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becausetrains
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Bailedbailed

Noodle insisted on being in the frame 🙄 and also showing what she thinks of this book 😹😹😹 it was a giveaway prize, but now it's going to the library donation box 😌 #thebookishferrets #petsoflitsy #uglybookcovers

CherylDeFranceschi Noodle is a good critic! 8y
becausetrains @CherylDeFranceschi she is! One of her many nicknames is Inspector Noodle. 8y
BookishFeminist Noodle! 😂😂 8y
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McFarchie
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LeahBergen What the hell?! 😂 8y
kammartinez That is gonna give me nightmares D:. 8y
pppooraikul You win! 😂 8y
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BookishFeminist Oh my god 😱 😂😂😂😂 8y
TheLondonBookworm Ooh creepy but cool 8y
Laura317 It looks so happy! That is crazy. 8y
QuoteQueen That is terrifying!😱 8y
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BookishFeminist
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Tim Powers, I think these days this is just called Resting Bitch Face. 😂

That man is not just stressed. He's TERRIFIED. If only this happened in real life!

This cover's not as ugly as the rest from today but I just can't with sci fi covers in general. They're so bad they're good. 😂 This book does sound like something I'd actually read though, so there's that. 🐉

#UglyBookCovers #SeptPhotoChallenge #SomethingforSept

Martyn_J_Pass If only that man were sporting a handsome moustache he wouldn't be so fearful! 8y
OSChamberlain Boy you sure had a lot of fun with this tag 😂 8y
BookishFeminist @OSChamberlain There will be more. 😂 I think this is going to be a recurring post theme now. I run into way too many tragic book covers at used book sales lol 8y
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BookishFeminist @The_Bear Or at least he'd be able to hide it better! 😂 8y
DefLeppard @BookishFeminist this sounds from the tag line kind of like "Shadows after dark" by Ouida Crozier. That was a great book in the vampire genre. :) 8y
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becausetrains
The Great Train Robbery | Michael Crichton
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Pickpick

I like trains, but I don't need to see them from orbit 🚂☢😳

(Michael Crichton tended to suffer from #uglybookcovers syndrome anyway)

Marchpane Yeah, a lot of thought went into this design (clipart > train) 8y
becausetrains The cover that Litsy shows is far worse, like express train into your nightmares bad 😳 8y
MrBook And wheeerrre's the Optimator? Hmmmmm? 😜 #HaveYouHadYourOptimatorToday 8y
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TheBookDream
Science Fiction: The Great Years | Frederik Pohl (IV.)
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A green bug thingy! Muscles! Jets! A...trash can lid on his back? Who cares?! Excitement!

I may cheat and do more of these over the next few weeks because I have a large collection of vintage science fiction short stories. The covers range from stunning to...*ahem* not so stunning. I don't know how a single genre had so much disconnect between content and cover for so long.
#uglybookcovers #somethingforseptember #septphotochallenge #wthecksff

KVanRead Oh that's pretty 'stunning' all right.😱 8y
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KimM
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#uglycover still not sure what motivated me to read this book but seriously, don't. 😝 #somethingforseptember #uglybookcovers #uglycovers

shawnmooney I'll take your advice. Lol 8y
BookishMarginalia 😱😱😱 8y
aeeklund OH DEAR GOD. 8y
LauraBrook How am I supposed to sleep now?!? 8y
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McFarchie
Incite Insight | Robert New
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The friend of a friend wrote this. I'm not sure what is worse: the cover or the story 😫 #uglybookcovers

LeahBergen Or the title. 😬 8y
Laura317 But, but...it's a cracking good read!!! 8y
shawnmooney What @LeahBergen said! (retches) 8y
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LauraBeth I'm with @LeahBergen - the title is the worst! 8y
PenguinInFlight I can't decide if the title or the pansy is making my eyes bleed more. 😂😂😂 8y
DebinHawaii Oh my! It's all pretty bad! 😬 8y
McFarchie @PenguinInFlight sadly it is actually a scan of a brain (I think) 8y
PenguinInFlight @McFarchie Hahahahahaha! Wow, I missed that by a mile. 😂😂😂 8y
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KVanRead
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This ought to be Heart of Darkness, cuz all I can say is, "The horror! The horror!" #uglybookcover #uglybookcovers #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge @RealLifeReading

LeahBergen 😂 8y
britt_brooke Yikes. 8y
annahenke Love your comment! Haha 8y
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RealLifeReading 😂😂brilliant 8y
SusanInTiburon See, this is exactly why some of us never developed a sci fi habit. 8y
TheBookDream I am about to post mine and it is also a vintage science fiction cover. Vintage scifi is a special kind of blend of awful/amaze balls. 8y
KVanRead @TheBookDream They really are kind of glorious. @SusanInTiburon Exactly 😂 8y
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becausetrains
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Pickpick

Pulitzer Prize-winning author ✅
Fascinating and unsettled time period ✅
Named after an Edgar Allen Poe quote ✅

Cover design ❌❌❌❌❌❌❌❌

#uglybookcovers #history #somethingforsept

LeahBergen Yep. That's ugly. 8y
Marchpane Looks like a Monty Python animation 8y
RealLifeReading Didn't realize those years were so psychedelic 8y
SusanInTiburon @Marchpane you called it. 8y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
Practical Demonkeeping | Christopher Moore
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I just found this early edition at a library book sale today. It's a wonderful, creepy entry for #uglybookcovers! #uglycovers #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

KVanRead Oh well done! 8y
Litlady Oh. My. Goodness. 🙀💀 8y
BookishFeminist 😂😂 8y
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RealLifeReading And that blurb! 8y
Soubhiville Oh wow that is bad! 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @BookishFeminist All we need is some purple spandex and show tunes! 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @RealLifeReading I know - the red burst and the blurb. Both awful! 8y
BookishFeminist @BarbaraTheBibliophage 😂 that would be a horrifying edition to this cover with a self-propelling body part 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @BookishFeminist Thank goodness it doesn't really exist! 8y
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