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Anonymous Sat Apr 13 14:47:09 2019 No.12928996 [Reply] [Original]

ITT: Ugliest covers ever.

I think if I ever got this book (unlikely), I'd have to tape something over the cover. It's grotesque.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 15:08:50 2019 No.12929073 >>12928996 I think the cover is amazing

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 15:13:02 2019 No.12929087 >>12929073 I dont hate it as much as OP but I'd prefer just the photo of Ligotti it's based on. It's like those covers/fan art of Lovecraft covered in tentacles and barnacle, way too extravagant to the point of becoming kitsch.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 15:44:58 2019 No.12929193 A cover with OP's face on it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 15:45:50 2019 No.12929199 >>12929193 OP here, I'll have you know I kissed a girl once.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 15:47:12 2019 No.12929203 >>12928996 I love that cover and it fits the stories perfectly

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 15:48:23 2019 No.12929208 File: 1.59 MB, 1920x1080, katypery.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929199 Did you like it?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 15:49:56 2019 No.12929213 >>12929208 No, I was worried that my parents would find out (I was 14) so I just pecked her on the lips. She called it a granny kiss. She was a real emo slut though, she wasn't a looker.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 15:59:30 2019 No.12929247 File: 226 KB, 639x1024, Pinocchio_1024x1024.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 16:01:49 2019 No.12929255 >>12929247 >that cover >introduction by Eco Kek

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 16:11:56 2019 No.12929294 File: 39 KB, 260x400, GR.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 16:16:34 2019 No.12929315 File: 24 KB, 300x400, {4396D314-3E0A-4493-99E0-49C42482CDDA}Img400.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] What were they thinking?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 16:47:13 2019 No.12929409 >>12929294 no it's not

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:07:28 2019 No.12929493 >>12928996 i don't get the hate.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:32:21 2019 No.12929618 >>12929315 What the fuck? Was this a misprint?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:33:46 2019 No.12929625 >>12929409 literally every other cover for GR is better though. how could you stand to look at something so terribly maximalist?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:42:57 2019 No.12929670 >>12929315 this should be made illegal. absolutely fucking disgusting.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:46:14 2019 No.12929695 >>12929247 That's a great cover

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:53:44 2019 No.12929735 File: 807 KB, 584x959, 37841081_10156857259699349_7563348197490294784_n.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:57:07 2019 No.12929753 File: 45 KB, 313x500, 1543251752404.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929735 kek, didn't know Raskolnikov was a twink

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:57:53 2019 No.12929758 >>12929247 what the fuck am i looking at here

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 17:59:28 2019 No.12929770 File: 25 KB, 321x499, 41HfBBQGlLL._SX319_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929753 >>12929315 >Glances at title Yeah, I know what this is going to be about. I have the perfect cover idea.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 18:05:16 2019 No.12929795 mexican l'étranger

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 18:17:44 2019 No.12929844 File: 36 KB, 302x499, 512YZJRvAZL._SX300_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] fuck german covers

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 18:18:52 2019 No.12929847 >>12929844 oh for fucks sake

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 18:58:11 2019 No.12930024 >>12929844 He was a biologist so I guess that's why they put bugs on there but come the fuck on

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 19:00:11 2019 No.12930032 Pretty much all YA and normie books have shit tier art. Game of Thrones, Hunger Games, etc.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 19:49:06 2019 No.12930196 >>12929758 Idk, but it's looking back at you.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 19:51:30 2019 No.12930203 >>12928996 It's devianart tier.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 19:52:11 2019 No.12930207 >>12929315 Where can I purchase this?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 19:59:49 2019 No.12930243 You're all a bunch of squeamish little girls, seriously man up.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 20:38:08 2019 No.12930412 File: 72 KB, 499x784, plato.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929753 >>12929735 Tis Done. The Triad has been unleashed!

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 20:40:38 2019 No.12930424 >>12929247 I used to design book covers. If this was the best I was able to come up with, I'd punch myself in the nuts and retire.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 20:43:12 2019 No.12930435 >>12929315 no fucking way that is real googling... OMFG IT IS REAL HOW CAN THIS BE?? degenerate and disgraceful; I weep for our future. fuck this

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 22:27:21 2019 No.12930880 File: 269 KB, 1500x1440, CriticalEdition.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929844 >not buying the 1245 p. Historisch-kritische >edition.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 13 22:29:41 2019 No.12930886 >>12930412 >>12929735 I feel like I want to own these.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 00:20:52 2019 No.12931339 >>12929844 I like it, it's not bad at all

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 00:44:23 2019 No.12931387 >>12929315 Happy I own this one, lol.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 04:15:04 2019 No.12932040 File: 547 KB, 2348x1108, 1542912785117.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929735 >>12929770

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 05:09:06 2019 No.12932148 File: 92 KB, 400x665, 0_nLzv7sL0H9jWk-ie.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12932040 Fucking based Chad Wordsworth poster.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 05:10:53 2019 No.12932150 File: 55 KB, 400x665, 0_DLj6j-yHOqzTl-sf.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929625 How can you stand to read something so terribly maximalist?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 05:15:12 2019 No.12932157 File: 44 KB, 400x621, 0_ArqNmWRgLWsegE4F.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12928996 Absolutely fucking horrible; I mistake it for cholo graffiti from the barrio every time i see it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 05:18:23 2019 No.12932165 File: 18 KB, 500x374, 1310239913001.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929213 >She called it a granny kiss.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 06:14:33 2019 No.12932300 Nothing to contribute but this is an awesome thread.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 09:52:00 2019 No.12932884 >>12929735 Haha I collect these

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 09:58:38 2019 No.12932907 File: 131 KB, 660x467, qB1Pk.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 15:49:31 2019 No.12934531 >>12932907 That's a bideo game

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 15:52:29 2019 No.12934544 >>12932040 >Penguin >Finds good translations

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 15:57:19 2019 No.12934566 >>12929753 You fucking kidding me? Most Dosto protags have big twink energy, and Raskolnikov is in the top 3

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 16:12:03 2019 No.12934629 File: 27 KB, 300x400, 135549471.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 16:26:18 2019 No.12934690 >>12932150 there's a difference between good and bad maximalism; GR is the former, its white cover is the latter also that Dorian Gray cover is actually hideous

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 16:29:43 2019 No.12934709 File: 54 KB, 402x612, Ledereinband.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] All my books have the same cover, more or less. But maybe that is because I am not a casual that buys new or softcover books.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 16:48:46 2019 No.12934808 File: 194 KB, 1441x2284, heart of.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12932040 Damn right.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 16:53:07 2019 No.12934833 File: 59 KB, 299x450, conspiracy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Ligotti covers are cursed to be hideous

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 16:53:17 2019 No.12934834 >>12932040 >nurses egg containing wife's son what a line, holy shit

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 18:25:31 2019 No.12935310 File: 28 KB, 333x500, 410v74F4BVL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12929315 Trying to suggest contemporary relevance I guess.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 18:58:31 2019 No.12935457 >>12930880 Historisch-kritische Ausgabe ist pretty based, is it worth 84€ tho?

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 14 19:03:10 2019 No.12935479 >>12935457 I had it on my wish list for quite some time but I felt I couldn't justify spending that much money on it. Then I stumbled in a used bookshop on a perfect copy for 20 euros. So that was nice.

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