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Favourite book covers

I love the simplistic design of the penguin books

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>>8387957

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Fucking shitty phone. It always does this. Hopefully this edit fixes the rotation

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I posted this in the last one but I love it, and I own a copy. I still haven't read it, but I scored a first edition, and it has some really cool artwork on the inside too.

I also really like the paperback GR that Frank Miller did.

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really wish there will be a reprint of this.

on a side note: why don't books keep the same cover? i feel like books would be more iconic and memey (in a good way) if they only had 1 type of cover

>> No.8387967

>>8387960
wow kys

>> No.8387971

>>8387960
Sorry OP, you tried. Try taking a horizontal photo.

>> No.8387974

>>8387960
you're using an iphone. To get around this you need to crop a little off the top and the bottom of the pic before you post it, then you'll be good every time. This always works for me.

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>>8387971
>>8387967
This is the last time

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>>8387979

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>>8387979 (Me)
>>8387960 (OP)
>>8387957 (You)

>> No.8387998

I wish I had one of these colorful Gravity's Rainbows. I have the Penguin Deluxe edition (without the errors AFAIK) and it makes the book look so dark and edgy. I feel like the boom is too weird and funny for that, although it is dark sometimes

>> No.8388002

>>8387998
i have the missle blueprint one and i almost bought the deluxe just for the cover

>> No.8388014

This thread continues to prove that every single phoneposter is objectively horrible at posting.

Literally stop any time.

>> No.8388091

>>8387965
Different publishers use different covers to distinguish themselves from one another if they both have or had rights to the same book. Also there are "special" editions with more elaborate covers than usual (typically with a slightly jacked up price)

>> No.8388095

>>8387957

Bantam sci-fi pulp novels have the most interesting covers. Beautiful paintings that go beyond just graphic design.

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>>8387957
>>8387960
>>8387979
>tfw such a basic premise turned into one of the worst /lit/ threads ever, and in 15 posts.

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>>8388095
The old Daw covers also

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>>8388214
>two hours later

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recently bought this 50th anniversary edition of The Stoner, minus the quotes it looks pretty neat

>> No.8388231

>>8388222
ew

>> No.8388298

The Penguin Classics Gravity's Rainbow cover looks the best (the blueprint-style cover).

>> No.8388314

>>8387957
>The Frogs

Brekkek

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>>8387957
dem scales

>> No.8388327

>>8388222
is that yellow thing removable?
>chek'd

>> No.8388342

>>8388220
Hahahaha this is the worst thread ever
Fuck you OP

>> No.8388347

>>8388316
damn nigga... dem scales iz icy n shiet

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my fav

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>> No.8388710

>>8387965
That's the first time I ever see that cover and it's by far the basedest.

>> No.8388712

>>8388134
That's gorgeous.

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>> No.8388936

I have that same copy of The Iliad & Odyssey, does anyone know how good the translation is?

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My favorites of what I own

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>>8387957

Vintage is pretty decent in simple stark imaging.

Especially the Camus series.

>> No.8388980

>>8388930
how the fuck is M&D translatable? i feel genuinely bad for whoever reads it in any language other than english

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>WC

Wordsworth *is* meme crap, but I do like this and a few other covers.

>> No.8389081

>>8389067

honestly that cover is bad too.

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>>8389081
For a Wordsworth edition it's decent, though. Good luck finding better ones published by them.

>> No.8389634

>>8388966
I would buy some of those Camoose if I didnt own other versions, likewise for the Murakamis.

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creeps me the fuck out

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>>8389677
bigger image. it's so unsettling

>> No.8389687

>>8389682
You know communication with outsiders makes it possible for them to see you back, right?

The artist of that picture WANTED people susceptible to seeing these things to notice that something is odd about it, and be entranced by it.

Sooner or later you're going to be looking at it and you'll notice it has eyes too this time, and they're looking out at you.

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>>8387957

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>>8388963
I have both that 2666 and V. so nice to gaze at.


the japanese version of 2666 is haunting

>> No.8389825

>>8389793
that 2666 cover is even more incredible than the English version

>> No.8389901

>>8388966
I own some of these copies, and I don't hate them...

But honestly, they look like a clueless graphic design student in his second month of school made them. Especially Sisyphus and The Plague.

What happened to standards in art lads? Smh. Don't you think the plot, or message of a book should be represented thoughtfully, and with integrity? Some artistic merit in mind? Shiza.

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>>8389687
Is that the premise of your debut novel, anon?

>> No.8389988

>>8388327
yes it is

>> No.8389995

>>8388980
do you really think the puns is what make this book good?

>b-but my old english language

>> No.8389998

>>8389986
yes, it is

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>> No.8390005

>>8388966
>Murakami
I am physically embarrassed by you.

>> No.8390075

>>8388930
Goat

>> No.8390303

>>8390005

He's comfy mate.

>> No.8390343

>>8389793
2666 consistently has great covers across translations.

I was so happy to find a Bantam cover of V. It is my favorite Pynchon cover. I have it turned out on my bookshelf, and I often have 2666 turned out too, just not currently.

>> No.8391045

>>8388214
ayyyy lmao

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>> No.8391060

>>8389995
how in the loving fuck did you get that from my post? i'm genuinely interesting in your train of thought, unless of course your ESL in which case forget about it

>> No.8391229

>>8389793
is that supposed to be the apartment building where the cop and the doctor(???) fuck? interesting choice but why?

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Nothing can top this one

>> No.8393023

I'm not enough of a materialist cunt to care about bookcovers desu.

>> No.8393025

>>8393002
Probly true.

>> No.8393034

>>8388375
the sequel was better

>> No.8393055

>>8393002
Did his hand raise against god so he had to cut it off to teach it a lesson ? Because that's what some dude in Pakistan did recently.

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Still the best

>> No.8393118

>>8388375
i liked reading this but man were the writers biased or what

sure mao was a massive prick but if the dude even peeled a banana they'd be shitting on him for half a page afterwards

>> No.8393150

>>8393002
the man from ankara?

>> No.8393158

>>8393084

Hey I have this version. Yes this cover is pretty neato.

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which infinite jest covers do you guys like best?

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>>8393909

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>>8393909

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>> No.8393935

>>8393909
They're all horrendous desu

>> No.8393949

>>8393930
Someone just posted this shit on twitter with the caption:
Bae: come over
Me: not now I'm contemplating
Bae: my parents aren't home
Me: none of us are

Pretty fucking dumb imo.

>> No.8393960

>>8393909

>>8393935
Honestly this. I have >>8393926 edition but only cause it was the cheapest one I came across.

>> No.8393984

>>8393909
the cloud one is classic ugly

>> No.8394386

>>8393949
It's black twitter, what did you expect?

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>> No.8394632

>>8389067
Even Blake can't save Wordsworth.

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The Penguin Deluxe Classic (and Penguin classics in general) generally turn me on as much as a book cover could. I'll just share the cover of the most recent book I finished.

>> No.8395069

>>8389999
checked

>> No.8395166

Is there an error free version of the gravity's rainbow penguin deluxe? I know my copy has the errors but I like it; I'd like to rebuy if there is a canon version.