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ITT: fucking horrible book covers.
jesus christ i felt embarrassed being seen with this monstrosity.

and yes, i understand the text, not the book cover is important.
however this shit is horrible and you fucking know it

>> No.1582389

Looks fine to me.

>> No.1582399
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>> No.1582407

>>1582383
Why the fuck did you buy the Norton Critical Edition then instead of, say, the Dover thrift edition?

Also, the cover of American Psycho where the guy's face is covered with the text.

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>> No.1582417
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>>1582407
Let me help you not be so boring.
Pic related.

>> No.1582424

>>1582407
>>1582407
because...you know...i needed the critical parts at the back, the last 120 pages or so.

>> No.1582426

just kidding

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>>1582426
oops

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>>1582383
Apparently somebody doesn't understand that the monster was a floe and outcropping of rock.

>> No.1582435
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This one I've always thought was kind of dumb. I guess it's going for simplicity and everything, but gray background and a black outline picture just looks weird to me.

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>> No.1582453

>>1582424
Why? 2deep4u? Frankenstein? Really? Why'd you need them?

>> No.1582465

derrida uses language to showcase ideas


it's good to know children care more about the aesthetic of the book cover than the aesthetic of the text itself

>> No.1582482

>>1582453
>>1582453

because the book was the required edition for my course. i don't choose what edition i need to get

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>>1582465
>>1582465
if only there was a way to find out what i actually said...

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>>1582486
Same publisher, but this one is slightly less worse. I think I just hate the one color plus black kind of style these two have.

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It's just a close up blurry picture of the author's face. Tinted purple.

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And now a close up grainy photo of the author's face. Tinted dark green/blue/some kind of gray.

>> No.1582564

>>1582543
>>1582543
>>1582550
>>1582550

sriq?

>> No.1582568

>>1582564
Yeah?

>> No.1582588

thanks for the sage sriq, 3rd was just wondering if it's you or not, that's all.

>> No.1582641
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1582641

The cover for Saturn's Children is terrible.

I gave this a shot because I hadn't read any sci-fi in a while and a lot of people said it was good. I think it's the only time I've felt self-conscious reading in public.

It wasn't even very good.

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>>1582588
It wasn't a sage of meanness! Just off-topicness.

For on-topic, here's another crappy cover.

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>>1582692
Especially when compared against this cover.

>> No.1582728

I don't really like the most recent cover for Flowers for Algernon.

>> No.1583955
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1583955

I almost never care about book covers, but I really couldn't buy "The Man in the High Castle" because of his cover.
(I've seen other people complaining about this one on /lit/)

>> No.1583959

>>1582641
It's intentionally trashy. The book is a homage to Heinlein's later work.

>> No.1583969
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I think they were trying to appeal to kids with this cover, but Ender's Game is definitely not something a kid should read (I did though). I had nightmares about the rotting corpse of a giant for a while.

>> No.1583980

I relate with OPs embarrassment.

I solve this problem by binding books with some fabric. Looks pretty nice.

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>>1582383
I see nothing wrong with this cover. In fact, I like it for three reasons. 1). It looks like an academic version. 2). The painting brings to mind the scene of the Monster sledding across the ice in the opening section. 3). That's a painting by Caspar David Friedrich called The Sea of Ice and it's awesome. He's one of my favorite painters.

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>>1583955

much nicer this one

>> No.1583994

>>1583991
I HAVE THIS ONE :)

>> No.1583999
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1583999

I have the superior copy

>> No.1584002

>>1583988
More like L'Hipster, AMIRITE

>> No.1584003

>>1583999
IT'S A PITY IT'S A MEDIOCRE BOOK AT BEST.

>> No.1584018

/lit/ - Book Covers

What avid readers we have here...

>> No.1584275

>>1584018
>>1584018
Saging a literature related thread?
>>1583980
>>1583980
Sounds like a good idea

>> No.1584281

>>1584275
Tripfagging on 4chan?

>> No.1584287
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1584287

>order Island of Dr. Moreau off Abebooks
>excited because I've wanted to read it for ages
>fast forward 3 days, it's arrived
>open the envelope
>this is what peers out at me

Throughout the book, I couldn't stop picturing Moreau as that fat fuck Marlon Brando.

>> No.1584348

>>1584281
>>1584281

Yes...obviously...

>> No.1584412

if you give a shit about your book cover you're doing it wrong

kill yourself now

>> No.1584439

>>1584412
>>1584412

Please read the OP you absolute fucking faggot

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1584451

>judging books by their covers

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>>1583988
IF THATS NOT SHOOPED IM GOING TO KILL A BABY WITH MY DICK

>> No.1584472

>BB calls the work of my fav artist horrible
>shit pants with rage
>disown BB
>give him up to the state
>die a bitter old man
>all BB's fault

>> No.1584483

>>1584472
>>1584472

I like the painting, not the combination of purple and yellow which looks shit

>> No.1584485

>>1584451
is like judging moot by his clover

>> No.1584490

>>1584483
>BB claims it was the bad color scheme and not the art itself
>remain skeptical but opt to believe
>retract the hurtful things I've said
>baby come back
>come back, baby

>> No.1584493

The cover of the trial by Kafka with the guy with his face (or eyes?) covered is so pretentious it's not even funny

>> No.1584502
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I feel capable of murder when any book has a movie cover on it. I mean, I enjoyed ASD the movie but COME ON.

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>>1584493
Why are there so many faggots on /lit/ who don't know how to do a fucking Google image search?

>> No.1584515
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What I really hate is when they replace classic book covers with the posters from the movie adaptation.

This shit drives me crazy.

>> No.1584518

>>1584493
I've seen it.

It's not pretentious.

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>>1584502
>I enjoyed ASD the movie

>> No.1584750

Bump

>> No.1584765

why can't you just read the fucking words and not give a fuck about the cover

if you like a book for its cover then you're retarded. you should love the words. when i see someone reading a book with a shitty cover or a shitty old edition and not giving a fuck i give them a head nod and a brofist. these people are the true readers who love language and reading.

if you're so concerned about book covers just get an e-reader

>> No.1584774

> Brownbear complains about "retardation" on /lit/
> makes an aspie thread the next day crying about book covers and what other people think

worst tripfag by far

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>mfw I've e-mailed Manchester Uni about a first year lit student committing plagiarism and piracy over the net

>> No.1584847
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This. Doesn't even closely match the time period, and its a terrible cover to a good book

>> No.1584852

>>1584847

lol what

>> No.1584879

>>1584847
No
You're trolling me
There's NO way that cover is fucking real.

>> No.1584893
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1584893

>This thread has been here over 24 hours
>Nobody has posted this abortion of creativity yet.
>wtfamireading.jpg

>> No.1584907

>>1584893

>the first in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers trilogy

haha come on that's pretty funny

>> No.1584911

>>1584907
Yeah, I actually do like that line, but I don't think it's original to this edition of the book.

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1584915

Arrrgh look at where the hair meets the border! Terrible photohopping.

>> No.1584918

>>1584018
>>1584412
>>1584451

Eat a dick, at least the thread is somewhat related to /lit/ which is more than I can say for most of the threads these days.

>> No.1584924
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How hasn't anybody posted this yet.

>Bella and Edward's favorite book

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>>1584924

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>>1584924
tell me this is fake

>> No.1584962
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It's all fine other than the drawing.

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pic related
i felt sad reading it on the bus.

>> No.1584968

>>1584924
Oh shit I remember seeing this in WH Smith a few months back.

>> No.1584969

>>1584966
hahaha nice one

>> No.1584970

Wheel of Time covers have such horrible art. Whenever I suggest the books to friends, they always mention the bad covers.

>> No.1584975
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>>1584970
Forgot my pic

>> No.1584991

>>1584966
I know that artist

>> No.1584994

that cover is the same artwork as this month's Emerging Infectious Diseases. how curious.

>> No.1584995

>>1584994
refers to OP

>> No.1585010

>>1584975
RJ absolutely HATED that cover artist, but couldn't do a thing about it. It sucked.