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Looking up the original cover for 'The Great Gatsby' showed me how much they changed the art in my edition
I found out on a book history site that the first printing had a different face on the cover, which totally changes how I see the character now.
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angela5872mo ago
My copy of Dune has a totally different color scheme than the first edition, it's wild.
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wesleym482mo ago
That "judged by their later, wrong covers" thing reminds me of my old paperback of Ender's Game.
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wesley_jones2mo ago
That bit about the face on the cover changing how you see the character is spot on. I always pictured Gatsby one way from the common blue cover, but seeing the original art with those sad, tired eyes made me rethink him completely. It's like @angela587 said with Dune's colors, the first design sets a mood. Now I wonder how many other books I've judged by their later, wrong covers.
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wesley_jones1mo ago
That bit about the "sad, tired eyes" really hits home. It makes you realize how much a cover can twist your whole reading of a character. I'll be checking first edition art from now on before I start a book.
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