Thread of good book covers

[anon30627475]

[anon30627475]

Love those pulp novels, the covers are amazing.

[Jarvis]

I own that version!

[anon35496508]

Here’s another one just for you then. (This one is notable for me because an American friend who’s around 50 years old told me that his mother-in-law modelled for the artists who drew the pictures for these covers and this one is based on her.)

[anon30627475]

Cheers. This is another favourite (check out the tagline!)

[anon35496508]

The taglines on the cover (and the back cover blurb) are very often as good as the artwork.

“Bryan was too young to be in jail, exposed to the cruelty and cunning of confirmed homosexuals so soon after his shattering first experience with a woman. Fate has sentenced him to a long cruise up a forbidden river.”

[anon35496508]

“An unconventional intimacy. A seething scandal. One man’s decision could destroy their lives. What would you decide? This is Johnny’s story - the frankly revealed life of a virile adolescent. At times you may recoil from his candour…at times you may yourself relive the gropings and the yearnings. But when young Johnny and his closest friend in the world reach the crossroads of society’s judgment you will find it difficult to make your decision.”

[anon35496508]

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At times you may recoil from his candour…at times you may yourself relive the gropings and the yearnings

Best blurb I’ve seen.

[froglet]

I initially read this as the black leather librarians

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It bums me out that most of the Murakami novels I own have the old Vintage covers, because - yeah - those designs are total beauts.

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I’ve got the same birthday as Murakami, Jack London and Sporty Spice.

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(Cold Comfort Farm by her is one of my all-time favourites)

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[rich-t]

Ah, that’s a great book cover.

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(This is on my “books to allow myself to buy once I have finished the shameful huge to-read pile”. The modern cover is more generic-looking)

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[1101010]

I think everyone loves that, don’t they? One of the reasons I think I ended up reading so many Iain (M) Banks books was I loved how good the covers look and liked the feel of the series.

It’s always annoying when an author either has a sudden leap in popularity or takes so long with their next book that the new book is part of a completely new selection of covers it no longer matches (obviously now I’m a Kindle wanker I don’t need to worry about this).

At school I remember reading Brian Lumley’s Necroscope from the library after seeing the amazing way the covers joined together (how the fuck this person took this photograph without lining them up is beyond me. Clearly a psychopath):

Spoiler: the first book was okay but nothing special so I never read the others.

I also liked books where the spines would look good together lined up but then I’d get slightly irked by when the position of the printing would be slightly off.

[1101010]

Also, lol @ penoid stuff etc but this cover always chilled me:

something so disturbing about the look of that green tentacle and how much it’s like one of those grim spiny weeds you would occasionally stand on with bare feet as a kid.