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/lit/ what are some iconic book covers?
Covers that in their own way are as instantly familiar as the stories they represent.
I can only think of two immediately off the top of my head...

>> No.1144847
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1144847

Okay. Any nominations?

>> No.1144850
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1144850

Jurassic Park maybe?

>> No.1144852
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Possible contender.

>> No.1144853
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>> No.1144855

>>1144850
Did that design originate with the book? I always assumed it was a product of the Spielberg film. If so then that's a great choice.

>> No.1144857
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This one might just be personally iconic. My favorite version, with the Gorey illustrations.

>> No.1144858

>>1144853
I've read that book and honestly never seen that cover before in my life.

>> No.1144860

>>1144858
Oh, well damn. It's pretty well known, I believe. It's the version I own and the version I first read, and it's on some book t-shirt site, at least.

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>> No.1144863
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1144863

i don't want to post it but its true

>> No.1144864
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>> No.1144866
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>> No.1144871

Black beauty?

>> No.1144874
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>>1144866
That isn't the iconic cover.

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>> No.1144876
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>>1144874
I DUNNO LOL

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>> No.1144882

>>1144874

"Iconic" =/= "original."

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>> No.1144888

>>1144882
No shit. The original is still the iconic cover in this case.

>> No.1144890

>>1144855

The cover is from the original book, but Crichton wrote it as a Spielberg (well, Spielbergian anyway) movie, so it's six of one.

>> No.1144895
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>> No.1144896

You'd think there'd be more obvious choices that spring to mind. There really isn't enough effort made for cover designs anymore.

>> No.1144899
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>> No.1144901

>>1144888

Disagree. That featureless oddly brown/red cover is far more iconic. The original may hold a place in your heart or something, but as far as flat out iconic, the edge goes to the later paperback cover, which at Salinger's insistance included nothing but the title and the author. No synopsis, no blurb, nothing but a single solid color and author and title.

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>>1144895
this is way moer iconic

>> No.1144907

>>1144901
Iconic in the sense that it's simple perhaps but as far as familiarity goes I still think the original artwork would be more well-known than featureless red.

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>>1144863

You can't unsee it.

>> No.1144912

do anyone got pdf file of the book 'Man after man'?

>> No.1144915

I have to agree. It's later, and a bit literal, but it's a much stronger image.

>> No.1144920
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>> No.1144922

>>1144915
Eh?

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>> No.1144924

Every early Discworld novel to me, and I'm sure many people. is iconic, not so much for an individual entry in the series, but for the series as a whole.

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>> No.1144929

>>1144923
explain

>> No.1144952
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>> No.1144958

>>1144952
FUCK YEAH