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Anonymous Thu Mar 21 07:48:29 2019 No.12800590 [Reply] [Original]

ITT: Covers that aren't even good ironically

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 09:07:14 2019 No.12800786 >>12800590 Isn’t oblomov meant to be a young guy? Those are old boomer feet, narrow, wrinkled and dry. I imagine oblomov has very soft cute soles!

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 09:22:42 2019 No.12800833 File: 21 KB, 305x499, 41uNN0SeFzL._SX303_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12800590 There are literally no good covers of this book.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 14:25:35 2019 No.12802112 File: 38 KB, 279x445, 51Z9F9hX3yL._SY445_QL70_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 14:29:53 2019 No.12802129 File: 303 KB, 1200x1600, stoner.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Polish edition of Stoner makes it look like YA urban fantasy about a professor who smokes weed

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 14:32:16 2019 No.12802137 >>12800833 I like trains! Is this book about trains?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 14:34:08 2019 No.12802149 File: 96 KB, 570x800, closely watched trains.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12802137 read / watch closely watched trains if you want something actually good about trains

Anonymous Thu Mar 21 14:41:39 2019 No.12802183

>>12800590
It is actually deceptively good image OP, the contrast of black and white, the two elongated feet in an off-center position breaking up the composition. The white comfort of sleep and unconsciousness and the black depression and meaninglessness intruding from without.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 16:13:20 2019 No.12802690 >>12800590 >Covers that aren't even good ironically Weezer - Africa

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 16:14:47 2019 No.12802702 File: 104 KB, 400x400, africa brass.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12802690 I agree, it doesn't even sound anything like the Coltrane track

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 16:14:50 2019 No.12802703 >>12802690 Lol Didn't they also flub their cover of pumped up kicks? My least favorite cover is korn's lowrider

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 16:19:01 2019 No.12802723 File: 240 KB, 590x882, fb676008y_stoner_obl_3d.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12802129 Ukrainian is even worse.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 16:20:57 2019 No.12802737 File: 28 KB, 279x445, 1551027601097.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The illustrations in this edition do not follow the style of the cover.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 16:27:26 2019 No.12802768 >>12802129 >>12802723 what the fuck

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 16:29:02 2019 No.12802781 >>12802723 Why is Justin Murphy on the cover?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 16:50:42 2019 No.12802891 >>12802723 he looks like the zoomer meme except with a beard

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 17:07:21 2019 No.12802977 >>12802737 It's real but only kindle. Was kind of hoping for a paperback version.

Anonymous Thu Mar 21 17:12:58 2019 No.12803011
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I used to think the Wordsworth Classics covers were just a joke, then I actually saw a full collection of them in a book store in my city, pic related included.

I'm not really a cover-fag, but I couldn't make myself buy a single one of those cursed books.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 17:17:34 2019 No.12803034 >>12800786 no he's around 30 and fat i reckon. still that cover fucking sucks and I swear the person who chose that hasnt read the book

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 17:37:34 2019 No.12803119 File: 815 KB, 1228x1760, 41f8bfff456e88b78df9671c4056.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Polish publishing house. They have more atrocities like this, though they aren't as bad nowadays.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 19:10:54 2019 No.12803561 >>12803119 U like Szekspir? based poles

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 19:38:07 2019 No.12803684 honestly i like all the covers posted in this thread...

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 19:39:10 2019 No.12803689 >>12802112 looks like a shot from a 90s japanese tv doc

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 19:45:30 2019 No.12803717 File: 27 KB, 597x597, DKW18tzXUAAq2JA.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I don't know what the fuck happened to this spanish publishing house but they doesn't make covers anymore, they make memes

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 19:57:48 2019 No.12803764 >>12800590 its a shit cover but miriam schwartz is literally the premeir translator of russian literature

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 21 20:45:02 2019 No.12804015 >>12803717 mmmmmmmmmmmm

Anonymous Fri Mar 22 03:17:41 2019 No.12805582

>>12803119
Greg is essentially the Polish Wordsworth - shitty covers, cheapest available translations, mostly read by middle schoolers for school reading etc.
the sign in the bottom right translates to "Special FONT that makes reading faster"

>>12803561
thankfully we don't "translate" proper names nowadays, but older foreign names usually have a "canon" Polish version, just like famous latin authors in English

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 03:18:46 2019 No.12805584 >>12803717 based mmmmmmmmeditations care to post more?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 04:16:22 2019 No.12805693 File: 626 KB, 800x800, 1505122646667.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12800590

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 11:32:03 2019 No.12806840 File: 35 KB, 313x499, 1449610460944.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 14:42:58 2019 No.12807598 File: 33 KB, 274x436, 51lQjR2rx8L._AC_UL436_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12803011 Why do they do it anons? Dover also sells cheap editions and yet they can afford decent covers.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 14:48:58 2019 No.12807631 File: 152 KB, 358x432, 293450834.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12805582 >"Special FONT that makes reading faster" holy fuck, anon

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 15:12:27 2019 No.12807752 File: 175 KB, 487x800, pride_prejudicecover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 16:03:21 2019 No.12807980 File: 27 KB, 305x499, images (67).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Brazilian publishing house. They have a bunch of atrocities, this one from Kafka's The Castle being one of the worst ones.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 16:07:21 2019 No.12808000 >>12802149 So fucking good, Hrabal was a based Czech madman

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 16:10:48 2019 No.12808017 >>12807980 Actually pretty accurate cover 2bh

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 16:13:02 2019 No.12808030 File: 41 KB, 400x500, images (70).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12808017 Yeah? How about this one then? :)

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 16:14:16 2019 No.12808038 File: 25 KB, 360x500, images (69).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12808017 Or this...

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 16:34:25 2019 No.12808125 File: 2.04 MB, 1654x2539, Lolita.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] the fuck do butterflies have to do with it?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 16:37:21 2019 No.12808136 >>12808125 They resemble vaginas, and hence represent the two women in the book (the mother on the bottom).

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 16:42:11 2019 No.12808160 >>12808136 >They resemble vaginas what the hell?? i'm totally going homo now

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 18:44:01 2019 No.12808775 File: 107 KB, 800x600, 0_af4f0990abcd38b86b2665964138834d_1433959589.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12802723 >>12802768 >mfw comfy Russian edition

Anonymous Fri Mar 22 18:46:19 2019 No.12808791
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all vintage covers that are somewhat decent except instead of having the author's full name, they say VINTAGE SURNAME like the author is part of their fucking brand, it's not just faulkner, it's VINTAGE faulkner (tm)
it bothers me unreasonable

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 18:48:38 2019 No.12808801 >>12803717 good god, what

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 18:50:03 2019 No.12808812 >>12807980 >tfw they won't let u in the castle

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 19:39:23 2019 No.12809031 >>12803717 Fucking hate this cover. I find it more infuriating that this is the only cover that is this fucking stupid

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 19:51:58 2019 No.12809094 >>12802129 Oż kurwa

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 20:29:25 2019 No.12809263 Anyone have the Spanish cover for The Stranger?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 20:30:50 2019 No.12809270 >>12802129 > tom hanks like stoner BASED HANK KUN

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 20:46:07 2019 No.12809332 >>12805582 >"Special FONT that makes reading faster" Now I'm curious - does such a thing even exist?

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 20:48:33 2019 No.12809344 >>12805582 >"Special FONT that makes reading faster" Why don't we have this in English? I feel absolutely cucked by this.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 21:27:33 2019 No.12809516 >>12808125 Nabokov had a mild obsession for butterflies

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 21:29:37 2019 No.12809529 >>12802112 I unironically like the aesthetic of that cover

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 21:31:25 2019 No.12809535 >>12808775 That's a fine cover. I really like how the image wraps around the binding.

>>	Anonymous Fri Mar 22 21:34:16 2019 No.12809551 why are there so many shit covers? the people that design them get paid way too much

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 05:06:26 2019 No.12810885 >>12809332 you'll have to read a Greg book to find out

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 05:17:42 2019 No.12810911 >>12809516 >mild

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 05:21:45 2019 No.12810926 >>12808812 >tfw u don't even know y

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 05:32:39 2019 No.12810959 >>12802112 Roberto Pinchas > MNMDR

>>	Anonymous Sat Mar 23 07:11:20 2019 No.12811233 >>12809332 there must be differences in readability. Fon't size and type are probably very important desu.i also think the page shouldn't be too empty or too full.

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