/lit/ - Literature

>>9615757
Unimpressed. Sell it and get a first edition Infinite Jest if you want to brag on this board.

>>9615757
such a shit book. you got meme'd.

>>9615767
b-but infinite jest is comparatively trash senpai

>>9615757
Well cucked, memeboi!

>>9615757

The frank miller cover is way better.

>>9615757
happy birthday anon

>>9615836
None can compete with the Italian one though

>>9615836
That's the other one I have. It is a great cover. Doesn't catch the psychedelic feel of the book like this cover does, though, with its acidic blue and orange.

>>9615838
Thank you anon

>>9615768
>>9615820
That book won him an award, so yeah.

>>9615852
I agree. Someone posted a Japanese or Chinese or some eastern language cover recently that had what basically looked like an empty nukacola bottle in ruins. Thought that one was nice honestly. But the cover op has is great too.

>>9615840
Jap one and the pin up one are better you pleb

>>9615883
post em

>>9615892
I'm >>9615877 and this was the edition I was talking about

>>9615883
Also that other anon, but I believe this is the pinup edition he was talking about

>>9615936
6.5/10

>>9615942
shit/10

For some reason, i love the vintage.


it's not the

>>9615757
Nice, man! I'm happy for you.

>>9615836
No, it's shit and Miller is a hack. The original cover is more fitting with regards to the books themes about light/white, rockets. The Miller cover is just DUDE POLLOCK LMAO THAT WORKS BECAUSE LIKE PYNCHON IS WEIRD N SHIET LOL CHAOS

>>9615972
I'm >>9615877 and this is also my favorite cover.

>>9615980
Thank you anon. I agree that Miller's is less fitting, but I do think it looks good regardless. But I prefer my first edition!

this is the best one

lol why are they so ugly? I bought mine at the Barnes n Noble and it's sooo cool. I dont think I'll read it though, the author uses really nerdy language (and I think he's white lol ew ew)

Behold the german version!

>>9615972
Love this one too.

My 1st/1st is currently in transit. I'm excited. The price has been steadily increasing so it's good to get them now before they're entirely out of reach.

>>9616492
Exciting feeling. How much you get yours for?

>>9616482
The End of the Parabola? Interesting

>>9616202
orange and blue covers are the only good ones

frank miller's edition is still censored

>>9616497
Its a gift from an out of state friend who collects books and is ridiculously generous. I got Women and Men as a gift as well, so I feel pretty lucky. Once I start making more money I'd like to do the same thing for others.

I have a first edition Mason & Dixon.

Any trust fund biddies wanna date?

>>9616568
Those are like 12 dollars.

>>9615936
>>9615840

>>9616603
that price can only go up though...

>>9616617
True, which is why I have one. Also Against the Day.

>>9616617
Patently false.

>>9616482
Who is Enden and why does Pynhon want hime to die?

>>9616654
t. wants to buy up all the first edition mason & dixons

>>9615840
>Un screamo mia pasta ravioli vola el cielo pizzeria

Wow what a hack

>>9615757
>no price on the cover
nope, its a bookclub edition

>>9615840
*Blocks your path*

>>9615942
No it's not
>>9615959
Boohoo people don't like your shitty kaleidoscope

It's this one >>9615936

>>9615877
And Bob Dylan won the Nobel in literature, so...

>>9616723
You're wrong. The first edition has a price on the inner front flap of the dustcover, as well as a four-digit serial number. My copy has both of these.

>>9616862
(I'm OP)

>>9616862
im just yanking your chain

>>9616918
gotcha

I really like the spanish one.

>>9616202
bitch please

>>9615972
this is so goddamn lazy, i'm amazed it got past brainstorming stage

did this edition ever come out? it was listed on some websites a few years back iirc

>>9617453
Seriously. It looks pretty nice I guess but it's so bland as a cover.

>>9616760
That's a mess senpai.

>>9617429
Best cover ITT

>>9615757
How much was it?

>>9618526
About £550, I think. I usually see them go for around £1000 son I'm pretty chuffed.

>>9619268
Post more pics, some without DJ pls

>>9620769
I may or may not have sneakily lifted this out of the giftbag, to admire it, before I was supposed to. Person who gifted it to me won't be present when I officially open it tomorrow morning, but I still felt guilty and returned it to its proper place. I'll be able to post more pics tomorrow.

>>9617605
can you explain it?

>>9620843
Have you read the novel? He references this picture in the text more than once (I believe).

>>9620857
Yeah, I finished it back in December. I honestly don't remember this particular reference, though.

>>9617486
So is the book.
You twat

>>9619268
>£550

first edition fetishisation is a tricky game, anon. Hope your investment keeps value.

>>9620857
>>9620869
kirgiz light??

>>9615936
>Jūryoku no Niji

Sounds better than in Spanish. El arcoiris de gravedad my ass.

>>9617429
winner

>>9622316
Not my cash, anon - and it often goes for twice that. In worse condition, too.

>paying hundreds over the price of any other edition

I'll never understand this. Enjoying my $0 kindle copy here.

>>9616202
This. Though I'd unironically buy that one faux wordsworth classics edition someone posted once with a guy in a pig suit in front of a photo of a V-2 launch.

>>9622719
I'm glad you're happy :)

>>9615840

Non l'avevo neanche considerata perché l'estetica delle nostre pubblicazioni è talmente al di sopra della merda grafica che fanno per i libri inglesi che non ne valeva la pena.
Le copertine inglesi sembrano tutte fatte per libri di Tom Clancy.
Noi che siamo cresciuti a pane e Adelphi gli caghiamo in testa.

I didn't even know there was a Dutch translation. The cover is shit, though.

>>9623166
Calmati.

>>9623166
Sono d'accordo con te, però ora prova a difendere questa