bookshelf thread

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Just did some comfy reorganization. Finally have some more space to spare.

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>>9038791

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>>9038796

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>>9038800

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>>9038805

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>>9038808

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>>9038810
and all together..

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>>9038815
+ the meme shelf

>shelfposting

go to /soc/ or something faggot

I hate being poor

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why do people push back their books like that? it looks fucking retarded

>>9038862
Get it over w & kys faggot

>>9038817
>fiction

It's like, you enjoy being a faggot or something.

>>9038921
gonna need you to go back to r/books

>>9038909

Is that green book the spanish constitution?

>>9038909
Doesn't all that empty space behind your books make you anxious?

>>9039039
SPIDERS

>>9038909
>Empty space behind books.
>Need the space to lay extra books flat when the shelf is crowded.

>>9038768
Why do you have like 6 copies of the Divine Comedy

>>9039217
>he doesn't know dante-anon

>>9038768
Which version is your favourite?

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>tfw overflowing bookshelf

There's a whole second set of books behind all these. You won't see everything anyway so I'm just sharing my classics section.

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>>9038768
1/2

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>>9040442
2/2

>>9038791
>flight of lucifer
Did you discern any talent?

>>9038768
Why call me a faggot? See now i ain't gonna post it, anon.

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>>9038791
Just finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler; where to go next with Calvino?

>>9038800
what are those chingchongs?

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>>9038810
How's your journey in Zettel's Traum going?

>>9038768
you have the best shelves desu

ITT: Pseudo-intellectuals who don't actually read

You're all worthless cancer, you fucks! You slime.

Are the Wordsworth Classics any good? I was thinking of buying a bunch of them because they're so cheap, but i don't know about the quality

>>9040597
Cosmicomics is good if you haven't read that yet.

>>9038909
/thread

>>9040597
>liking calvino
Tastelet pleb

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You are all a bunch of faggots.

>>9041063

No it's like having magic soda cans that can refill themselves.

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>>9038929
yea

>>9039217
autism

>>9039579
check the chart

>>9040460
i love papa bloom, but unfortunately no lol. it was quite mediocre, veering on bad.

>>9040597
it's tough cause if on a winter's night is his best. just get invisible cities out of the way and decide if you want to keep going with calvino i guess.

>>9040653
complete works of jin yong

>>9040801
slow and intermittent. but it's fun.

>>9040806
t-thx

>>9041055
calvino is pretty good desu

>>9040801
oh i forgot to say i really like your shelves. have you read the nadas/any thoughts?

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>>9041099
What do you think of this one?

>>9040801
Do you live in an attic?

Nice lamp btw.

>>9038810
Please tell me that Romeo and Juliet is pulled out slightly in this picture. The difference in logo size and unalligent with the rest of that set is triggering me.

>>9041148
Is that the Barnes and Noble Edition? Or some other discount edition? It's almost certainly Longfellow, though it could be Cary in some rare cases.

>>9041190
I think it's just misaligned desu.

>>9040445
Is that a bust of Pericles?

>>9040921
they're not good deus avoid

>>9040921
Get used Penguin and Oxford instead anon. And hopefully you won't be called out on not having read them because of the wear when in reality you really haven't read them

>>9038909
After working at a library I second this sentiment.
>tfw small children have an autistic compulsion to push all the books of a row to the back

>>9041421
>Is that the Barnes and Noble Edition
Yeah it is

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Ask me about my shelf

>>9039570
Very clean and focused collection

>>9042182
What's behind the curtain?

>>9042419
glass.
jizzbottles.

not even joking

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>Join Navy.
>Move out of parents' house.
>Move all the way across the country.
>Get set up in barracks.
This is all of the shelf space I have. I literally do not have the room to set up another bookshelf in this tiny room that I have to share with another motherfucker. So many books I had to leave behind. I question myself everyday on whether or not I made the right choice in what books I brought from home.

>>9042567
>Monster Musume
>Madoka

Is your drill sargeant aware of your great taste?

Seriously though, you are an idiot for bringing that to the Navy.

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>>9042567
lol

>>9042431
Yikes. Post pics.

>>9042581
>Navy
>Drill Sergeant
Drill sergeants are instructors at Army boot camp. I am neither Army, nor in boot camp. I am a full fledged sailor. No one gives a fuck about what I have in my room, as long as it isn't illegal.

>>9041421
It's the Longfellow.

>>9038810
hey, can we be friends by any chance?

>>9041063
>only reading books once
>not being able to spell "shelf"
>homophobia

>>9042419
they are just towels desoo, I keep all my clothes in drawers

also this: >>9042431

>>9038909
absolutely agreed

the memory of my dad making me reorganize the library and having to aligne all the books neatly in a predefined amount of time still haunts me

>>9042668
m-maybe...

>>9042062
kek

>>9042431
the fuck?

>>9042567
that's a nicer navy desk/room than any i've ever seen wtf

>>9039217
You don't? Pleb.

>>9042182
Do you need a drink? Why is it so blurry?

What is the red hc next to contracts thircd edition?

What are the little red and green hcs?

Did you like code? I have it and read it a really long time ago. You were probably in grade school. I remember liking it.

>>9039217
Every fucking time

>>9038768
Thats a lot of different Divine Comedy editions. Whats the best translation?

>>9045845
He already answered that you illiterate fuck.

>>9045930
Sorry I didnt read the thread :(

>>9046104
I hope you learned your lesson

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>>9046165
I couldn't get past the first book of wheel of time. Bought the second at the same time because i had heard good things. Oh well.

>>9046222
you dont like literature very much do you

ill bet $10 ij/ulysses are unread

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>>9038805
>Joseph and His Brothers

>>9042612
Cum on your xenomorph and post pics pls

>>9038808
damn, why is that "city of god" so huge?

>>9046641
Because in that edition the spiritual world had to yield to the secular world's imperative for bloat.

>>9038909
How do you vacuum the dust behind the books?

>>9040143
Nice clusterfuck

>>9047240
it's also just a long book desu

>>9047434
>shakesmeme and jin thewuxiamadman yong volumes split between shelves vertically, instead of a more linear arrangement, such as forming a horizontal row across two shelves of their respective bookcases.
>titles from a single author have wildly different formats, editions, binding, etc; implying limitations on distributions available to purchase, resulting in an discordantly inorganic outgrowth of books, which follow an illogical, unaesthetic rhythm.
>even the bookcases aren't uniform, implying further constraints on budget and range of purchasing choices.
>if these relative harmony of these book editions were a symphony, it would be a disaster.

dude you have some of the best shelves on /lit/ but these factors always get me.

>>9042567
>A Man, A Can, A Plan

lol, my mom got me this at goodwill when I went to college. not a good cookbook.

It's less of a constraint and budget and more of a
1. I like browsing bookshops and picking up books that I come across that are on my to-read list, so you take what comes up.
2. I don't buy all the books of an author at once, it's usually one at a time and only if I like the author/want to read more do I go out looking for more.

I've never really felt the need to pay attentino to the shelves themselves. -shrug-

>>9048066
it still bothers you though, and im sure if you had $6000 to spare, with a curator to help save your time ordering and arranging, youd reboot your library to make it more uniform.

>>9048339
it's not really a hypothetical, i do have $6k to spare and i'm not doing that desu

>>9038805
murkamai desu

>>9038909
you can display fun trinkets in front of your books if you push them back. they also feel less like they are going to fall out

>>9048550
what if you push them back a little and make the spines aligned at the same time

then you can achieve both

>>9048564
depends on the depth of shelves then. Mine aren't really deep enough to have trinkets and aligned spines.

>>9048550
a small amount is fine but people whose shelves are overwhelmed with trinkets are subhuman

Why do so many of you have physical books? Are you old? Stupid?

>>9049875

Enjoy no retention

>>9049886
so you don't have a perfect memory? what a stupid cuck

>>9049875
Why do you not have so many physical books? Young? Millennial?

>>9048066
>I've never really felt the need to pay attentino to the shelves themselves. -shrug-

that would explain why they're shit

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How old am I, and what am I like?

>>9049905

I have more raw intelligence in one brain cell than you do in your entire frontal lobe you unlettered caitiff.

All these paperbacks really get my kek-o-meter knockin'

>>9049929

>24
>You don't like books/movies/music that are not famous and well regarded.

>>9049934
>i can use big words, that makes me look smart and hip like all the cool kids

you're an idiot for even responding to my shitpost

>>9038791
>>9038768
>>9040597
>>9040445
>>9040442
would hang out with
>>9042182
++bottom shelf
+++++++w.b.mason
>>9042567
-everything, especially the toys
>>9046165
-everything except tolkien
>>9046222
+greek history
-genrefic
-unending joke
>>9046693
eh

>>9049929
Why not actually read one of the books to the end rather than give up and hoard more shitty ancient texts?

>>9038800
what role do goats play in your life

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Oh man.

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Pls no bully.

>>9050141
>all those different lord of the rings editions
for what purpose? i mean, i have two hobbit books but one came with the complete set of lord of the rings(75th anniversary edition or something like that).
i cant think of any reason to have all those though. do you just like the different editions?

>>9050169
Pretty much, yeah. The individual paperbacks are easier to take around with me.

>>9050141
it was better with the redwall.

>>9050242
Eh, I wanted more room for PKD and Ellison anyways.

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My pseud shelf

>>9041104
Yes, was years ago but I remember it being good, comfy and a bit Proustian.

>>9041152
Sort off, Amsterdam apartment.

>>9049942

>Look mom! I'm trolling this dude on 4chan!

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I own around 400 books, so here are the best-looking ones.

Buying old books has been my favorite passtime in the last few months. My oldest one dates from 1841, though it's not on the picture.

>>9050537

From which booktube did you copypaste this, anon?

>>9050451

Whoa, there are actually other people in Amsterdam that post on /lit/?

Are you a qt grill?

>>9050575
i am and im doing it successfully, as evidenced by your infantile need to respond, fool

>>9050597
Is that I.A. Richard's 'Principles of Literary Criticism' to the top left?

>>9050987
Richards*

>>9046165
Did you buy all those books just so you could have a reddit shelf?

>>9050451
Have you read Parallel Stories/do you know how it compares?

>>9050304
Did Goethe get you a bit too excited?

>>9051026
Im shaking of excitement

>>9050987
>enced by your infantile need to respond, fool
>>>
> Anonymous 02/02/17(Thu)10:38:14 No.9050987▶>>9051013
>>>9050597
>Is that I.A. Richard's 'Principles of Literary Criticism' to the top left?

I don't know what on earth happened here >>9051041

To answer your >>9050987 question: yes, that is IA Richard's Principles of Literary Criticism. I haven't read it yet.

>>9051026
You could call me a fag for the pipe and the hat but you chose to talk about Goethe? Check you Privileges

>>9051044
he was emotionally distraught because i was trolling him. then he tried to respond to you, but because hes a jobless neet, he didnt get sleep and fuck-failed miserably even at a non-shitpost.

>>9051068
kek BTFO

>>9050304
comfy walls, looks cold though

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>>9050537
>just when i thought it couldnt get worse
>scroll down
>night angel trilogy

>>9050615
it was recently posted on reddit.

>>9051026
Fear not. I got the joke. Very funny indeed.

>>9051785
haha this idiot accidentally revealed he goes on plebbit get out of the club PLEB

>>9051026
>>9052068

Guys I don't get it.

>>9042567
Is everyone in the navy a fucking faggot?

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Also currently reading Infinite Jest, which is beside my bed.

>>9049929
I can tell with the bookmarks sticking out of many of the books that you only read a few pages then get bored and put it back on the shelf

>>9049886
How does a physical copy give you more retention?

>>9052157

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/19/readers-absorb-less-kindles-paper-study-plot-ereader-digitisation

>>9050054
:(

>>9052139
how's rebirth going? i cant buy single issues. gotta wait for the volumes.

>>9052157
It doesn't. I read both and my comprehension / retention is just the same on my kobo as my paperbacks.
>>9052173
One little study suggest the idea and you subscribe to it wholeheartedly. That really says a lot about you.

>>9038791
Why is that copy of The Savage Detectives so fat?

>>9050537
>When I have the same picture frame as one in this pic

>>9052096
It looks like there is jizz on the book

>>9042567
those mac and cheese things are fucking disgusting my man. get yourself some real food, it might cure your autism

>>9038909
Nothing is more retarded than the empty space behind your books... Except that tacky Nike gym bag ornamenting your unimpressive bookshelf. Step your game up.

>>9052336
Pretty good. Definitely check out Superman, Deathstroke and Green Arrow. Flintstones is also great.

>>9038768
how's that minimalist dante translation?

>>9042419
Another curtain and your moms meat curtains.

>>9042567
>My pathetic shelf
How does it feel knowing literal children have better shit than you?

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>>9053447
What's the minimalist one..?

>>9050043
someone sent me a plush goat. it came with this sign. it's very cute. https://yougoatmail.com/

>>9048498
still in the shrinkwrap desu

>>9049918
n-no bully. i like books more than i like furniture.

>>9053422
>flintstones
kek

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>>9052131
>Stephen King - How To Write Good

>>9053680
cute goat

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>>9043573

>>9054907
did you really just post anime?

in that case, not a chance.

>>9038768
Ehy do you have like 3 versions of the divine comedy

>>9054907
that wasn't me anon, anime is gr8 ^~^

we are friends now~

>>9054944
>>9055096
well now i don't know who to believe

>>9040442
i like your tiny buildings

>>9049929
you own physical dvds of monty python films, so i'm gonna say 40s. 47 maybe.

you have some old vinyl, you keep copies of hi-fructose magazine, and you have books about interior design, photography and sound recording. you also have a copy of kj dover and the complete oscar wilde.
i'm gonna say you like to think you're a kind of bohemian metrosexual type. but actually you've always been a bit confused about your identity and as you've got older you've become more desperate to fit in with that crowd even though you have borderline ocd and your friends think you try to hard to keep up with them

>>9055803
I know who one of them is from a chat, but both those anons are liars, so neither.

>>9055993
Why do you neet detectives think you matter?

>>9056029
anon asked a question
i answered
what on earth makes you think anyone thinks it "matters"?
get over it

>>9055993
>you own physical dvds of monty python films, so i'm gonna say 40s.
I kekked so hard at this. A child with Down's tries to play detective.

>>9056050
I wouldn't have cared, but your analysis was plain bad.

>>9054113
My dad got it for me don't think less of me
>>9053845
I swear it's actually fucking great. It's not a kids book, a lot of really neat social commentary.

>>9056065
>>9056069
you're aware this is 4chan, right?

>>9056086
Well you seem to be surprised that you're getting your ass handed to you for your retardation. Which probably happens often. So I'm guessing you aren't aware it is.

>>9056086
That doesn't make the analysis any less bad. It's hilariously retarded even by 4chan standards.

>>9056096
>>9056101
Why are you two assholes bullying the retard? I mean it was bad but he's probably just young.

>>9056104
Fuck, I didn't mean to say the retard. I meant him/her.

>>9056104
>you're aware this is 4chan, right?
>y u bully
Get over it and stop samefagging.

>>9056101
I think you're the guy who asked the question and you're just embarrassed how accurate it was

>>9056096
i bet you're really furious about it, aren't you? why don't you masturbate angrily about it for a while?

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>>9038768
I have been gathering books for when I move out for about 1,5 year, they're all over my room.
This thread is great for motivation!

>>9056113
I'm not the detective guy, I just think it was out of line.

>>9056121
not really. he got what he deserved for being a smug sociopath. that anon thinks he's better than other people, especially his put down towards the other poster for supposedly being in their 40s. which was completely wrong btw.

>>9056117
>he keeps being defensive
Just stop. You're already dead.

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>>9056029
>begs for attention
>gets butthurt when it's not praise

>>9038909
watch out for that giant beetle

>>9056262
I wasn't the guy who posted that attention seeking image. It was a shit dvd, book, and music collection anyway.

can you faggots go sperg somewhere else no one gives a fuck about your autism

post shelves or gtfo

>>9050054
Anyone?

>>9050054
>bible
>warhammer
>scott pilgrim

>>9050054
Hows that iron chef book? I loved the shit out of that show years ago. They would play it all night and i would stay up doing coke and watch it.