/lit/ - Literature

hip hop hooray
http://amzn.com/w/2GQ2M5Z6IB6C8

>>1357641
Franny and Zooey for 3.45

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3RADV21EEWX4Q

http://amzn.com/w/31DSEN1KC2UMC

http://amzn.com/w/3RADV21EEWX4Q

Danke.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1ELZJ2Z0M2H9G
wooo

Where do you work that gives those? If you don't mean you bought it, that is.

http://www.amazon.ca/wishlist/YB9H30OGEQS2

It's a Canadian one, so shipping costs will be high, so I don't really expect much, but Enemy of the People, The Stranger, The Great Gatsby, or Great Expectations would be nice.

Bellingham, Washington? You don't know a Matthew Blair do you?

http://amzn.com/w/15DW6ISWA6CX2

Yaaay! I love wishlist threads!

http://amzn.com/w/315727STL34PW

I love these things.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3IY1N1F1VB77R

Wasn't really planning on gifting (since I can't seem to gift used anymore), but it was cheap and it's a good book! Hope you enjoy :D

>>1357641
Enjoy Less Than Zero.

>>1357675
I work for a search company (can't say anymore than that without breaking NDA) and every week the top 10% in certain performance metrics get a gift card. I'm usually in that top 10%. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I can apply the gift card balance to a Canadian order, so I can't get you anything. =(

Still about $10 on balance, though, so everyone else keep posting.

>>1357694
Oh, and that was aimed at OP.

http://amzn.com/w/126BKYK4J11PT

http://amzn.com/w/AATIVTDKYEPQ

OP is p. cool.

>>1357689
Ohh, Cyrano de Bergerac is one of my favorite plays, and it's cheap, so you'll be getting it soon.

>>1357681
Indeed I do.

>>1357710
You are my new favorite person.

>>1357710
Hah, so are you actually him or do you both just happen to know each other and gift?

>>1357689
> I have my books and my poetry to protect me
For that quote, enjoy Perdido Street Station.

>>1357710
Ooh, looks like someone else beat me to it! Well, your lucky day.

Here's my list, in case someone's so inclined.
http://amzn.com/w/2MGHEN41FNRV4

>>1357710

Oh, and the gift card balance is gone, so no more gifting from me 'til next week probably. Keep posting lists and giving to each other, though.

Why is /lit/ more generous than any other board?

>>1357717

We're roommates.

>>1357697
holy shit, you are a straight up bro. list bookmarked for future reference

pic related, it's yfw

>>1357727
I don't know, but everyone here is so damn awesome.

>>1357708
Cat's Cradle. Hope you like it as much as I do...it meant a lot to me in my younger years.

>>1357734
Tell Matthew hi for me, from "Grendel & Canterbury Tales".

>>1357744
You are a fucking bro.

I love you man.

>>1357703
Your list is fucken weird. But that Wild Nights thing by JCO looks interesting, so it's on its way.

>>1357746
You're welcome, and I love you too.

I had wanted to gift this week, but I spent all my paycheck on groceries/supplies to make cookies.

But definitely after Christmas I'll do it again!

>>1357660
> mfw when both vikings and The Magus are on your list
Couldn't help myself, you get both. Merry Xmas.

I'm done for tonight, all. It's been fun.

I love reading of the love being spread in these threads. You're all scholars and gents!

Alas I dont live in the US and I get paid in cash, so I can't really join in, bawwwww

>>1357772
Wahhh, thank you so much sir! :D I will definitely enjoy them.

>>1357757
holy shit thank you. I'm weird so that would explain it. I'm going to the hospital next week and needed something to read, thank you thank you thank you.

>>1357809
Oh, I'm really glad I bought you a book about people dying then.

Hope your hospital-thing goes well!

>>1357809
>I'm weird so that would explain it
lol

>>1357814
Ohh it's not life threatening, it's more of a tune up, but thank you, I'll take all the good vibes I can get.

I'm probably too late, but it's worth a shot!
http://amzn.com/w/V1P7PS2M83CY

Ahh!
I could very much do with something, anything, off this list. Currently doing an MA in English Lit and stressed as fuck. Most of the drama books are for my course, others are much needed sanity restorers. I am perfectly happy to get them second hand (its how I get most of my books).

I don't know why I'm more worthy than anyone else to receive a gift from a stranger. I'm not, I suppose. But I'm currently circling the drain financially and mentally and this... this would help a whole lot.

>>1357847
D'ARGHH. I forgot the link.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/wishlist/30S5HABDPXXCR

I suck.

>>1357847
> tl;dr, need stuff from list
> doesn't post list

>>1357694

Oh, missed this looking through the thread earlier. Thanks very much!

bumpin

>>1357852
Heh, you're welcome!

<--- Boobies for books?

http://amzn.com/w/OZFTWNE8YLGO

>>1354367

>>1357851

>>1357847
>>1357849
Sad story is sad. Enjoy Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, and Ford, and may your English degree not ruin your life.

>>1357881
No boobies please, I'm a feminazi, but I ordered Speaker for the Dead cause I read this series when I was a kid, I never finished it because I didn't know he was still writing books for it, blahblahblah, I always remembered it even when I forgot the name of the books, some scenes haunted me and I think gave me nightmares. Blahblahblah, anyway, enjoy. :3

>>1357907
Are you... are you serious? Is that like... is that enjoy them like I'm getting them? or did I just read a whole shit too much into that?

Because if so that's... genuinely one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me. And I don't mean that in a 'Hurr my life has sucked' way I mean, you probably don't know just how much that would mean to me. So, so much.

And if I did read you wrong then... my bad, but thanks for the good wishes.

>>1357910
Why thank you! That was actually one of those books I had at the bottom of the list in my head, as in "I really want to read that but I also wanna get through these other ones first..." so now I'll get the chance to do so.

That deserves a *special* finger reaction image. Happy holidays :)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BFS8VLK191B

I'm looking to buy something for three other people as part of Christmas so post your lists and cross your fingers.

>>1357917
You're getting them--should be 2-4 days, supposedly. You're welcome!

>>1357907
>>1357924
not other guy but kudos to the generous anon

btw, for Amerifags who don't buy for Brits because of the shipping: you can sign into amazon.co.uk with your US login, and pay only the domestic shipping. Same goes for Amazon.ca.

>>1357931
is that by spending with a card only? cuz I use gift cards to gift/buy, not sure if that makes a difference...

http://amzn.com/w/O04YJ6ZAUOE0

I deleted my link earlier cause the list was all messy with random things not lit.

>>1357924
I literally cannot thank you enough. My god. I did not expect that. I'm saving your list on my laptop so that when I'm back on feet moneywise, you sir are getting some motherfucking books.

I couldn't even find an image to convey how I feel. This is the closest. You did a very, very good thing today for me and I won't ever forget it. Thank you.

>>1357945
>I couldn't even find an image to convey how I feel. This is the closest.
>look at image
>PONOPLS
>literally mfw

>>1357941
I don't know about gift cards, sorry. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to try though...it'll just reject it if the card can't be used on other amazon sites.

>>1357945
Your ponopls are thanks enough, my friend.

>>1357956

OP here. I tried gifting to a Canadian with my gift card balance, and it didn't give me an option to use that balance. It did have a space to enter gift cards, but I couldn't use the balance I'd already applied to my account.

>>1357922
God I love cats. Kitty pictures never get old.

>>1357963
Damn. I get it directly put in my account with no middleman.

Ah well, I've finally got a job lined up so after Christmas perhaps I'll get to gift to some non-Americans. I'm sure they get gypped sometimes.

>>1357944
Enjoy The Wanting Seed and merry Christmas

Books for 2 more lucky bros

>>1357981
i think there are a few who posted who haven't gotten anything yet.

>>1357981
Thank you!!! I don't have any great clever or cute pictures to share, I'm new to 4chan and /lit/, but I'm very very grateful.

>>1357660
Clear your schedule broski, I hope you're not doing anything for the next four years because that is how long it will probably take you finish Remembrance of Things Past

>>1357661
Enjoy that Freud fellow broviet. I read Civilization And Its Discontents and enjoyed it quite a bit.

Reposting my list in case anyone wants to get me something
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BFS8VLK191B

These are the people that have not, by my count, been gifted yet. (Not saying if you're gonna gift, gift to them, because I tend to gift books that I already know/like to others, etc. Just saying, if you're one of those looking for someone who hasn't gotten gifted yet, here ya go)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1ELZJ2Z0M2H9G
http://www.amazon.ca/wishlist/YB9H30OGEQS2
http://amzn.com/w/15DW6ISWA6CX2
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3IY1N1F1VB77R
http://amzn.com/w/2MGHEN41FNRV4
http://amzn.com/w/V1P7PS2M83CY
http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BFS8VLK191B

>>1358024
I gotcha, broheim. I heard you like tomes, so I put a, um, tome in...shit. I bought you Les Miserables.

>>1358050
Thanks. There are three huge books that I told myself I was going to read in my lifetime no matter what: Moby Dick, Les Miserables, and War & Peace. Just finished Moby Dick last month and was hoping to move into Les Miserables over winter break.

>>1358067
I found The Count of Monte Cristo to be really worthwhile, too. The most readable 1,000 pages I've ever come across.

Coincidentally, it was gifted to me on /lit/.

I would like to dedicate this finger to !IsAMEmE6C2, who gifted four times and said s/he was done, and then gifted five more times after that.

>>1358077
dawww

>>1358077

Yeah, he seems to be a pretty cool guy.

>>1358076
I'll consider it. I've been on classics kick as of late. I guess the further I go into my literature education the more I can look at the kind of stuff I scoffed at years ago and see something in it that I couldn't see before. Moby Dick was exhausting but phenomenal.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/ref=gno_listpop_wi

Never participated in one of these threads, but since it's the holidays I figure I'll be able to give back soon enough. More than half the books on here are /lit/ recs that I'd actually like to own, but haz no moniez to :(

Many thanks, even if I get nothing. I've always really liked how /lit/ does shit like this.

>>1358128
That's not your wishlist link. Click on "Share with Friends", and it'll give you a URL to copy/paste.

>>1358128
Your link sends me to my own wishlist.

I just got all excited because I was all COOL SOMEONE WITH MY NAME, but then it was just my own list.

Go to "Share With Friends" at the top of your wishlist, and post that link.

>>1358157
>>1358157

I don't think I could feel like more of a newfag if I tried. Thank you.


http://amzn.com/w/2V3MXFWDY3J5L

Can anyone tell me how to gift used books?

These threads make me happy. I've never participated - and I won't, until I have money to spend on you guys - but it's probably one of the nicest things I've seen on 4chan.

You all rock.
I'll be back, you can count on it.

Not posting my wishlist because I already know I'm getting like, 15 things from it for Christmas.

Just wanna say: Awesome thread. It's great to see people doing nice things for each other.

Oh no, it fell to the second page!

>>1358024
Oh man, thank you!! I've been really eager to get started on Proust, this is damn exciting. :D Thank you so much!

>>1358178
Sure. In the person's wishlist, look at the bottom of the book link, it says "New&Used". Click on that, choose an option (Good, Very Good, etc.) and add it to your cart. In your cart, underneath the title, there should be an option that "This is for so-and-so's wishlist" or something like that.

helpful bump

>>1358448
HOW IS IT HELPFUL WHEN THE OP IS NOT HERE?

>>1358470
'cause other people have money too, yo

>>1358480
YEAH, LIKE ME, BUT YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME GIFTING AGAIN. FUCK YEAH

>>1358470

I'm here, I'm just out of money on my gift card balance for the moment. If I get high enough (and I'm in the process) I might not care about my own money enough to give another book or two.

SOMEONE PLEASE BUY ME INFINITE JEST

http://amzn.com/w/32V394VY7HSUE

: )

>>1358546
BUY IT YOURSELF, FAGGOT.

HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY EXPECT PEOPLE TO BUY THEM SHIT, OR COME UP WITH A SOB STORY, COMPULSIVELY BUMP.

YOU MUST BE FUCK-TARDS TO BEG LIKE THAT. OP'S A NICE GUY, BUT THE ONES SUCKING UP TO HIM AND SHIT, SHAME ON YOU, FUCKTARDS.

>>1358548
buy me it

>>1358546
>>1358546
HOLY SHIT
whoever bought that you are a fucking champion I hope your christmas is as good as mine is going to be
THANKS!

http://amzn.com/w/3VNJM8RI6H3LP

I'm new to Amazon wishlists, how do I tell if a books been sent?

Here's mine if anyone generous is still around
http://amzn.com/w/37QFUPHGOI7G3

From the UK, so not eligible. I think this a really cool thing for you to do though.

:D

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/C0U9I97ELUEG

>>1358633
Seconding this. Nice one, OP. Just a shame I'm not eligible.

This is my first time on /lit/ so maybe it's better than I expected.

I bought someone The Qur'an in one of these threads before. If I see any good books on your lists I'll buy them for a few of you.

Here's my list, books start after the first five items or so:

http://amzn.com/w/3QL60ZN184N7Z

I know I'm late but I thought I'd try. It's Christmas season after all.
http://amzn.com/w/231X0Z2EU9VQM
Anything would be appreciated.

>>1358633
Hey, the person I bought The Qur'an for lived in the UK and I'm here in America. I'm pretty damn sure it works in the UK.

>>1357685
May the Fnords be with you. Enjoy your book.

Whoah, back from the dead.

>>1358681
Thanks for the offer, but my amazon wish list is under my real name, so better not. Thanks though & keep doing what you're doing!

>>1358680
I don't see a ship to address.

I like used books.


http://amzn.com/w/1GRRFRIFMH1XV

Mine has a shipping address, and I like used books.

http://amzn.com/w/37QFUPHGOI7G3

Should we let it gracefully die?

Bump to test waters

>implying im not boycotting Amazon

>>1359758
Why would you be boycotting Amazon?

>>1359919
>picture of assange
DERPY WHY U NO BUY FROM AMAZON

http://amzn.com/w/12J7DFZ0H1063

Will my giant muscles work?

>>1359919
to help support local businesses maybe? i dunno. internet businesses don't have the overhead that brick and motar businesses do. and they don't hire as many people. i'm just guessing here.

>>1359758
>>>/b/

I still don't know what wikileaks has to do with Amazon, but I'm not researching a shitty joke on 4chan for more than 3 minutes, sorry

>>1359944
>a side of /lit/'s personality i'm proud of.

>>1359938

I don't give a shit about local business: the economy evolves, get over it.

I'm boycotting Amazon as they have compromised net neutrality and freedom of speech by kicking wikileaks off their domain hosting servers without hesitation the minute some politicians told them to do so.

Tried to find cheap books, also one's I haven't read that I've heard lots about, like Catcher in the Rye.

http://amzn.com/w/3VNJM8RI6H3LP

All I want for Christmas is a nice book~

http://amzn.com/w/1KFNXAQ6XCDU0

I've never read a book by a Vonnegut or HG Wells, and got other stuff on there like the Qu'ran and some horror. I'd be happy with anything though

http://amzn.com/w/37QFUPHGOI7G3

>>1359985
You still wanting stuff on the older wishlist too?

>I will not spend money today I will not spend money today I will not spent money today
>"I've never read anything by HG Wells"
> ........
>I will not gift any more today I will not gift any more today I will not gift any more today

Enjoy! I read The Time Machine when I was a kid & absolutely loved it. Had a different perspective as an adult, but hey you gotta at least try it sometime right? :p

>>1360094
just to clarify, this was to
>>1360044

>>1360101
hey. are you making use look at the hand you finger yourself with every time you do dis?

if so that's kind of rude, & not very thoughtful...

OK, I rarely spend much time /lit/ but I have seen a few of these "wishlist" threads. can someone explain the concept to me? Am I to understand a generous OP on 4chan of all places actually buys random people books or something? I find that hard to believe.

>>1360108
I never thought of this :o but no, I'm not clever enough & too lazy to make my own so I just steal the work other people upload

dealwithit.jpg

>>1360114
that's kind-of how it plays out but more like pic related, amirite guys?

>>1360121
:D

>>1360114
nah its not just one person, it's a bunch of ppl. although one guy or chick has gifted something like 50 times at least by my count.

not sure how it ended up that there could be generosity on 4chan of all places, lol, but it's pretty nice. i used to think "uh no way would i give, ill just post my list" lol but it really gets addicting. i've gifted eight or nine times in my time here.

>>1360114
Most people just post their Wishlist and don't even read the thread.

Some people like to also spread the love and buy a used/cheap book here or there for other people, especially if they've had something bought for them.

I like to look through wishlists until I find a book that I really enjoyed or meant something to me, and buy that for someone. It makes me feel better than most of the gifts I give in person.

>>1360129
really, wow! I cannot believe that, considering 99.99% of posts are just calling people fags etc (not necessarily lit, but most boards). I am jelly, I would like to ask for books but I really doubt I'd ever really be able to return the favour to any extent, I'm not exactly swimming in cash.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/wishlist/2KCKSX8E9TI5I
My first time. :)

>>1360140
>I like to look through wishlists until I find a book that I really enjoyed or meant something to me, and buy that for someone. It makes me feel better than most of the gifts I give in person.
This is usually how I end up deciding too. Probably a lot of people do I'd imagine, makes a sort of "connection"....sure it feels nice to send someone a free book, but it feels even nicer to send someone a free book that you love to death.

plus it's fun searching through lists to see if anything sounds interesting, especially when they've got several books you already like/want to read.
>The Menstruating Mall
>Ten ridiculously stereotypical consumer victims find themselves unable to leave the mall one day. There is nothing stopping them. The doors are unlocked. Other shoppers are able to come and go as they please. But for some inexplicable reason, these ten people cannot pry themselves away from their shopping miasma. The mall closes, and they won't leave. Days pass, and they're still there, eating meals in the food court and sleeping in department store bedroom displays. Then they begin to die off, one by one, murdered by a mysterious killer, and they still won't allow themselves to escape.
>mfw

Well now I HAVE to read it, just to see what it's about!

You're all a bunch of leeching niggers. Fuck your friendly vibes and smileys, I know you're the ones shitting up threads on this board and obsessing over tripfags. Either that or you only post on here for the wishlist threads. Eat a nigger's dick, bigtime cunts.

>>1360165

>>1360172
lolol

>>1360172
do one for me now

>>1360179
how about one I've never got the chance to post but can't bring myself to delete?

>>1360188
;__;

so horrific.

>>1360196
no, THIS is horrific (and possibly against the sfw rule :x )

>>1360148
Is tiiu a popular name in finland?

>>1360226
Not really. I think it is more of an Estonian name. Tiia is much more common though.

>>1360245
It's because there's a song by some finnish people called clouds featuring a girl called tiiu called under the dancing feet and i really like that song so i bought you the emerald planet. Bare in mind though that because you're from finland, most people will have to pay quite a bit for Postage and Packing so you might not be gifted unless there are more finnish on here.

>>1360274
Thank you thank you thank you! Now I have to look up that song! :)
Didn't consider the shipping costs :S makes me appreciate this even more. Thank you. I'll take this as a wonderful Christmas gift \o/

>>1360044
Yes, disregard the one titled "New Wish List"

http://amzn.com/w/2Y88B62NU0COA

Taking a chance

http://www.amazon.co.uk/wishlist/2KG7R9A0G56S9

Haven't seen one of these in ages, thanks /lit/! You're too good to me.

>>1360306
I was talking about the one called "New Wish List" because I saw that those actually had the older date. So did you get those, like the Joe Lansdale one?

You should just delete what you're not wanting anymore

http://www.amazon.ca/wishlist/1FCBGT2OHNJYT

Kind anons are kind.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/V19HXU4ZI5VZ/

>>1358178
I would like to know this too. I'm not from a country that Marketplace works with, but if I'm buying for someone else it should be fine, right? But if I go to the item page from someone's Wishlist and add a used book to my basket, it doesn't display as an Wishlist item and if I go to checkout, it only displays my address. What am I doing wrong?

http://amzn.com/w/28QSPUG7UIL42

>>/lit/
>141 posts

I don't have a lot of money. So I would appreciate any book that you give me.
http://amzn.com/w/V1P7PS2M83CY
As a thanks you to whoever, here's Moby Dick.
http://www.zshare.net/download/839285621dc17c96/

bump

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/33BFS8VLK191B

>>1360378
Yes, I've already bought those in stores and from Amazon. I' will delete that list now.

Is it too late for the free books?

>>1361243

Maybe, maybe not. Depends on if generous people are around. I'm OP and I might be generous, if you have books I like on your wish list.

OP is a homogaf.

http://amzn.com/w/1EP9H1FMQTA4S

I'm typing this while I poop and I know where you reside motherfucker. Hide yo wife, hide yo kids cuz imma be rapin everyone up there.

>>1361445
>op is a homo(gaf?)

No shit.

>>1361446

protip: look at the second root backwards to solve the riddle!

>>1361454

Clever. Yes, yes he is.

>>1359295
Just posting my link again now that I've updated my address. Must have missed it. Sorry.
http://amzn.com/w/231X0Z2EU9VQM