How about a bookshelf thread? Rate and recommend a book.

I've got that nausicaa edition, pretty decent though I wish they were properly bound and were cloth instead of paper.
What are the other miyazaki books like?

>>9885564
I... probably wouldn't be close friends with you.. acquaintances sure.. but everything from the weeb/nerd vibe to the total lack of books I'm interested in beyond the classics which don't signify much to even the rather repulsive design decisions which predominate in this book selection indicate to me a set of literary and cultural values with which I do not jibe and which I share very few of.. out of 10.

There pretty neat if you're interested in Miyazaki as a director. They're filled mostly with interviews and essays that he did around the time he was working on his films. Lots of magazine articles and such.

>>9885564
gay

>>9885564
Not terrible.

where shouls i shop for a small bookshelf? I am getting into reading books and want to start my collection

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>>9885564

>>9886701
That depends on whether you aspire to be a pleb or a patrician. Do you really want the /lit/-approved Patrician's Choice?

>>9886713
I just want a place to set my books that isn't too big and is study :)

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>>9886719
Patrician's Choice

y/n ?

Choose your destiny

Can someone tell me why my photos that I am trying to post are too large a file size? How are you guys posting them?

>>9886701
Buy 6 planks of wood and make one.

>>9886673
very nice

>>9886730
Omg I love Raymond I always watch when it"s on haha
Yes I want to be a patrician! :)

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>>9888405
5

>>9888243
Who's that mathematical logic book by? Is it any good?

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>>9885564
I want that hammett. 7/10
>>9888243
Not a shelf. 0/10
>>9888392
8/10

Now my shit. 1 of 2

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>>9888414
6

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>>9888429
7

>>9888419

it's an old meme, newfriend.

>>9888414
How is the A New History of Western Philosophy? Is it a good intro material into the subject?

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>>9888452
8, last

>>9888467
I've only read ~50 pages so far, I'm picking at it a little at a time while I read Proust. I like it a lot so far, and it seems to go into more detail than you'd think. I plan on finishing it before fully diving into philosophy.

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>>9888419
Jean Rubin. It's not bad, but I don't have much to compare it to.

>it's an old meme, newfriend.
I'm not a meme, I'm a real boy.

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>>9888472
These, my two favorite possessions, are not pictured on the shelf because they're locked away.

>>9888424
You need a few more shelves, bud. 6/10.

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>>9888369
You sound so reddit

>>9886709
That's incredibly colorful collection.
Makes me want to read.

>Tfw I've only read four books, currently reading my fifth

>>9888424
>>9888432
Very nice

And you've got the motherfucking Exegesis of PKD. Most impressive.

>>9888378
Love your collection, but what's with the ugly ass bookshelf?

>>9888542
This is also great - and you have the Exegesis too

It's the only book I want which I don't particularly want to read, at least not right now. I just feel like I should have it.

>>9888590
Bought it in a rush as the one I had before it started to collapse from the tomes. It's sturdy, so I like it, but I'm about to buy another, nice one to hold the extras on my dressers/in drawers, and scattered around.

>>9888424
Why are you hiding that boxset of 2666?

>>9888600
what bookshelf is that? i like it

>>9888620
Ikea Billy

>>9886701
planks of wood and some cinder blocks

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Pensees
And
This is your brain on music

>>9888600
Why do you have multiple editions of so many books? Including two seemingly identical M&Ds...

>>9888926
The M&D on it's side was the one I read. I bought it for a dollar at Goodwill. It had a huge water stain inside and is overall pretty fucked up. The one on the dresser is a 1st printing, as are the rest of the hardcover Pynchons. If there's a hardcover and a paperback of any book, the hardcover is a good 1st, and a few are signed.

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>>9886701
Origami bookshelf. Don't have to assemble it. It folds out. Or worry about moths attracted to the wood.

>>9888761
whew lad

>>9888600
if you were as patrician as your collection suggests you would build your own bookshelf

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interesting

>>9889052
I'm working on it now, actually, with my dad (though he's doing most of the work, I'm trying to learn). It's really small though, so it'll only be for my very favorites. Only about half of my books are pictured, and my wife has about half as many as I do. We need as many bookshelves as possible

>>9889000
Basically if I love a book and it becomes a favorite, I try to find a nice 1st printing of it, and signed if it's reasonable. I only started doing this recently, as I got a raise and started a second job. I used to only have a bunch of paperbacks from goodwill.

>>9888472
Pretty jealous of your collection. How much do you think it has all cost?

>>9889119
I try my best not to think too hard about that. Quite a bit man. I almost have the collection I always wanted, but it's not a cheap hobby. I'd rather buy books I will cherish than anything else, though. Just to put it in perspective, there are 4 books in there that combine to 1,300 by themselves -- but the rest of them I found great deals on. I won that Mason & Dixon 1st for literally 4 dollars on eBay because I was the only bidder. That's the way to go about collecting, keep an eye on ebay. Sometimes people have no idea what they have, sometimes nobody else notices a posting and you snag a great book for cheap.

>>9886673
What's Periodic Table about? Would you recommend it?

Also what''s up with Gay and Catholic? What's that supposed to be about?

>>9885575
Holy shit
>this

>>9888378
That's a THICC Aeneid

Should I read The Urth of the New Sun after The Book of the New Sun, or is it a waste of time?

>>9888552
How do I into Philip K. Dick?

>>9888574
Is that a good version of the Edda?

>>9889370
>How do I into Philip K. Dick?
Library of America has a 3 volume set

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>>9889373
Shouldn't I read some book to see if I like his writing first?

I don't think I should start with such a large collection.

>>9889401
I give you 4 Skull 'n' lightning bolts etched on a 80's Trapper Keeper out of 10.

>>9889427
Start with earliest volume. Four novels of the 60's. If you don't like that, go no further.

>>9886673
Delicious

>>9889370

Usually UBIK, The Man in the High Castle, A Scanner Darkly, or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. I think A Scanner Darkly is his best intro

I haven't read the Edda just yet but it will be my next read.

>>9886673
Nice stacks anon. Jealous of that bottom shelf. Have you read Mann yet? I just finished The Magic Mountain and it fucking blew me away

>>9889430
That's about what I was thinking

>>9889438
Okay, sounds good.

>>9889453
Cool. 3 out of 4 of those are contained in what the other anon suggested.

>I haven't read the Edda just yet but it will be my next read.
Okay, cool. I'm a little bit confused on how it works. Is the Edda the same as the Poetic Edda? Or is it the Prose Edda, or both?

>>9886709
Just pissing away money.

>>9889473
Poetic Edda and Prose Edda are different compilations as far I am aware. Maybe some of the stories repeat itself (in different versions or not), but I am pretty sure that there is original content in both.

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>>9888518
Forgot to show why

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>>9886709
>Da Vinci code dead centre

>>9889370
start with do androids dream of electric sheep. It's arguably his most famous work and it's an easy read.

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>>9888424
not bad m8

>>9889547
What about The Man in the High Castle?

>>9888392
How are you liking The Familiar series?

>>9889684
I've read the first 3 so far. It's surprisingly good, but the first one kinda sucks without the context of the next two, so it's hard to get into. It's inventive, funny, and genuinely touching at times. It's absolutely gimmicky, but I think he does it right. I like it more than House of Leaves after finishing the 3rd one.

>>9888392
Is Nix good?

>>9889776
I haven't read it yet. That hc is signed so I just picked up that pb so I can have a reading copy. I am reading Proust now so it'll be a while.

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>>9889926
Don't go breaking my heart...

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>>9889370
>How do I into Philip K. Dick?
A Scanner Darkly is a great introduction to PKD. That would be my first recommendation. Other possible good first PKD books are The Man In The High Castle (if you like your alternative history stuff), or Ubik (if you don't give any shits and want to jump straight into the crazy). Do not - do *not* - start with VALIS. But once you've read a few PKD books, if you like him, you really really must read VALIS.

>Should I read The Urth of the New Sun after The Book of the New Sun, or is it a waste of time?
It's not a waste of time if you're interested in what happens next and want to learn about the world in more depth. However, I agree with the advice of another anon in that you should re-read the New Sun before moving onto Urth. I think that after completing the New Sun, if you enjoyed it, that's what you'll want to do anyway.

My second read-through of the Book of the New Sun was one of the most rewarding literary experiences of my life (and I hadn't read Urth).

>>9885564
>lupin figures
kinda jelly

>>9886673
what's with the toothbrush

>>9886709
Where do you get hardbacks like this?

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>>9886709

>>9890559
those are the Barnes and Noble editions; faux leather and crappy designs. Matched only in their plebby pretention by the Penguin clothbound ones.

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>>9888392
>owning 2 (two) copies of IJ

>>9890669
Just got the 1st edition hc, couldn't resist. Want my paperback, friend?

>>9885575
Completely judging someone by their taste in books is childish. Even if they read trash.

>>9888243
Amazing. Is it the same file that you started with? cant imagine the size of it by the year 2030.

>>9888392
all or most of your books look unread. Untouched, even.

>>9888392
Zibaldone is great

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>>9886673
>>9889926
bros

>>9888378
>>9888424
>>9888542
>>9888761
hoes

good luck reading any of these titles, I tried to make it fit in 1

>>9891198
Strong foot game, as they say on /tv/

>>9891214
too much memes even for a good library

fuck off

>>9891219
be specific

>>9891224
>the recoglionitions gillian fucking waddis

>>9891234
That's it? I thought I had "too much memes" but apparently I only have one

Not that I totally disagree, but I bought that book in high school when I was first getting into postmodern fiction. Hadn't heard of /lit/ at that point, I don't think it even existed.

>>9886709
This is the worst kind of person
>Hey have you read Nabokov's Lolita?
No, do B&N make a hardback of it?
>No, but it's a great insight into-
No uniform asethetic. GET OUT REEEEEEE

>>9891197
Yep. That was purposeful. In fact, I guarantee you can't pick out which I've read and which I haven't. I'm an adult, I take care of my shit. Funny that you unironically believe you have only read a book if you trash it like a toddler. Good meme though

>>9891205
I just got that one. I've read about 20 pages, just to get a taste, and I'm excited to really dive in. Probably next year.

>>9891246
If you haven't read it just because /lit/ reads it you're forgiven

>>9891297
what if I haven't read it at all

>>9891265
That's believable for the thinner books, but it wont fly for the thicker ones. I'm calling bullshit on you you fucking meme riddled shit. Why dont you get some taste instead of reading /lit/ and Reddit's approved sameness?

>>9891301
Then you're a smart person and I withdraw the "fuck off"

>>9891351
I've had a lot of these books longer than you've been on /lit/, I guarantee it. Way to project. I found out about these novels from Moore, Silverblatt, and by reading about authors and their influences. Funny, you really don't think you can keep big books nice? That's actually sad. IJ, The Recognitions, Underworld, and JR have been laid out flat on my bed and I didn't break the spines. The fact that people find this hard to believe is troubling, I've literally never broken a spine or felt the need to. I've read that copy of Infinite Jest twice, same with Gravity's Rainbow. Some of the hardcovers are falling inward, but the dj covers that. If you can list which books I've read and which I haven't, I'll sent you 5 books of your choice. Hint: I've read about 65% of them (mostly the long ones, friendo.) I'm interested in which of then you've read, and I'd be willing to bet any amount of money that I've read more than you.
Also
>hurr /lit/ found out about a genuinely good book and talked about it so anyone who reads it is a meme
Saddest shit.

>>9891364
You're an idiot

>>9891197
http://m.wikihow.com/Take-Care-of-Your-Book?amp=1

>>9891265
>Its either/or.

T. insecure pseud who got called out.

>>9891546
Called out for what exactly? Keeping my books nice? I'm proud of that, so I don't feel insecure. I am troubled by the fact that people honestly believe you have to ruin your books to read them. I'd he glad to discuss the novels you imagine I haven't read? This happens regularly on this site, and I have a strong feeling that the type of person to claim someone hasn't read something because it's in good condition doesn't read at all. Also, many of those books have issues and imperfections, I just don't bend the spine. It's pretty simple, actually. You have to be actively trying to break it or just be completely retarded.

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>>9890922
I actually wouldn't mind it. I buy all my books second-hand since I'm a poorfag and even though I've read IJ, it was in ebook form off of bibliotik. It is however on my modest but ever growing wishlist of books to own in paperback (I despise HBs) although too paranoid to give an anon from here my address.

>>9891569
Shit man, I'd just buy you a new one. That copy has a few pages with bent corners because I fell asleep with it on the bed and rolled over onto it.

>>9891565

>Says he isn't insecure

>Gets super defensive

Ok bud.

>>9891578
>he doesn't know that it's not infinitely more insecure to call out people for not reading books they've read
This is pretty pathetic my man. Just because you don't read your books doesn't mean others don't. Like I said, I'd rather discuss those novels than argue about their condition and what that means to a troll.

>>9889926
Is that Civil War collection worth reading? Is it engaging? Who is the author?

>>9890468
Alright, thanks for the advice. I think I probably will reread The Book of the New Sun if it has a good second half. I read the first two and they were amazing.

>>9891198
Please tell me that's a boy

>>9891652
Yes, it is, in my opinion, the definitive work on the subject.

>>9891700
Who's the author? I can't tell from the picture that was posted.

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Please don't bully, Army only allows a single bookcase per soldier in the barracks

>>9891718
Shelby Foote

>>9886673
oh hey i've got that marquis de sade biog on my to-read pile. i bought it for 50p in a charity shop. is it any good?

>>9886709
See, the thing is that the typography of the titles is mostly awful.

>>9891197
You actually damage hardcovers? Those are wrapped in mylar too lol

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>>9892392
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>>9891729
How long are you in the barracks for? That seems like it would be a pain in the ass to move.

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>>9892397
3. Ignore rand

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5

>>9892404
I've moved about every year since I joined. When you PCS, Army pays movers to take your stuff, so it's never a huge problem for me.

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>>9892506

>SP

>>9892412
Did you read all of those Zola novels? I would still salute you if you read only half.

>>9892392
Do I have to read the Poetic and/or the Prose Edda before attempting the Saga of the Volsungs?

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Is this like a cock rate thread?

>>9893006

Yup

And just like it would be in a cock rate thread, your entry is quite pitiful

>>9893031
I basically just reread the Dickinson collection ad infinitum anyways, so I don't really care.

>>9891407
>>hurr /lit/ found out about a genuinely good book and talked about it so anyone who reads it is a meme
>Saddest shit.
Actually, the saddest shit is people who read books because the majority reads them. And 95% of /lit/ is exactly like that

>>9892416
Good taste, but buy more hardbacks, or your shelf is not going to look quite so colorful in 10 years. There's no point in building a library if you don't buy durable prints.

>>9892498
>>9892506
>no hope/entry level

>>9893006
>might actually have an English degree

>>9892571
yes I've read all of them. Working on Sin of abbe mouret right now

>>9893006
Now I imagine the same dick pic pasta posted in every cock rate thread, just like that colorish hardback only pic only to get (You)s.

>>9885564
is that The Capricious Robot??

>>9885564
You have taste that's compatible with mine. I wish I had a friend like you.

>>9886673
>that brush
F-femanon..?
>"gay & catholic"
Kek

>>9893097
Sure, most people around here take their recommendations from shitposts, but to assume that everyone does is a little presumptuous. Everything I've read on that first shelf has been worth it, and also led me to many of my favorites. I get what you mean, but I don't see why it matters - most of the people on this site don't read the novels they post about anyway. I come here for the rare conversation that's actually worth it. Like I've said many times, I'dove to discuss those novels, some of them are my favorites of all time, but I don't see the benefit in accusing people of not reading their novels. I'm sure it does happen, I just don't understand why anyone would spend the time and money collecting that many novels if they've never read, or felt passionate about, any of them.

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Just reorganized my bookshelf. Pls r8

>>9894774
some neat books in there.

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>>9888405

Do you seriously display books like a YA reader? Am I being rused here? Tell me this is a ruse.

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>>9894774
That's a nice photo anon!
>plebspotters
It amazes me that people can actually read this. I tried once and that Welsh dialect is such a fucking chore to read.

these threads are gay and should be moved to >>>/soc/

>>9889330
>>9893519
Periodic Table is a collection of Primo Levi's sort of biographical short stories.
Gay and Catholic is unironically decent. Chaste lesbian talks about her conversion and other shit. Only gripe I have with it is something common to English-language Christian convert writers, where they use clever, and poignant, but intellectually frustrating or empty-feeling leaps in logic. I think they tend to be the kind of people who can be comfortable with making a conclusion (and commitment) even when only half the truth is visible to them. Like, they flee from the darkness immediately, and self-assuredly, toward some answer, before they can really be sure. They half-rationalize it, and are satisfied, and proud.

>>9889454
Only a little, but I've been curious and fascinated with him for a long time. I saw another biography of him in a second hand bookstore the other day and was tempted to grab it.

>>9891822
Haven't read it yet, just got it recently. Looks good though.

>>9890550
Apparently its good to keep toothbrushes out in the air.

>>9893519
You'll never guess what the brush is for.

>>9894774
>Organized
>Still looks like shit
Damn...

>>9885564
Remove the books from the top shelf and replace with plants that have a little overhang

>>9893155
There are not many people who read all Zola's novels. It's a good niche.

>>9894827
I'm out of space, which I figured you'd be able to see by looking at the pictures, but apparently I'm dealing with whole new levels of stupid in this thread. If I could put them in the bookshelf I would, because it's better than standing them up or stacking them. I bought those two days before I took that and placed them up there because fuck it, I'm drowning in books.

>>9896089
Not him but it's clear that you are being deceptive. There is more than enough room if you stack them vertically but you decided No! I must display the bigger /lit/ memes (Chris Hansen Field Guide, Brothers K, TMaM, eg books that aren't even good) out on open display for imaginary internet point.

Edit: Typical I'm getting downvoted for an honest opinion.

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Ciao /lit/
This is part of my Greeks and my Romans.

>>9896119
Stacking books is how you ruin them. I'd rather not. How is that deception? There are about 100 books stacked up behind the ones on the dresser, because I'm not worried about those being ruined. I've actually read those books, friend, and I enjoyed them. That's why they're there.

>>9896398
>reading the romans in the original language
nice one, pizza

>>9896521
Ironically standing a book up on it's own like you do does far more damage than laying them flat and stacking them.
There is nothing there to hold it closed

>>9896540
It damages them, yes, but less than stacking them, which is by far the worst way to store books. Doesn't matter, they will only be like that until tomorrow when my new shelf arrives. Seems like a weirdly small thing to call someone out for. If I wanted to display books like that purposefully, I wouldn't do it with those Everyman's, I'd do it with some of the ones I think are honestly great and rare, but I'm the only one who sees it besides you anonymous strangers.

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>>9896551
>surprised there are autistic spergs in the turbo autist section on a website for autistic spergs

>>9896540
For example, I have some books not pictured that have been standing up on their own for 3 years that are perfectly tight and like new despite having been read. I have books that were stacked during that time that when I went to read them they were uneven and falling apart. If you research for even a few minutes you'll see that stacking novels, especially hardcovers, will ruin them in a relatively short amount of time.

>>9896562
I'm as much of an autist as anyone here, and will admit it, but they're objectively wrong so I don't see your point. The whole "showcasing books for Internet points" thing is a played out, copy-paste insults on here and it's ironic to me because the most expensive/rare books I own are not in any of those pictures, though I did post my signed DFW because they're new and I figured someone here would get a kick out of it.

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I'd get SO many internet points if I posted my bookcase + shelves on here, I know for a fact you'd make me Patrician-Emperor of /lit/, but there's some personal stuff on my shelves so better not.

But it sure feels good knowing I'd win the thread.

>>9886709
These editions are terrible (not to mention ugly)—"you" got meme'd hard.
t. own the collected Shakespeare

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>>9897201
>"you" got meme'd hard
I think you'll find you're the one who got meme'd. The anon posted the same meme picture that's posted in every bookshelf thread, the sole purpose of which is to generate (You)s. Giving anon your (You) amounts to being complicit in anon's memeing of the board and, by extension, yourself.

t. meme pro

>>9888452
>Modern English Usage
lol

>>9897230
Yeah, I actually really like it. Whatever that makes me, that's what I am I guess. Language gets me off.

>>9897150
Don't be ridiculous. As long as there's nothing that's a dox liability.

I wonder what percentage of books in these threads are actually read and how many thousands of books have been taken off and dusted only to be photographed and returned?

like mathematically if we say 50% of /lit/ reads, and that's being very generous, can we then assue there are usually 100 images on average and about 200 critical replies each thread. and there are at minimum 4 threads a week. and each image probably contains about 10 books. and of the 50% of /lit/ that does read they probably only read half at most again that's being generous.

so if my math is correct that is 4000 books pictured a week and only about 100 will ever be read. Sad!

>>9895741
Ya I've noticed that myself. He's one of my favourite authors. Even my least favourite books by him have been enjoyable

>>9897818
I'll just he honest and say I've read almost exactly 63% of the books pictured, and reread about 10 of them. I buy them faster than I read them, but my pictures are a showcase of my taste, in want of recommendations, not a showcase of the money I've spent. Anyone can acquire a ton of books, but there are people here who genuinely love reading. I intend on reading each and every book I own, and that's what makes me love my shelf: it's fucking exciting.

>>9898006
Struggling to find some of the final ones though.

>>9888378
GIVE ME THAT COPY OF PLUS

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aesthetic?

>>9885575
i'm sure op has taste in things other than books.

>judge not, lest ye be judged

>>9890635
what are some publisher collections that aren't crappy?

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>>9898610

3rd, bigger shelf

>>9889401
wouldn't be a bookshelf without a ripley's believe it or not

>>9897818
100/170 books read on my shelf

>>9898625
>kim gordon girl in a band
ayy

>>9898654

it was pretty bad. but i like sonic youth

>>9889531
Is this really how he signed his books?
I dig it

>>9898666
yea i'm definitely more than a sonic youth fan than a kim gordon fan

also, check'd for satan

>>9886673
>gay and Catholic
lmao, hey anon, hows the young boys

>>9888383
Novel Explosives? You must be someone who actually blogs or writes about books. That's pretty rare.

>>9899374
I do write about books. I bought it when it came out based on a high recommendation by a few people I really trust. I follow that stuff really close and try to find newer authors so I don't get stuck in the memes. Though Pynchon is still my favorite, I can't help it.

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>>9900310
2/2

sorry for sideways

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>>9886709

>>9900313

Do you practice magick?

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Not pictured: my new tiki torches

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>>9900763

>WWE

>>9900789
most books is mostly written by degenerate socialists while wrestlers are manly conservatives, playing wrestling video games is redpilled

>>9898625
Pretty good. Nice to see Hegel's PoS and John Green in one bookcase.

>>9891729
>Gates of Fire
Memory lane

>>9900310
>>9900313
get rid of your gaiman/tolkien shelf and I'll propose tonight

>>9900929
tolkien was from high-school, gaiman was a gift; your shelves decide my answer

>>9900401
the blurred line between mysticism and magic(k)

>>9901005
No, I'll propose. You don't have to get rid of anything, high school reminiscences can have a place in everyone's shelves.

>>9901005
I'm >>9891214
Unlike >>9901035 I don't want you to keep any reminders of your exes in our house

>>9900310
Okay, could you explain to me the differences between the Poetic Edda, Prose Edda, and the Edda? I thought the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda were two different things, but I have no idea what the plain Edda is.

>>9901806
The Prose Edda and the Edda are the same work, just different editions/translations. They were written by the Icelandic scholar Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, in prose.

The Poetic Edda is anonymous, and written in verse.

Both cover similar territory, stories of Old Norse mythology and lore.

>>9901114
Doesn't really matter if you won't post your shelves.

>>9901831
I did dude, a long time ago. That's what I was trying to say. These are mine
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>>9891214
>>9891214

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Rate

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>>9901831
Erasing history is dangerous.
Here are my books. I'm poor and don't have a shelf. Also, I can't keep many, I exchange them for others whenever I finish. Unless I really like them, but this doesn't always work: I had to sell all of my Bolaño, because it was expensive and I needed the money. I've also lent some friends Ficciones, Mother Night, A Confederacy of Dunces and For Whom the Bell Tolls.

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>>9901890
very nice shelves!

unfortunately, however, i've dedicated my life to the pursuit of knowledge, so i'll have to decline.

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>>9902142
>>9901831
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>>9902148
alas!

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Step aside.

>>9896562
>people hate nogs
Really bakes my lasagna.

>>9902194
based lisa simpson

>>9888584
Whatcha reading now?