolutely disgusting.

>>19458087
>Maude translation
What’s that mean? I’m planning to read this soon

>>19458126
The translation by Maude & Maude is pretty widely disliked because its extremely idiosyncratic and is not an attempt to recreate Tolstoy, its a re-writing of familiar Russian into familiar English.

>>19455536
found this one in a free books library, pretty cool

>>19459914
Is there a translation people tend to recommend?

>>19457830
Lol this is what people that tell you Dune is trash reccomend. Bunch of fake ass literature fans if you ask me. Dune is better than everything else that gets posted on this shit board.

>>19457879
You never read Dune past age 12. Anyone who says Dune books get worse is a small brained embicile, I'm sorry. But you sir a are a borderline retard. Anyone who actually reads these books as an adult will tell you they get better with each sequel.

>>19460565
This is why you don’t have friends

>>19460434
Constance Garnett

>>19442775
>introduction by gayman
Into the fucking trash it goes.

>>19454206

This is perfect. Really gets to the essence of what the story is about instead of just showing literal sand dunes and worms.