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651025 No.651025 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/

So I just got The Man in the High Castle today. Sadly, the only copy they had was pic related.

Care to share some horror stories regarding book covers or reactions to them, either your own or others'?

>> No.651034
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>> No.651042

>>651025
Ugh, that is the copy my library gave me when I reserved one. I thought I would've like the book more, but there was too much wankery.

>> No.651047

>>651034
What's so bad about that? The book is much worse than that cover.

>> No.651051

HHGTTG has the most unfortunate cover art of all the books I've read. The thumb-lick cover still gives me the horrors.

>> No.651123

Bump, because this is a good topic.

>> No.651128

>>651123

Are you in FLC?

>> No.651132

>>651128

I don't even know what that is!

>> No.651140

>>651123
I'm also holding out for some gems, I don't have much to contribute, though. every bad cover I can think of belongs to a book that's even worse.

>> No.651141
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651141

>>651051
Do you mean this one?

>> No.651142

>>651132

At the risk of revealing my ignorance, I have a clan member who has the first part of your name and I've never seen it anywhere else.

>> No.651151

>>651141

ARGH.

Jesus.

Yes, -that- one. God, how horrifying. Consider my mellow harshed.

>> No.651153

>>651022
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>>651025
i have the same one, its a shame since this other one is fantastic.

>> No.651162

I like the vintage editions of Dick. Sure the covers are wonky but so are the words contained within.

>> No.651173

>>651025
I dig that cover.

>> No.652391

>>651142

Arc is a longtime tripfag across a few boards. You've really never seen him?

name's from an japanese otaku entertainment franchise

>> No.652396 [DELETED] 

>>651021
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>> No.652409 [DELETED] 

>>651023
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>> No.652412

>>651161
lol, I got a copy from Britain specifically to have that cover.

>> No.652423
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652423

I generally rage at book covers that use pictures from their respective movie adaptations.
Pic related, great book and shitty movie adaptation

>> No.652433
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652433

Trying to peddle Xavier Herbert's Capricornia on the 'Australia' bandwagon a few years ago (you know, that shitty Nicole Kidman movie). Cynical, deceptive bullshit.

>> No.652486

>>651161

I love that I got this cover, it's excellent.

On par with the 1984 Blue eye cover and A Clockwork Orange's 'perfect glass of milk' cover

>> No.652491
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652491

Rad CGI.

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>>651161

When I was working a manual labour job, I was reading this on my lunch breaks and this fucking idiot is like "LUL WHY R U READING A NAZI BOOK!?"

>my reaction

>> No.652512

>>652423
wat that cover is not from movie

>> No.652521
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652521

It looks like a programming manual. 3ds Max or something.

>> No.652538

i've been wanting to read solaris for years, but every copy i find has a picture of george clooney on the front and i refuse to buy it on princinple
feelsbadman

>> No.652540

>>652493

Some stupid bitch said the exact same thing to me. I was on shrooms so my reaction was probably very different though.