/lit/ - Literature

The Camus covers are pretty great.

I like it.

>>8726778
>LOL MUH EPIC MINIMALISM XD
fuck off with that worthless garbage. Literally a 0/10

>>8726512
Little more contemporary, but this cover varient to American Gods is pretty fantastic.
Neil Gaimen has quite a few good varients.

>>8726778
>le tricky hook meme

>>8726778
>no author name on cover

Always liked this one.

Also, has anyone found anything interested in a used book you bought? Mine came with an old receipt :^)

>>8728336
I bought a used book that someone apparently took on a trip to Paris. They had a boarding pass from NYC to Paris and ticket stubs to the top of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre inside. Pretty cool.

>>8728351
which one is better?

>>8728355
>le eternal anglo face

Absolutely disgusting

>>8728355
This one is stylistically more a Clockwork Orange but >>8728351 this is more pleasing to the eye.

>>8728336
Wow really makes you think

>>8728372
nice meme

>>8728354
Worth reading?

>>8726512
Note the shape of the tentacles at the bottom of the cover. See anything?

>>8728336
nice there's something comfy about newark intl.

>>8728552
Newark is shit

One terminal actually got some new updates and is pretty nice now

Best cover

>>8726778
the minimal cover really doesn't work with that book
nothing about moby dick is minimalist

2666

>>8726778

I've always liked this cover.

>>8726778
is moby dick actually good? I'm from France and we don't read it in school. I like whales and I'm pretty interested.

>>8728656
It's the greatest book ever written

>>8728669
looks like a famous five cover

>>8728656
I just finished it a month ago and this is my first chance to sperg out over it woohooo

It's easily the greatest book I've ever read in terms of the sheer quality of prose and it even holds up well on an entertainment level, what you never hear about the book in the english-speaking world is that it's extremely funny and all of the characters come to life in their extremely entertaining dialogues and monologues. The middle part does get difficult when you essentially have to slog through whaling essays, but I swear that this section changes you as a reader. You've got nothing to drag you onwards but the beauty of prose, and so you start to appreciate that even more. By the time the plot kicks back in during the last 150 pages or so, it'll go very fast and you'll have totally clicked with Melville's style, if you're anything like me.

Thematically it's pretty interesting too, and pay attention to how the narrator uses allusions, references, similes and metaphor to sort of turn the whaling voyage into something of almost cosmological importance. It's almost modernist in that way, although it was published in the 1850s.

But yeah if english isn't your first language it might be difficult, I suggest reading something short but dense like A Portrait of the Artist to get used to rich language and run-on sentences.

btw jealous you get Proust in his native language

>>8726778
Fucking lol, the whale's face kills it.

>>8728759
Proust is amazing, the most unique and incredible reading experience I've had in my whole life. I only read the first part of ''À la recherche du temps perdu'' and stopped there because I wanted to read the full thing in one go. I actually took one week off work for christmas to read it.

>>8728656
>I like whales
not for long

>>8728542
Haven't read From the Mouth of the Whale, but the other two definitely are. So is his new one, Moonstone. They're all very short.

For real though.

I'm quite fond of this Rama cover.

>>8728554
I've had this book on my list for a while.

Is it worth the read?

>>8728336
I bought my copy of Dune Messiah new off amazon for 4 dollars. When the book came, I found an old playboy ad from the 90's at least. The kind that was found inside the magazine that you would mail-in to order whatever it was offering. It was torn in half, so I suppose someone had used it as a bookmark at some point. I found this strange because the book was sold to me as 'new',' and it WAS new; there were no creases on the spine that indicated someone had gone through it. The copy itself is pretty old, at least as old as the ad, since the pages are browned and it smells like it was sitting on a shelf for 20 years.

On that note, Dune has really good covers, Dune Messiah especially.

>>8728907
Very nice.

>>8728759
I knew it was great but I like your enthusiasm. It names me want to start it right now.

>>8728618
This is nice. I've never seen this one before.

>>8728354
What does it say?

>>8726778
Oh, would you look at the poor sadfaced whale? What happened to the little whale? Why is he all :/ ? Is he gonna be ok, /lit/?

>>8729065
Oooh, visceral! I like 'em visceral. Can't go wrong with visceral, is what I always say.

>>8726512
The brazilian cover of Infinite Jest is my favorite of all time

>>8728648
great taste

I found this at the bottom of the bargain bin at the store I frequent for 99¢.

Some of you guys might think it's lame, and a bit trashy, but to me, it's fucking nice. Anyone know the proper term for this "art style"? It's on the tip of my tongue...

>>8729782
vaporwave maybe

British first edition i have of make room make room is great.

>>8729835
You don't know what you are talking about.

>>8729038
I think it's a fascinating read. From the very first few pages it's clear that the narrator is completely insane, but there's a method to his madness. As you read on you start to understand his reasoning and his actions start to make sense, from his point of view. It's just that the logic he runs on is completely different from your and mine. It's like looking at the world through an alien lens.

>>8730085
are these 4chan anonymous or other? I've seen them in major bookstore branches.

>>8728351
>>8728355

>>8730097
not 4chan

>>8728904
This

>>8726778
I much prefer this one

I honestly read this book just because I liked the cover art and it became one of my favourites

>>8726512

>>8729782
Gay as aids style?

behold, you candy ass niggas

>>8728549

>>8727011
ew no
this one is much better

>>8726778
how do native english speakers cope with the meaning of 'dick' in such contexts? do you get a chuckle everytiem or never notice it

>>8732947
Shit taste desu

>>8726778
>>8727050

>>8729782
More like Wutheringh Eighties

>>8729948
This is very nice. Makes me want to read it.

>>8732944
I would buy it.

>>8726778
I prefer this one.

>>8733429
>Using a Blake illustration for a cover

thats dumb

>>8726512
to be honest the only reason I want to read this book is because of the name, that fucking amazing cover, and the fact the author's name is "faulkner". Everything about it just oozes supremacy.

>>8726512
>>8729948
>>8733413
Red and black is truly god tier isn't, lads?

>>8733486
But anon it's a truly good book.

>>8728372
*hissss*

>>8729474
>Graça Infinita
My sides

>>8732931
I'm not sure what emotion this is supposed to convey.

>>8733429
>book is Ficciones
>holding it right next to The Aleph

Pelotudo de mierda.

I was always partial to this cover of Hyperion

This cover fits perfectly. Anyone else have a sort of synesthesia when reading anything vibrant

cute dog

sorry for the meme author, but I just adore the art deco style

>>8733738
lol I got this book because the cover looked like Bioshock

Burning Chrome

Damn... going through my folder... I have a ton of truly ace cover art... but I'm not sharing with you guys

>>8733902
Yea well I have tons of rare pepes. As if l'll post them

I am actually quite partial to this cover.

If I had to design a cover I wouldn't do it like this but it still works.

>>8726512
Step aside, assholes, patrician God tier cover coming through

>>8733933
Impressive.

>>8733933
I want this framed and in my room

>>8734000
Why are Japs so good at making covers?

>>8733924

>put a bird on it

Ben Lerner - 10:04

>>8734078
I actually prefer this version. It looks more dismal

>>8732944
>>8733139
you should

>Crime and Punishment.jpg

>>8726778
>>8728783
and so, a new rxn img was born that day

I have trouble figuring out if I like things because they're good or because I enjoyed them

>>8734913
You're right.

pour être honnête

>>8733752
Well Bioshock did draw heavily from Rand

i really like these covers for the divine comedy

too bad fucking amazon tricked me and sent me the wrong purgatorio

>>8733933
that doesn't evoke the book at all

>>8732963
hearing it over and over since you are a little kid, referenced in everything even cartoons, kind of desensitizes you to it. Its like someone with the last name "Gay" or a man named Dick. It loses its meaning after hearing it enough in that context.

>>8736160
dont try and lie like you didnt giggle to yourself the first 50 times you heard the title moby dick.

This one is pretty neat

>>8735848

>This entire thread
>No one posts the greatest

Barnes and Noble did something right for once.

>>8734991
I definitely want this. I just can't order it without looking like a weirdo/pedophile to everyone who I live with. Maybe I can sureptitiously order it and hide it under my bed instea of my bookshelf. But that would raise even more questions. Damnit.

>>8735977
Mort a Credit covers are dull, at least Voyage looks good (only on folio)

>>8736792
Folio is top notch, I often use theirs as ebook cover

>>8728759
Thanks for posting this. I'm gonna read Mony Dick now.

>>8733486
You can't ooze supremacy.

>>8726567
>extreme minimalism
>reddit stemlord

>>8728904
I just realized the cover is the same color as the sea in the book.

>>8736756
Just claim it was the cheapest edition you could find.

>>8736792
I like this one better.

>>8732598
Ain't got shit on the centipede press limited editions

Say what you will about genre pulp, but I would be more interested in collecting art like this for their covers more than any album cover.

Whoever the artists were for these 70s prints they were awe inspiring. The art of the cover is probably better than the books themselves.

>>8736453
I feel like it should say "slavery is freedom" instead.
The thing you're advertising shouldn't switch from being the first element to being the second one

>>8741098
Both covers make a mistake: you can see the folds in the fuligin cloak. It's supposed to be uniform because of how dark it is

>>8741340
Totally different nuance though.

>>8741350
even then, "slavery is freedom" would be a better fit.
The citizens in the book aren't being told that freedom is bad, they're mostly being enslaved while they're ensured that the status quo is adequate.

>>8734991
>>8732944
>Seven Seas
Fuck.

I vowed never to buy their shit when they backed out on publishing Kodomo no Jikan.

>>8732947
At least the pulpy one doesn't look a Jerry Bruckheimer film.

>>8733685
girl thats a bootyhole

>>8736756
just put it along your big boy books, no one will suspect.

This thread is tempting me to buy several more copies of moby dick

ez

>>8728759

dude it is way easier then pota.

"soon those rosie cheeked dancing girls april and may will return to pierut us out of winters wood"

Peter Mendelsund's Kafka covers

>>8742552
>we want the evangelion audience

>>8726512
love that fucking cover
also the name is great
hemmmmmmmingway has great titles too

>>8736756
thisimage scares me
hes such an evil man

>>8726512

Great book too and all of his first wave ND covers are amazing.

>>8742886

and, it even looks better when your edition gets beat

>>8734009
Because Japanese cover design revolves around atmosphere rather than characters like most western cover design

>>8733334
oh this is really nice

>>8728656

It is truly Great.

>>8729782

Outrun

>>8732625

I brought this on a trip to Coronado island and spent 2 days on the beach high as fucking reading it. One of my favorite vacations.

>>8741347
It's excusable in the cover for the third book;Severian himself notes at the end of his journey that his travels have worn his cloak such that it's more of a rusty black than the fulligin he set off with

>>8728669
thats the one I have

>>8743001

other examples?

>>8731722
This is the best one. Actually does the book justice

>>8736434
What book is this? Also
>inb4 End of Evangelion

>>8742266
This pic made me laugh.
Laughing out loud if you will,
But I know you won't.

>>8726567
these are so ugly
I have that copy of the stranger and I do not like it

I love the penguin English library editions, minimalist and they feel amazing in the hand.

>>8744871
u feel amazing in the hand

>>8744871
>minimalist

You dont now what that word means.

>>8745057

>>8745062

That's not even a typo.

>>8742266
This has meme potential. Can someone make this the official /lit/ banner?

>>8742886
>>8742890
Gonna read this book solely based off that cover

>>8729493
Came looking for this cover.

>>8726512
I really like these new cover of the newest editions published by Jalisco's "Fundación Juan Rulfo" and editorial RM.

>>8745231
cool