Terrible Book Covers

mdin · Dec 8, 2005

Post your favorite bad book covers! They can be bad in many different ways. They can be drawn poorly, or they can be not appropriate, or better yet, they can so out there, you have trouble believing they're an actual, real-life cover.

Here's my new favorite example:

Okay, so you look at that and say That's not too bad, Mr. Navigator. Sure it's a little cartoony, but I've defintely seen worse.

The problem is this cover isn't for a Star Trek book. It's the Hebrew edition of Orson Scott Card's classic novel, Ender's Game.

elisadasilva · Dec 8, 2005

best friends forever

here ya go

mdin · Dec 8, 2005

That book looks awesome.

aruna · Dec 9, 2005

This cover is so stupid:

Susan Gable · Dec 9, 2005

JoeEkaitis · Dec 9, 2005

Too easy.

elisadasilva · Dec 9, 2005

okay, i just couldn't resist this one. Wonder why. If it offends anyone, I am truly sorry.

Maryn · Dec 9, 2005

That little boy has some big--er, shoes--to fill!

brokenfingers · Dec 9, 2005

Man, that's what I call a Woodie!

StoryG27 · Dec 9, 2005

elisadasilva said:
okay, i just couldn't resist this one. Wonder why. If it offends anyone, I am truly sorry.

Lyra Jean · Dec 9, 2005

Too funny. :banana:

Celia Cyanide · Dec 9, 2005

Zoinks! Is it me, or does that guy look like Wilhem DeFoe?

Unique · Dec 9, 2005

They just don't make jeans like they used to

elisadasilva · Dec 9, 2005

What's really funny is that this was my fave show when i was around five.

WVWriterGirl · Dec 9, 2005

elisadasilva said:
What's really funny is that this was my fave show when i was around five.

I guess we know why now, don't we? :tongue

elisadasilva · Dec 9, 2005

I impaled my eardrum by falling onto a qtip while imitating him. Guess we know what I tripped over.

mdin · Dec 9, 2005

Here's the motherload:

http://punkrockpenguin.net/waste/amuse/badcovers/

My favorites:

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elisadasilva · Dec 9, 2005

they totally rock

WVWriterGirl · Dec 9, 2005

Oh, my gosh! Look at this one on that page that Navigator found!

http://punkrockpenguin.net/waste/amuse/badcovers/wizardscastle.html

Note the name of the author! It's Uncle Jim!

aruna · Dec 9, 2005

Here are some fantastic covers; seems to be an AAR competiton for Worst Covers:

http://www.likesbooks.com/coverballot/2002/WO-results-2002.html

My own favourite (from that site) is this:

Unique · Dec 10, 2005

aruna! lol

she says, 'I know it's in there somewhere...'

:roll:

astonwest · Dec 10, 2005

This one wouldn't seem so bad, except it makes you think the novel takes place on the Earth and Moon (which it doesn't). Not only that, but the action the cover is supposed to depict doesn't even happen in an area where two celestial bodies reside...

Oops.

Granted, it's no Yul Brynner cookbook...

astonwest · Dec 10, 2005

By the way, I was checking out Nav's link...and this one made me laugh...

aruna · Dec 10, 2005

Unique said:
aruna! lol

she says, 'I know it's in there somewhere...'

And he thinks, "Wonder what's on TV?"

aruna · Dec 10, 2005

Ummmm. look carefully at this one (takes some figuring out....)

This is from Worst Covers 2004:

http://www.likesbooks.com/coverballot/2004/WO-results-2004.html

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