Judge a Book by its Cover

Pssttttttt! Totes judging you:

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P much judging everything about this "anti-novel" right here:

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these aren't loading! which particular anti-novel was it

Oh no! They're not?

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It was called "Satan Burger".

well, fair enough

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on the other hand, i have read 'nine princes in amber' three times.

Because I wouldn't want anyone to miss it . . .

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I sort of want to read Diamond Star now.

Ugh. Friend is way into that Bizarro genre stuff and tried to get me to read Satan Burger. I couldn't get ten pages in, bad high-school goth fiction fleshed out to a novel.

Mellick's work has been described as a combination of trashy schlock sci-fi/horror and postmodern literary art.[2] His novels explore surreal versions of earth in contemporary society and imagined futures, commonly focusing on social absurdities and satire.[3]

It might've been a different Mellick I actually tried to read. I tapped out when the big reveal (10 pages in) was "Satan is renting a room from us and he's totally gay!!!"

Sounds like it was probably that one to me!

See, there's only a certain amount of taint I'll accept on a book jacket, and that's just a little over.

Agreed. It's important to have standards imo.

Is the first still not showing up because LOOK AT THIS SCARY-ASS SHIT

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I do not want to read anything having to do with that creepy man and his two stillborn infants. :(

catherine asaro is clearly the pen name for a sad middle aged man with a lank, thinning mane of hair and leather pants. "Diamond Star or How It Should Have Been"

the rest of the band barely visible, small, in the background.

the doctor's dilemma is whether to pass those photocopies off as real children

x-post - hahaha I hadn't even noticed them. I was way too distracted by his ensemble and fabulous hairdo.

Seen years ago on a cover roundup elsewhere:

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Forth (programming language)

The alternative rock band Point Valid collaborated with Catherine to create the CD, Diamond Star, a "soundtrack" for the book Diamond Star. Point Valid are (from left to right): Max Vidaver, guitar; Hayim Ani, lead vocals and lead guitar; and Adam Leve, drums. The CD is available from the producer, Starflight Music, as well as through CD Baby and other music outlets.

xp http://img.moonbuggy.org/forth-on-the-atari/

wow. finally a programming language that truly can make my dreams come true. my dreams of strangely proportioned men and women in small amounts of ill-conceived clothing.

Early 80's beginners' programming books are always o_O (co-incidentally, so is the graphical output of most of the games

OO

ah, balls

Anyway, I bet a lot of sci-fi/fantasy artists picked up some extra money doing this kind of thing back then.
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well, if i bought that last one purely based on the cover, my expectations would be a lot higher than a speccy manual

Spotted today at the Powell's in PDX airport:

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"Kept me turning pages till the very end"

Kind of the minimum requirement from a novel, no? I've kept turning the pages till the very end of some awful books.

"the legend chronicles"

his dad warned him about girls who look like a skinny futuristic garth brooks?

or like a cross-sectioned robot horse? WHICH ONE IS IT?

i find it hard to believe there hasnt been a book of terrible self-published novel covers yet.

'book one of the story trilogy'

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It's like a one-up over NASCAR-branded harlequins; here we got steampunk western paranormal romance.

Some librarian types that followed me on twitter unfollowed me when I said you can tell a book by its cover! It's true, though -- I can instantly spot a self published book now by the cheesiness of the font and cover art.

wow, that "his father..." line is completely boggling. great work.

Found the perfectly written back-cover copy on the author's website:

They're the Chosen—Winchester, Remington and Colt—brothers trained to hunt down supernatural beings using the latest steam-powered gadgetry. It's a hard legacy to shoulder, and it's about to get a lot more dangerous...

A Devil Of A Job

Colt Jackson has gotten his name on many a wanted poster with success in the family business: hunting supernaturals across the frontier. Lately, though, there's a sulfur stink in the wind and the Darkin population is exploding. A rift in the worlds is appearing. To close it, Colt will have to do the unthinkable and work with a demon to pass arcane boundaries no human alone can cross.

Except when he summons his demon, he doesn't get some horned monstrosity: he gets a curvy redheaded succubus named Lilly, who's willing to make a bargain to become human again. He also gets Lilly's secret expertise on the machinations on the dark side of the rift. And her charm and cleverness help to get them out of what his silver-loaded pistol and mechanical horse can't. Of course, when all hell breaks loose, he might have to sacrifice his soul. But what's adventure without a little risk?

its p cool that someone is making money off supernatural fan fiction but i imagine they ppl how make the show are kinda pissed...

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i've seen ads for this guy's book up in the subway. the cover art tells me nothing, i'm just fascinated by his name: charles hunnahustla.

further reading on the above, if you choose to accept it:

http://cubicalmouse.blogspot.com/2011/07/great-american-novel.html

'a time for seasons' is such a pitchperfect parody of a title that i have to admire the guy for that at least. it also makes you want to come up with further parody titles p badly... 'an hour of minutes' is my humble submission

i think it's called "a time of season" but that's no better really.

lol @ "meyers puts the steam in steampunk"

we've talked about the hilariously specific Harlequin sub-sub-SUB genre books in here, right?

http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/reviews/Nov07/Covers/acentaur.jpg

this remains my favorite book cover, although i've still not read it:

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http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=24788

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ALSO

http://www.harlequin.com/store.html?cid=600

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the secret's out...

... he's totally gay

Ahem, would read

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