ITT: Awful book covers. Which book covers are the worst that

Not that one. Com'on op, what the fuck?

>ITT: Awful book covers.

Yeah, let's not have this shitty thread again.

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I love the SF Masterwork editions of science fiction novels but I always hate their covers. They're tacky, gaudy, unpleasant to look at and very rarely have anything to actually do with the novel itself. Pic related is the copy of Ubik I have and not once does this shit seem relevant.

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>>9695227
I need to vent my distaste for shitty book covers somehow. Poor graphic design shouldn't be acceptable.

>>9695231
desu imo not all of their covers are bad, some are genuinely good whereas some are enjoyable if you like that pulpy 1970s futurist aesthetic

>>9695234
That's all on the publishers, who really gives a shit? Funny for a laugh at some, but who's actually autistic enough to take this seriously?

>>9695247
People on /lit/ constantly complain about poor book covers, anon. Some even admit they won't buy a book if the book cover is bad.

>>9695247
you can just minimize the thread t b h famalam

>>9695231
what i hate is the spine
fucking yellow puke

>>9695250
Often times really cheap publishers have bad covers, and I wouldn't buy from them because the books themselves aren't good, but as long as the book itself is fine what's the problem? It's going to be covered up on the shelf most of the time anyway.
>>9695255
maybe I just wanna be open to discussion my dude.

>>9695231
Just finished Ubik, no woman of the description on the cover is even in the novel. Piss boiled.

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literally my copy of lolita has this as its cover. i kind of appreciate that it doesnt go on the nose with just a picture of some young girl but it feels pretty damn irrelevant to the novel

if you picked this up with little knowledge about the book whatsoever you could easily assume it was some guide to drawing for old women with copious amounts of bowls of fruit

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fuck you, picador

> book was originally written and published pre-1800s
> book cover is a photograph

Triggers my special needs every time REEEEEEEE

>>9695223
> naming your own book A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Beauty

I don't know how to feel about this. On one hand, I want to smack the author for being so self-indulgent. On the other hand, I kind of hope it's true and that's the only reason why anybody would name their book this.

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Any TV-show or movie-tie in cover is abhorrent.

>>9695247
where do you think you are, son

>>9695275
I would imagine that book as humberts secretive notebook that his wife found leading to the primary elements of the story.

I'm sure the original artist had no intention of this however

>>9695326
classic

>>9695326
Dano's sleeves are too long for his arms

>>9695227
thats how you know its gonna be a good thread

>>9695278
> tfw I don't mind these at all

>>9695263
Wrong. This is kind of brilliant, especially the 1940s pin-up girls. My only gripe is that it's very cluttered.

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>>9695250
>People on /lit/ constantly complain about poor book covers, anon. Some even admit they won't buy a book if the book cover is bad.
it's a fuckin meme you dip. ever hear the adage "don't judge a book by it's cover"?

>>9695307
op asked for awful covers anon

>>9695358
> implying people on /lit/ aren't autistic enough to refuse to pick up a book based on its cover

i dont think you've been around here for long enough. of course theres the catchphrase but it doesnt stop some of the spazzes we have on here. some people visit here and dont even read for fucks sake.

>>9695266
if the book is shit, it's ok for the cover to be shit as well.

>>9695223

>>9695223
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51lO1bJParL._SY346_.jpg
https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0088/41/1481735514428.jpg
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51jjiLdRG-L._SY346_.jpg
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Sx-KgtKFL._SY346_.jpg

>>9695374
>>9695379
what are you doing

>>9695278
the bottom left ones are solid
too bad they decided to go whacky tobaccy instead of keeping the western wanted poster aesthetic simple

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>>9695231

>>9695399
a e s t h e t h i c

>>9695358
Of course I judge a book by its fucking cover. You think I'm going to have that shit stinking up my bookshelf?

>>9695379
Well, these are all really fucking terrible. Well done. Fucking hell.