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Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:18:18 2012 No.2418279 [Reply] [Original]

ITT gorgeous book cover design

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:20:17 2012 No.2418285 inb4 e-kindlefags get mad because they can't appreciate beauty and good taste

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:20:17 2012 No.2418284 File: 51 KB, 326x500, cloud atlass.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:22:18 2012 No.2418292 File: 57 KB, 389x600, 2666.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:23:18 2012 No.2418293 File: 47 KB, 328x500, thefinalsolution..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2418284 The lettering on this reminds me very much of a less organic Jay Ryan piece, although afaik it's Chabon and not Mitchell who can boast Ryan cver design.

>>	sandwiches Sun Feb 19 20:24:17 2012 No.2418296 >>2418292 Was just going to post this. Such a nice cover. I can't imagine the book being better than its cover.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:24:18 2012 No.2418294 >>2418285 wut. I like a good book cover, but I like words more.

The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 20:30:18 2012 No.2418312 [DELETED]

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Forgot trip

>>2418296
Yeah, this is another version of 2666 that I've seen that is just a reconfigurations of >>2418292
but are nowhere near as nice.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:33:19 2012 No.2418322 File: 1.10 MB, 1801x2836, shades grey.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] One of my favorites, perfectly fits the book.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:33:19 2012 No.2418324 >>2418292 really? I thought most people learned that red text over multicolored backgrounds wasn't worth it when they were making powerpoints in primary school. It's ugly, imo.

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 20:35:19 2012 No.2418331 File: 46 KB, 310x500, dante.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:36:17 2012 No.2418337 >>2418324 It's sexy as fuck when you're holding it in your hands.

Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:37:17 2012 No.2418340 [DELETED]

>>2418322
The most I've ever read from this guy is the ebook preview for this thing, which didn't grab me, but every single iteration of its cover art has made me think "I woulda pounced on this shit if I'd come upon it at age 13." I also feel like I should drop in the one piece of information re Fforde that I knew before I became at all familiar with his writing, which is that he trawls for dick at his book signings. The More You Knowwwwww

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:37:17 2012 No.2418342 File: 24 KB, 313x475, chronic_city.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 20:38:17 2012 No.2418349 File: 68 KB, 531x788, jr.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:39:17 2012 No.2418351 File: 110 KB, 490x560, fanged_noumena_urbanomic_motto_01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:40:17 2012 No.2418356 File: 63 KB, 300x494, idiot-book-cover.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Cover and title made me read the book.

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 20:41:18 2012 No.2418360 File: 35 KB, 323x500, runner.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	yRаn !mHBuh/tvfE Sun Feb 19 20:43:18 2012 No.2418367 File: 41 KB, 500x375, infjest.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] It's pretty gorgeous, don't you think?

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 20:44:19 2012 No.2418370 File: 40 KB, 316x475, oryx.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2418292 Sort of in the style of this.

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Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:46:18 2012 No.2418377 [DELETED]

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>>2418342
Is this British? Much love to Lethem (although I haven't read more than a chapter of this one), but I like this much more.

>>2418349
The kind of cover that's dope when I get it for two bucks as a used paperback but wouldn't reeeeally grab me otherwise

>>2418367
Not to speak ill of the dead (and Dave Eggers' hard drive), but...maybe for me to poop on.

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 20:47:18 2012 No.2418380 File: 129 KB, 480x742, wind up.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:47:18 2012 No.2418381 File: 9 KB, 179x280, louis-ferdinand_celine-journey_to_the_end_of_the_night.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 20:48:17 2012 No.2418383 File: 95 KB, 550x426, gaddis 2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The new Gaddis covers are pretty cool, too.

Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:50:17 2012 No.2418390 [DELETED]

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Out of context, I'm sure this doesn't mean anything in particular, but for fantards reading her stuff in chronological order, it's a physically beautiful and appropriate third act in a career that began with the fabulous juvenilia, progressed into the classic sophomore hot mess of The Autograph Man , and ended up producing a wonderful, smart, klassy third novel like this.

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 20:50:18 2012 No.2418386 File: 50 KB, 270x388, recog.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2418383 >>2418349 Although some of the old ones weren't too bad.

Anonymous Sun Feb 19 20:53:18 2012 No.2418394 [DELETED]

>>2418383
ooh, see, these don't really grab me. Every Gaddis cover in this thread looks like it'd make a great accessory for an aloof 22-year-old white dream boy in a bad student film, but these seem to more obviously signal the (pseudo)intellectual boyfriend's third-act heel turn. They look like the kind of thing you'd buy to look smart more than the kind of thing you'd buy if you were smart, if that makes any sense. Which I'm sure it doesn't.

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 21:03:17 2012 No.2418408 File: 22 KB, 308x475, recog2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2418394 Better?

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 21:07:17 2012 No.2418415 >>2418408 YES.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 21:11:18 2012 No.2418425 >>2418279 That shit would be ripped off and thrown into the trash in short order. I can't stand book covers. I always remove them before reading.

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 21:14:18 2012 No.2418433 File: 35 KB, 311x475, basque.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 21:29:18 2012 No.2418480 >>2418433 Agreed! I read this book fifteen years ago and doubt I'll ever reread it, but it's such a beautifully produced volume that I can't bear to get rid of it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 21:41:19 2012 No.2418522 File: 44 KB, 290x434, 2006ac5492_ware_panter-mcsweeneys_quarterly_concern_jacket_290x435[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] McSweeny's #13 edited by Chris Ware cover jacket is a huge poster

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 21:44:19 2012 No.2418529 >>2418522 The quality of publications put out by McSweeney's varies wildly, but the packaging is pretty much always well above average.

>>	The Importance of Being On Time and Being !dAqyKvNZuA Sun Feb 19 21:45:19 2012 No.2418533 File: 69 KB, 512x384, hed.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2418529

>>	Anonymous Sun Feb 19 21:52:18 2012 No.2418549 >>2418533 I own this one! I've probably read only about 35-40% of the total content but it was very fun to dig through

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