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ITT: worst book covers of all time Anonymous Fri Nov 20 05:02:30 2020 No.16829594 [Reply] [Original]

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 05:04:09 2020 No.16829597 File: 964 KB, 1402x1941, Emile_Zola_1902.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Zola is so fucking good, that cover doesnt even hurt it

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 05:12:37 2020 No.16829626 Why would they put a tranny on the cover?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 08:54:13 2020 No.16830480 File: 17 KB, 210x345, 51iO7kpwSIL._SX210_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16829594 2008-tumblr tier

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 08:57:29 2020 No.16830492 Any of those fake leather-bound editions.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 08:59:37 2020 No.16830499 Someone post the Wordsworth covers

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:01:48 2020 No.16830508 File: 173 KB, 800x567, povehljjn3941.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Didn't know there was a novelization of this game

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:08:56 2020 No.16830536 File: 126 KB, 640x480, Nameless horror.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16829594 I present to you the Estonian cover art for Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:09:59 2020 No.16830538 File: 130 KB, 640x480, Nameless horror II.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16830536

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:10:49 2020 No.16830543 >>16829594 Actually this is a good book cover because it reminds me of the time I was privileged to fuck a busty librarian.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:12:41 2020 No.16830552 File: 323 KB, 825x1227, Nameless Horror III.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16830538

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:14:16 2020 No.16830557 >>16830536 >>16830538 >>16830552 Obviously not very good but at least they have a comfy handmade feeling. I much prefer this style than what OP posted

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:15:07 2020 No.16830562 >>16830557 They look like Ugandan movie posters.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:15:55 2020 No.16830567 >>16829594 Arguably as bad as wordsworth clssics

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:16:38 2020 No.16830569 >>16830536 >>16830538 >>16830552 they look based

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 09:19:41 2020 No.16830582

>>16830562
Absolutely. Both those also have that feeling. The important thing is that while the person who made them is absolutely devoid of talent, you can still feel his personality behind these covers. You know it was made by a human being who thought about what he was doing. OP's cover in contrast could very well have been made by an AI.
The ones you posted also have a childish aspect, which caters to that comfy feeling.
I understand why you posted them and thank you for that, I just don't agree that they're the worst covers.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 12:15:45 2020 No.16831560 >>16829594 Any book cover that is the author's face is garbage

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 12:26:23 2020 No.16831616 File: 207 KB, 1000x1000, got.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 12:53:59 2020 No.16831775 File: 21 KB, 210x349, 51MDE0P4G3L._SX210_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] GF have great editions but their covers must be made on powerpoint by the five year old son of the CEO, I see no other explanation

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 13:07:05 2020 No.16831861 File: 46 KB, 319x500, 51wACYoBFrL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 13:14:53 2020 No.16831911 File: 3.45 MB, 480x326, xmas.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16831616 trash now that you point at it >>16831861 kill with fire

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 13:17:00 2020 No.16831921 File: 30 KB, 328x499, sumdumthot.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:06:21 2020 No.16832207 >>16829597 Is Zola a good author to read for someone who's trying to learn French? What would be some good books to start with?

Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:08:53 2020 No.16832221

>>16832207
Sadly, I wouldn't recommend it. While he belongs to the naturalism genre and you might think he writes clean, no nonsense, to the point prose, he actually has something of a more romantic, full of images prose that will be hard to follow for someone trying to learn french. Better come back to it later.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:11:41 2020 No.16832242 File: 406 KB, 695x1036, Screenshot_2017-08-19-19-28-02_kindlephoto-8751463.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I like this cover, but it inspired the low effort, low cost, basic bitch covers, so common, today.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:17:10 2020 No.16832277 File: 154 KB, 677x290, Screenshot_2017-08-19-20-50-05_kindlephoto-161276456.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The Art Director for Penguin in this airbrush era is not my favorite. It's different but tryhard.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:20:22 2020 No.16832301 File: 741 KB, 627x1105, Screenshot_2017-08-22-05-45-47_kindlephoto-74548685.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Hi guise! Just standin on muh flyin thing. Kind of like the color composition, tho.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:21:08 2020 No.16832310 >>16831861 Classic

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:31:22 2020 No.16832384 >>16831616 These are actually minimalistic and tasteful. The average fantasy book cover is exponentially worse.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 14:36:06 2020 No.16832424 File: 163 KB, 759x417, Screenshot_2017-08-19-20-30-16_kindlephoto-246482354.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 15:02:16 2020 No.16832636 >>16832221 I'm able to read Houellebecq and understand most of what he says, even if on occasion I need to look up some words. Does that improve my chances?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 15:07:18 2020 No.16832668 File: 22 KB, 230x342, l-etranger-le-livre-de-poche-livre-occasion-2184_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Picked this up at the used book store, looks like a manga adaptation

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 15:09:53 2020 No.16832688 >>16832668 That's a fucking great cover

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 15:13:28 2020 No.16832712 >>16832636 Not really. Houellbekk intentionally writes very digestible prose so it will be easy to translate.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 16:31:07 2020 No.16833259 >>16832424 this looks great, why are you shitting on it

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 16:34:56 2020 No.16833291 >>16832688 Agreed. He does have a point about the manga ressemblance though

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 16:35:17 2020 No.16833294 >>16830480 kek I have the same one. Had to glue a piece of paper on it so I could avoid looking at that grotesque faggy cover

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 16:39:01 2020 No.16833322 File: 20 KB, 342x499, 41+t+zICFRL._SX340_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I really hate the cover, but it is the only edition of the book in my mother tongue.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 16:47:11 2020 No.16833392 File: 439 KB, 727x890, Screenshot_2017-08-19-20-02-56_kindlephoto-170257114.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 16:50:34 2020 No.16833423 >>16833392 Fun fact: Rudy Rucker is like the great great grandson of Hegel. No bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 17:01:59 2020 No.16833496 >>16833291 I once met a girl who said that a Egon Schiele painting she saw was obviously inspired by manga/anime. I felt very sorry for her.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 17:02:47 2020 No.16833501 File: 559 KB, 713x1197, Screenshot_2017-08-19-19-59-05_kindlephoto-169674210.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16833423 I think he might enjoy the Hegel phone and similar memes. I do.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 17:04:50 2020 No.16833509 File: 115 KB, 934x1491, brothers.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] never forgetti

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 17:10:45 2020 No.16833564 >>16833322 It looks like a popsci cover

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 17:13:50 2020 No.16833590 File: 1.12 MB, 2140x2526, Moreau Gustave Naissance de Venus Venus birth.jpg.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>16833496 kek that's even funnier consider that Schiele (while great) is art hoe 101, maybe one day it will be Moreau

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 20 17:13:56 2020 No.16833593 >>16833509 Top one is obviously Aliocha and bottom one Ivan

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