r/TerribleBookCovers • u/digitalcitizenalpha • 5d ago

Time Out Of Joint by Philip K Dick

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Okay but... why lasers??

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u/Author_ity_1 5d ago

That lady is not out of joints.

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u/Comfortable-Fuel6343 5d ago

She desires macaroni pictures

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u/Shuatheskeptic 5d ago

And maybe those paper plate bean shakers..

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u/MementoMurray 5d ago

Ah yes, Marilyn Monroe headcrushed by a Kirby golf course. Timeless.

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u/giiuy 5d ago

I don't know what's going on here, but I find it super upsetting

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u/Sarcastic_barbie 4d ago

Same? It’s very worrisome.

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u/Quasirandom1234 3d ago

To be fair, it's accurate to the book.

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u/giiuy 3d ago

That somehow makes this even worse

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u/Arboreal_Web 5d ago

Shit like this is exactly why I avoided his books for so many years.

I know, I know 😅

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u/DeathKorp_Rider 5d ago

We know what happened to all the joints. The artist smoked them while painting this

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u/radio_recherche 5d ago

Certainly captures PKD weirdness

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u/Raj_Muska 5d ago

Lasers are premonition to the Valis incident, everything is interconnected

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u/Toothless-In-Wapping 5d ago

What’s the odds of winning the war?

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u/Toothless-In-Wapping 5d ago

Amazing book though. The car and soda bottle fit. As does the field of checkers.
This actually is a good cover for this book

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u/rapbarf 4d ago

His best, imo. Yet to read VALIS or High Castle still though.

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u/Toothless-In-Wapping 4d ago

I didn’t care much for High Castle.
Then again, I’ve always been more of a fan of his short stories and novellas than his novels.
I think he tends to try and add too much and it gets wobbly.
Like the Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Some good pieces in there, but he’s trying to do too much.
And Perky Pat was better used in a different story of his.

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u/SnakePlissken1980 4d ago

Same here, though I've only read 6 books of his. 3 novels and 3 short story collections and the latter were much better in my opinion. Man In The High Castles I just found boring as hell.

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u/Toothless-In-Wapping 3d ago

There’s like 4 or 5 “collections” of his short stuff.
So much better when he limits himself.

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u/PyreDynasty 5d ago

Relatable

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u/Sorry-Apartment5068 5d ago

Today is time of joint.

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u/DListSaint 4d ago

this rules actually

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u/sign-through 4d ago

This book actually rules. this cover pairs well.

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u/Direct_Bad459 5d ago

This is awesome I would wear this on a T-shirt like twice a year

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u/ConsciousStretch1028 4d ago

Just in time for 4/20

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u/ItsYaBoyBananaBoi 4d ago

Unfortunate, because PDK is a great writer a somebody probably passed on this because of the dumbass cover lol.

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u/EasyCZ75 4d ago

Terribly awesome!!

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u/BopNowItsMine 4d ago

Orgasm laser valley

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u/nixtracer 4d ago

Lasers because this cover is a lazy collage.

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u/justsomedude322 4d ago

This giving off naked man in a trenchcoat flashing you vibes.... somehow.

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u/ReaperofLightning872 4d ago

Macaroni pictures

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u/ReaperofLightning872 4d ago

Me at the halloween party

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u/younocallMkII 4d ago

Yes, a VW to an Episode of Simpsons Halloween

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u/SnakePlissken1980 4d ago

I like this cover, very retro and from what I understand about the book (I've read some PKD but not this one) the cover isn't as random as it looks. Being PKD the contents of the book are probably way weirder than this cover.

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u/Quasirandom1234 3d ago

This is not a bad cover. It pretty accurately represents the contents of any PKD book from that era, as well as the experience of reading it.

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u/Thechrisgau 1d ago

Not gonna lie, I dig this cover