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Terrible covers

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>> No.18583037

>>18582945
This is the type of cover that all genre fiction trash deserves.

>> No.18583209
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movie covers are cheating!

>> No.18583321

>>18583209
this one would be good if the whale wasn't so goofy

>> No.18584327

>>18582945
Not only awful, confusing

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>> No.18584353 [DELETED] 

>>18584344
Not a bad cover :3

>> No.18584357

>>18584333
>Who let this bitch into our bro’s night?

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>>18584333
>he has his fucking face on the toga
My SIDES.
This can’t be real. This fucking can’t be real. Holy shit. This can’t be real. Confirm or deny it faggot, I swear to God this can’t be real. Holy shit. It can’t be real.

>> No.18584368

>>18584344
absolute unit

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>>18582945
Back in 2008 my mother bought me I Am Legend in spanish with this same cover.

>> No.18584375

>>18584353
Yes it is lol

I’m a lotr fan and I like old school covers, but this doesn’t look “enchanting” or “magical” at all.

It looks like some Paul Blart Mall Hobbit shit.
Gollum is fine I guess

>> No.18584381

>>18584373
Anything with Will Smith involved is going to be lame beyond all measure.

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Was he autistic?

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>>18583321
Agreed, and if the text weren't so modern and gay either.
>>18584333
Checked lmao

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>> No.18584468

>>18584333
This is a kino cover

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I know it's low hanging fruit. And I don't care.

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>> No.18584571

>>18584344
I had this exact edition growing up lmao

>> No.18584578

>>18584394
fucking kek

>> No.18584629

>>18584344
why was there an era where every sci-if fantasy book had a cover like this?

>> No.18584637

>>18584490
idk man, making an obstacle course for a handicapped retarded kid sounds kinda kino

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>>18582945
I found this gem earlier
pic related
https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?keywords=9780300162288&currency=USD&destination=us&mode=advanced&classic=off&lang=en&st=sh&ac=qr&submit=

>> No.18585086

>>18584494
Kek maximus

>> No.18585275

>>18584952
Seems like all the Schwartz covers are shit, even though it's supposedly the best translation

>> No.18585755

>>18584344
Gollum looks like Ghandi if you squint

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>>18584333
checked

>> No.18585904

>>18585888
This is even the medieval translation where every line is rhymed.
Is there a better way of experiencing the Iliad?

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>> No.18585976

>>18585904
what translation is that anon? ive been trying to decide on a translation to read and that sounds like fun

>> No.18585988

>>18585888
This is based and fits perfectly tho

>> No.18586176

>>18584464
Fuck that got me lol

>> No.18586179

>>18584443
Not knowing anything about the plot of Little Women, I like this cover a lot.

>> No.18586203

>>18584344
Why is Bilbo wearing a wig?

>> No.18586337

>>18584443
I am very confused.

>> No.18586403

>>18584394
This is perfect

>>18584443
>>18584422
wat

>>18584403
Kill me.

>> No.18586444

>>18582945
>>18583026
>>18584333
>>18584361
>>18584373
>>18584394
>>18584403
>>18584464
>>18584494
>>18585888
Real life covers simply sucks. They're beneath ugly artistic covers right from the get-go: they look cheap, tacky, and usually too glossy.
Bye why are jannies so incompetent? Why should I be warned for a post I didn't make?

>> No.18586504
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Based on the motion picture, Buck Breaking

>> No.18587006

>>18584333
John Belushi is on that dude's chest.

>> No.18587053

>>18585976
Chapman's, I think.

>> No.18587593

>>18586504
The text on the art cannot be real.

>> No.18588369

>>18585976
Its the Chapman one. I found the edition on Bri'ish Amazon.