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14500289 No.14500289 [Reply] [Original]

What do we think of penguin books?

>> No.14500300

>>14500289
They can be good and bad, it's more of a case by case basis.

>> No.14500341

>>14500289
all the ones ive seen have a stupidly long amount of pages that arent the actual content

>> No.14500351

They're just fine. If you're going for classics I think Oxfords are just a bit nicer. Once memeguin have rolled out their horrendous new-design black classics they're completely fucked though.

>> No.14500352

>>14500341
You're thinking of Oxford.

>> No.14500363

overrated.

ok at best, most are shit.

>> No.14500383

>>14500363
I really doubt you've read most. Penguin random House has released like 40,000 books.

>> No.14500441

>>14500289
Not bad. Some inconsistency with the sharpness on some book pages tho.

>> No.14500445
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14500445

>>14500289
Why, yes, I do love disposable books. How could you tell?

>> No.14500470

>>14500289
>What do we think
stop this

>> No.14500490

I want to get Penguins version of Demons because I like the cover, but I prefer Oxford/Everyman's library quality.

>> No.14500809

>>14500445
What did you do to that book? Tape the cover and back together?

>> No.14500829

>>14500289
I like their covers, both orange and black.
Dont know about content as much, I'm sure they are fine though generally.

>> No.14500858

>>14500809
I read it one time

>> No.14501433

avoid them when possible. only will buy them when ive heard from other sources that they have the best edition of a book. oxford is usually my default if i dont know what to pick tho

>> No.14501837
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14501837

not that bad. these covers were my favorite

>> No.14501854

>>14500809
The paperback quality is shit, my copy of Count of Monte Cristo started having pages fall out within a few weeks

>> No.14501887

only buy them if they're english lit, otherwise case-by-case basis for translations.

>> No.14501915

>>14500289

>what
>do
>we
>think
>penguin
>books

No.

If this is a serious question then I'm sorry, I don't think you'll ever experience the euphoric exaltation that is inevitable individuation.

>> No.14501923

>>14500289
every time i see that smug little faggot penguin quacking at me

>> No.14501934
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14501934

>>14501915

He actually thinks he's an individual

>> No.14501955

>>14500445
Guys...is just me or it looks like a vagina?

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14502036

>>14501934
>yeah I'm clearly truly unique

>> No.14502039

They're generally serviceable cheap version of classic. Sometimes the best for an individual work.

>> No.14502159

>>14500351
Oxford's Paradise Lost sucks.

>> No.14502180

>>14500351
>muh orange authors
>muh serifs
who gives a shit, it's the text that matters.

>> No.14502192

>>14501837
>Men Without Women
Look how happy those men are.

>> No.14502197

>>14500289
Good annotations, nicely edited text, and low prices. B-but my materials. Fuck off faggots, Penguin is on par with Oxford. I personally own some of their titles and while Penguin generally wins (Paradise Lost Penguin is more faithful to Milton's text and has very helpful notes while its Oxford equivalent overmodernizes things and fucks Milton's metre irreparably) Oxford is not that bad on average.

>> No.14502285

Theyre good, I like to keep them in my fridge keeps em nice and preserved stops the pages from yellowing as quickly

>> No.14503384

>>14501955
I'm a virgin as well.

>> No.14503412

>>14502197
>is on par with Oxford
1. Absolutely not
2. You're comparing the first rung on a ladder to the second. They're both bottom of the barrel in binding and build. Muh materials is a valid argument not to buy Penguin, hell even their hardcovers are made out of plywood and camel-spit adhesive.

>> No.14503666

>>14503412
what makes Oxford better than Penguin?

>> No.14504016

>>14500351
>>14500289

They both suck.

>> No.14504028

>>14502285
Penguin and Oxford have the money to switch to acid free.

>> No.14504031

>>14503412
So you admit you're a bugman no better than booktuber girls who cares more about materials than about content?

>> No.14504050

>>14503666
1. Nothing.
2. They both have hits and misses.

>>14504028
Both are acid-free.

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14504534

>>14504050
So why did you say they weren't "on par" with each other? Also I'm pretty sure penguin isn't acid free, top is brand new, bottom is a few years old.

>> No.14504793

>>14500858
Did you do the thing where you fold the cover around the spine to make it easier to hold? This is your fault if you did, because you are not supposed to do that to paperbacks that large. It damages all books technically, but it ruins doorstoppers.

>> No.14504803

>>14500445
How the fuck did you manage that. Did you turn it 180 degrees?

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14505060

>>14500351
These? Whats wrong with them?

>> No.14505122

>>14500289
Good Hardcovers>Good Ereader>Penguin>>>smartphone/laptop

>> No.14505215

>>14505060
Not that anon, but a lot of these are just abridgments or short stories/poems taken from longer works. Not a terrible thing if you just want to sample some of these authors, but you're almost always better off just getting the books that these stories actually come from. Case in point: that Boccaccio book at the very top, "Mrs Rosie and the Priest" contains only 4 short stories from Decameron, a book which has 100 short stories in total

>> No.14505216

>>14505060
Disgusting.
>single handley destroys penguin.
Nothing personnel.

>> No.14505251

>>14505060
>On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts

God, I REALLY want to read that.

>> No.14505322

>>14503666
The Oxfords I have, habe much more in depth intros.

>> No.14505331

>>14505251
>>14505322
Can you please get your own name?

>> No.14505508

>>14505331
>>14505322
>>14505251

Butterfly, Please tell me what makes you so special that you deserve to been known on website where everybody is suppose to be anonymous?

>> No.14505599

>>14504031
Are you retarded? If your book falls apart so easily what's the point of buying it?

>> No.14505602

>>14505331
uh excuse me, you can get YOUR own name, thanks

>> No.14505626

>>14505331
I did.