Good Books, Bad Covers

eriophora zia · 2017-04-05 04:39:29

shamelessly stolen from reddit and compiled here for your amusement

disclaimer: I have only read some of these books

<- character depicted here is black in the book, ftr

<- all other covers here have been published, but the ARC of GoT needed mentioning

Crystal · 2017-04-05 04:42:33

Excuse you that catgirl cover is objectively good, I will fight you.

eriophora zia · 2017-04-05 04:43:24

It sure is something, I will say that much

eriophora zia · 2017-04-05 04:44:21

I honestly can't get over that Royal Assassin cover, though. It was the cover for the Audible version of Royal Assassin and I just can't deal with it.

Klinotaxis · 2017-04-05 04:45:31

one wolf castle

Imipolex G · 2017-04-05 04:49:57

I have that Hobbit edition, in fact I have the whole set.

eriophora zia · 2017-04-05 04:50:48

It is hard to reconcile this disney-esque cover with:

“I cut off his fingers to get him to talk, and when he'd confessed everything I wanted to hear, I had his fucking tongue cut out, and the stump cauterized."

Everyone in the room stared at him.

"I called him an asshole, too," said Locke. "He didn't like that.”

Salix Babylonika · 2017-04-05 05:58:29

I wonder what happens in Heroes Die.

MetaFour · 2017-04-05 15:44:58

Jane said:
I wonder what happens in Heroes Die.

No one at all dies, and they all live happily ever after, of course.

eriophora zia · 2017-04-06 01:16:22

MetaFour said:

Jane said:
I wonder what happens in Heroes Die.
No one at all dies, and they all live happily ever after, of course.

Everyone turns out to be a villain, or at least just a non-hero, and everything works out for the best!

eriophora zia · 2017-05-23 18:33:31

The original Italian cover for the second book of Malazan, Deadhouse Gates. Oh my.

eriophora zia · 2017-05-23 18:36:31

the lava monster things are supposed to be dogs, by the way. Here is the better US cover...

Princess Alice · 2017-05-23 18:45:18

A thread where my obsession-of-the-moment actually qualifies, neat!

Yarrun XIX · 2017-05-23 18:53:02

I'm just laughing at that Game of Thrones cover.

Odradek · 2017-05-23 18:55:49

Imipolex G · 2017-05-23 18:56:59

This all reminds me of the Contemptible Cover page on TVT. Good times

Yarrun XIX · 2017-05-23 20:39:45

Odradek said:

Onwards, Aoshima

Sredni Vashtar · 2017-05-23 20:48:37

Yarrun XIX said:

Odradek said:
Onwards, Aoshima

Good.

Tre · 2017-05-23 21:27:35

Central Avenue said:
A thread where my obsession-of-the-moment actually qualifies, neat!

Deadass if there's a Mike Teavee one like this I'd buy that

Aliroz · 2017-05-23 21:48:59

This was actually the cover they had at my local library, so I read the stories with this cover.

Tatterhood · 2017-05-24 01:16:34

Aliroz said:
This was actually the cover they had at my local library, so I read the stories with this cover.

that's the version I own

Odradek · 2017-05-24 01:21:38

Yarrun XIX said:

Odradek said:
Onwards, Aoshima

???

Salix Babylonika · 2017-05-24 01:23:55

onwards, Aoshima.

Crystal · 2017-05-24 01:24:09

Not sure if joke but

Yarrun XIX · 2017-05-24 01:41:23

The one thing about Gravity Falls that no one can ruin

Viani · 2017-05-24 03:52:48

Behold this $145.00 dollar masterpiece

Tatterhood · 2017-05-24 03:53:21

gonna be honest I find it hard to believe that's a good book

Imipolex G · 2017-05-24 03:57:25

because it's a great book, no doubt

Salix Babylonika · 2017-05-24 03:59:40

Jeff Burk writes

unique fiction.

eriophora zia · 2017-05-24 04:59:44

Viani said:

Behold this $145.00 dollar masterpiece

I feel like this may well fall into the category of "so bad it's good," which is quite rare in the literary world.

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