/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15236644]

Why are contemporary book covers so boring? I'm sick of the minimalist text on solid colour background aesthetic. Also post your favourite book covers.

[Anonymous No.15236724]

>>15236644
Lose the skull and the left one is cool. The one on the right is atrocious

[Anonymous No.15236746]

>>15236724
Skulls are cool

[Anonymous No.15236749]

I not-so-proudly own multiple movie tie-in books. Don't judge me I was obsessed with Keira Knightley at that time

[Anonymous No.15236775]

>>15236746
I agree, I just think in that case it’s a bit hammy

[Anonymous No.15236798]

>>15236644
>>15236724
I like both of them. The one on the right is fine but it could lose the generic talking up by a limp wristed author. Why advertise with Banville? It's like promoting Schwarznegger with Kantbot.

[Anonymous No.15236849]

>>15236644
books sometimes have multiple covers depending on the publisher or whatever. i have the one on the right and it is from Picador

[Anonymous No.15236961]

[Anonymous No.15236993]

>>15236644
The way the john banville quote is as large as the title and authors name really annoys me, it's like the /lit/ equivalent of that batman game case.

[Anonymous No.15237000]

>>15236961
covers like that is why mobydick is seen as a boys adventure book for incels and never gets its due

[Anonymous No.15237016]

>>15236993
i wouldnt mind if it said something emblematic of the book

[Anonymous No.15237031]

>>15236961
Not a book cover, but I always thought that this mastodon album would make a great cover for moby dick if it was tweaked somewhat.

[Anonymous No.15237035]

Always loved this cover

[Anonymous No.15237191]

>>15237031
True, if you focus on the Whale assaulting Pequod and cut all the other stuff this one would make a great cover.

[Anonymous No.15237255]

tracked down this image at one point. see filename

[Anonymous No.15237262]

>>15236644

[Anonymous No.15237278]

>>15237255
It's also cited on the book itself, however the real issue is that it's kid playing basketball, which ruins the cover, I mean you can even see the ball.

[Anonymous No.15237290]

>>15236644
Not a real cover but I like the design

[Anonymous No.15237301]

>>15237262
I like the everyman's library covers generally

[Anonymous No.15237321]

>>15237000
>mobydick is seen as a boys adventure book for incels
wait, is it not?

[Anonymous No.15237327]

Best Gaddis cover don't even bother replying

[Anonymous No.15237357]

>>15236644
>Why are contemporary book covers so boring? I'm sick of the minimalist text on solid colour background aesthetic.
>mfw top fiction books for Goodreads 2019

[Anonymous No.15237385]

>>15237357
>mfw

[Anonymous No.15237412]

this is the best dick

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[Anonymous No.15237546]

>>15236644

[Anonymous No.15237625]

>>15236644

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[Anonymous No.15237651]

him seeing his reflection in the blood is literally me looking into the mirror after getting left on read after messaging a girl i orbit who has a boyfriend to initiate a conversation

[Anonymous No.15237658]

>>15237412
>whale is not white
garbage

[Anonymous No.15237686]

>>15237000
lol who says this

[Anonymous No.15237808]

>>15237357
I think this post is trying to prove op wrong while actively proving him right.

[Anonymous No.15237813]

>>15237035
this that john gall nigga isnt it

[Anonymous No.15237822]

>>15236749
No judge, that's cute

[Anonymous No.15237835]

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[Anonymous No.15237843]

>>15237835
His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favourite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

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[Anonymous No.15237885]

>>15237651
Better that than seeing your reflection in the black screen of the monitor after jerking off to furry porn.

[Anonymous No.15237887]

>>15236749
>>15237255
>>15237262
>>15237301

reminder that slapping an established piece of art or photo on the cover may be aesthetic, but not uniquely designed respective to the book

>>15237835
based

[Anonymous No.15237953]

>i read elitist fiction

[Anonymous No.15238157]

>>15237953
Based

[Anonymous No.15238207]

>for like a year I thought the alternate title was "Evening Redress in the West"
>only after reading "Notes on Blood Meridian" so I realize it's "Evening Redness in the West"
am I retard?

[Anonymous No.15238304]

>>15238207
no. you looked at the title once to read it and thought you knew what it said and never needed to look at it again. you're not a retard, you're a normal person

[Anonymous No.15238370]

Don't really think the book is super great but the cover is awesome

[Anonymous No.15238545]

>>15236644
>>15236961
The superior Moby Dick cover.

[Anonymous No.15238600]

>>15237887
based
wordsworth classics are the worst with this, they slap on a picture but the ones they use always look shit
pic related, god I wish it was fake
other than that theyre a pretty based publisher since their classics are so cheap - some bad translations though

[Anonymous No.15238627]

>>15237835
>>15237840
really based, I would unironically buy these as a shit joke

best Moby Dick cover

[Anonymous No.15238694]

When we read Macbeth in highschool we used this version. The layout isn't very pretty, it's meant for high school students, but i've always loved the photo on the cover. It really fits the play, i guess that's why there's tons of Macbeth editions with a chess metaphor on the cover.

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[Anonymous No.15238820]

>>15237847
extremely good

[Anonymous No.15239084]

>>15237031
Don' think that even needs tweaking and that was a great fucking album too.

[Anonymous No.15239228]

>>15238157
what the fuck is not wrong with cover?
and what is the wrongest thing about it?
is it the cringy windows 98 fonts?
is it Jesus' face on a wolfman?
is it the expression of the girl?

[Anonymous No.15239275]

>>15237835
I don't remember them roping any wild horses in Blood Meridian. Do they?

[Anonymous No.15239301]

>>15239275
i think i vaguely remember them roping just one. it was just one sentence i think, could be wrong, could be thinking of a different book

[Anonymous No.15239412]

>>15237357
FYI books all look like this now because people buy books online more than in bookstores so designers make covers that look good as a thumbnail

[Anonymous No.15239883]

this is one of the goat book covers imo

[Anonymous No.15240509]

>>15237808
Nah I was agreeing with him

[Anonymous No.15240562]

>>15239883
Covers for japanese lit is usually pretty aesthetic

I really like the one for S:Es. On the front cover is pic related. On the back is the same S but covered in some skin with worms and rotten guts, and when you take of the cover is a S made of deformed bones

pretty cool

[Anonymous No.15240576]

The Master and Margarita always have great covers

[Anonymous No.15240583]

continuing the stream of moby dick covers

[Anonymous No.15240591]

>no one posting the best Moby Dick cover

[Anonymous No.15240616]

>>15239412
but they all look terrible as thumbnails too

[Anonymous No.15240680]

>>15240583
>Barnes & Noble Classics
>actually looks really cool
What the fuck...

[Anonymous No.15240709]

>>15240583
>actually a good one

wat de fug

[Anonymous No.15240727]

>>15240591

[Anonymous No.15240767]

There are a lot of good Moby Dick covers

[Anonymous No.15240786]

>>15240680
>>15240709
have another

[Anonymous No.15240796]

>>15240786
maybe that's a bit too big...

[Anonymous No.15240873]

>>15240786
>>15240796
meh seen this a thousand times, the other one was novel

[Anonymous No.15241029]

>>15237412
truly based
www.theoxenofthesun.com/2010/07/moby-dick-or-whale-arion-press.html

>>15238545
>>15237191
>>15237031
>>15236961
filtered

[Anonymous No.15241053]

>>15238370
James Franco

[Anonymous No.15241066]

>>15240873
also filtered

>>15240786
7/10

>>15240767
8/10

>>15240591
9/10

>>15240583
7/10

[Anonymous No.15241537]

>>15241066
what pushed you to make this post

[Anonymous No.15241728]

Do you ever think about how lazy Penguin are that they can't even be bothered paying someone to draw a cover based on the book and just slap some barely related if you're lucky art picture onto it to reinforce the customer's belief in their own culture

[Anonymous No.15241744]

>>15241728
It's a lazy and efficient practice, but way better than pic related.

[Anonymous No.15241745]

>>15240873
Very 50’s-60’s. Pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.15241755]

>>15241744
No at least that's funny and memorable

[Anonymous No.15241761]

>>15238370
Looks like gay porn.

[Anonymous No.15241771]

>>15241744
Imagine if your parents saw this

[Anonymous No.15241982]

>>15241537
what pushed you to make this post

[Anonymous No.15242157]

>>15238545
do caralho

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[Anonymous No.15242635]

>>15242625
>>15242626
>no post in an hour and 15 minutes
>two posts within 2 seconds

[Anonymous No.15242666]

>>15238600
>book with no copyright
>shitty translation
>no intro or notes
>shitty cover
>based
Idiot

[Anonymous No.15242678]

Moby Dick covers you say?

[Anonymous No.15243088]

>>15242666
I said the only thing based about them is their price, if youre getting something thats not translated and want it cheap then I would usually just get 2nd hand but this is a good alternative

[Anonymous No.15243104]

>>15237000
>never gets its due
It does, yet it doesn't need it.

[Anonymous No.15243109]

>>15237278
I fucking hate you.

[Anonymous No.15243113]

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[Anonymous No.15243138]

>>15236644

[Anonymous No.15243156]

>>15236644

[Anonymous No.15243165]

>>15237035
this is even better

[Anonymous No.15243173]

>>15237887
best is when they just toss the movie poster on it
even better when it looks like they change the title of the god damn book

[Anonymous No.15243190]

>>15243156
Let me stop you right there...

[Anonymous No.15243193]

this one is memorable

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[Anonymous No.15243243]

>>15237357
Why do I get the feeling I can summarise all of these books without actually having read them? Or at least get the general feel of what they are going to be about.
For example:
>Normal People
Probably about a single woman who is "quirky" in some form or other, and the title is referring both to her attempt to reconcile her outward normality and the normality of her attempts at relationships with her supposed rich inner life(which is also totally normal by nearly any standard, but just abnormal enough not to discomfit the middle aged women who read this book and others like it.)

[Anonymous No.15243374]

>>15241761
Pretty accurate for the book then

[Anonymous No.15243558]

>>15243156
>>15243190
http://arquivopessoa.net/textos/983
Have you ever read this Pessoa poem?
It's about Antinous

[Anonymous No.15243566]

Just picked this one up on Bezos-mart

[Anonymous No.15243586]

>>15236961
My dick has this cover except the blue is much lighter

It's a neat cover, I don't know why publishers are so obsessed with having an actual whale on the cover

[Anonymous No.15243599]

>>15236644
The fear is that you might be perceived to be compensating for a lack of internal substance if you go for an aggressively stylish book cover

[Anonymous No.15243647]

>>15240873
cute

[Anonymous No.15243649]

>>15240873
>thinking of hanging this on my wall

[Anonymous No.15243650]

>>15243243
>Normal People
>Probably about a single woman who is "quirky" in some form or other, and the title is referring both to her attempt to reconcile her outward normality and the normality of her attempts at relationships with her supposed rich inner life(which is also totally normal by nearly any standard, but just abnormal enough not to discomfit the middle aged women who read this book and others like it.)
It is about a girl who is "quirky" (it's the cliché "really smart girl who is also a 10/10 when she finally gets convinced to put on make up and dress up"). The book is mostly erotica though, in a weird way since the main girl is also wilfully self-destructive (had to read this for a book club and not a single woman there thought she did anything wrong, despite constantly allowing herself be exploited).

[Anonymous No.15244177]

>>15236644

Book covers today are designed for e-readers and Amazon thumbnails, that's why they're just boring titles and author names.

[Anonymous No.15244186]

>>15236961
What the fuck I've never seen the whale before, I thought it was some kind of wave.

[Anonymous No.15244194]

>>15237278
It's soccer you retard

[Anonymous No.15244200]

>>15237327
Have you read the book? It doesn't fit at all. In this regard it's simply a horrible cover, although the artwork itself is great.

[Anonymous No.15244220]

>>15237847
Best one itt

[Anonymous No.15244224]

I dropped Blood Meridian when I was about 30% in.

[Anonymous No.15244273]

>>15244200
>>15237327
Is the book good?

[Anonymous No.15244310]

This book sucked but the cover is absolute kino. I'm gonna dump a couple.

[Anonymous No.15244336]

I like this one because she looks like an actual child instead of the harlot that most of the other covers have her as. And I just like the colors and the aesthetic.

[Anonymous No.15244366]

I like this one mostly because all the others are terrible.

[Anonymous No.15244387]

The perfect cover for this book. Except the giant fucking award.

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[Anonymous No.15244396]

Personally loved these editions of Murakami. The new editions with their cheap plastic coded covers and boring minimalist design can fuck off.

[Anonymous No.15244423]

Verso's designs are generally hit or miss, but I'm glad they keep up with the 70s abstract geometric covers

[Anonymous No.15244462]

>>15244273
Hardly. It's very challenging but not particularly rewarding. Plus, it being challenging stems solely from the fact that the narrative is confined to the (always unattributed) dialogue spoken in one building, thus omitting almost all major plot points, which can only be reconstructed through vague references to them in the dialogue. The story itself is pretty good, with a great ending and many interesting characters, but unduly simple considering the effort you have to put into understanding it. It's still a Gaddis of course, which means that the dialogue is extremely good. I would only recommend reading it if you're a fan and have already read his three major novels.

[Anonymous No.15244478]

>>15244462
Oh, and one of the characters is an annoying mouthpiece for Gaddis and spends pages rambling about Christians and conservatives.

[Anonymous No.15244595]

>>15244224
Why

[Anonymous No.15244618]

>>15239228
I think the visible difference in resolution is the thing that bothers me the most for some reason

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[Anonymous No.15244643]

>>15236961
That artist is Tony Millionaire.

[Anonymous No.15245019]

>>15244462
>I would only recommend reading it if you're a fan and have already read his three major novels.
What are your thoughts on those?

[Anonymous No.15245954]

>>15244396
second this

[Anonymous No.15245987]

>>15244387
Based

[Anonymous No.15245996]

>>15237278
doesnt ruin it, adds something new to it

[Anonymous No.15246122]

>>15236644
I don't think that's a recent thing though.

Besides, is it really that important to have a nice looking book? I'm pretty sure you are one of those guys who buys to display and have at least 30 unread books at all times.

>>15244366
Great book btw, cover's also good.

[Anonymous No.15246129]

>>15236644
>I'm sick of the minimalist text on solid colour background aesthetic.
You're gay, bro. You like colorful books cuz you're a fag.

[Anonymous No.15246136]

>>15246122
>miller
>good
shit taste faggot. pick something better you narcisstic degenerate

[Anonymous No.15246897]

>>15236644
Justin Todd is my favorite. I buy books with his covers despite having no interest in the contents - what higher praise is there for an illustrator?

[Anonymous No.15247040]

>>15240576
agreed

[Anonymous No.15247232]

>>15246897
I wouldn't be buying a book that can't even spell fucking 'center'

[Anonymous No.15247263]

The Japanese cover for Gravity's Rainbow is the best book cover I've ever seen

[Anonymous No.15247266]

>>15236644
You can't offend anybody except 'public enemies', and you may not want to at this point.

[Anonymous No.15247368]

>>15247263
it thought it was pretty impressive but idk about 'best'

[Anonymous No.15247469]

>>15247232
how will the bongs ever recover

[Anonymous No.15247601]

>>15247469
how will the americans evre recovre

[Anonymous No.15248001]

>>15244366
This one the first and only book to make me cry. Great cover, too.

[Anonymous No.15248203]

>>15240583
damn that ones good

[Anonymous No.15248289]

>>15243235
Just read the titular piece. Goddamn, what a good story

[Anonymous No.15249490]

>>15243173
The absolute state

[Anonymous No.15250177]

>>15249490
>named as BLADE RUNNER
kek

[Anonymous No.15250505]

>>15238370
I hate the cover of that book