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2524292 No.2524292 [Reply] [Original]

>japanese Game of thrones covers

why are our covers so shitty in comparison

>> No.2524299

I'm jealous

>> No.2524313

"FROM HIT NEW HBO SERIES"
"AS SEEN ON TV"

I hate how the new covers have this shit on them

>> No.2524340
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Chinese version (personal pic)

>> No.2524379

>caring about covers

casual detected

>> No.2524396

Book cover tiers

>Top tier

No cover, blank cover, cover with nothing but symbols/patterns/nonrepresentational art

>Good tier

No text other than title/subtitle and author's name, minimalistic representational art

>Meh tier

Accolades and summary on back, goofy or lame cover art

>Bad tier

"Best seller!"/"Winner of [X]!", photo of author on front, author's name in a larger font than the title

>Garbage tier

Movie photo as cover art

>Kindling tier

"Based on the hit [TV series/film/vidya game/animoo]!"

>>2524379
>Not caring about covers

Plebeian detected.

>> No.2524397

>>2524379

a book is a work of art, from cover to cover, page to page, sentence to sentence

you probably don't understand though, you probably read books on your gameboy or whatever

>casual detected, no aesthetic perception

>> No.2525614

>>2524292
The general consensus is that when it comes to books the important thing is the content between the covers, not the covers itself. In order to get to that content you have to crack open the book and never again look at the cover.
I know it's totally ass backwards. We should just watch TV.

>> No.2525617

because your culture is shitty by comparison

>> No.2525649
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Observe: http://www.philipkdick.com/works_covers.html

Above is a collection of covers for Phillip K Dick novels and anthologies. Compare the different covers for the same book. Notice the pattern of foreign superiority in cover design.

>> No.2525715
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2525715

Fuck you they look awesome. Pic related I'm reading these (or trying to) right now.

>> No.2525724
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>>2525649
Oh damn this is badass.