/lit/ - Literature

>>14688396
nothing
I have schizo induced brain damage and work full time so I stopped reading

>>14688396
this is literally the 4th shelf thread in the past 3 days. what gives?

>>14688409
Very interesting selections, what’s the decline of the west like?

Just one picture because I'm busy playing Disgaea 4.

>>14688521
Haven't read it yet.
On that shelf I have read everything except the Lunheng (the big book on the left), The Book of Mormon, The Decline of the West, Leviathan Selections, The Ego and his Own, Lovecraft, Gravity's Rainbow, Don Quixote, The Portable Hannah Arendt, and Adventures in the Screen Trade. I keep trying to make myself read but I can't, I don't know why. I'm very burnt out.

>>14688640
Oh, I haven't read Dubliners or Portrait of the Artist either

>>14688396
I'm currently swamped with homework, so I'm reading that. Romantic poets, Willy Shakes, Hebrew Bible, commentaries, etc.

Pic related, been excited to read Ur of the Chaldees since I heard Irving Finkel the Assyriologist talking about it and saw his reprodution of the board game described within. Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I

>>14688396

>>14688409
Are Exurb1a's books any good? I really like his videos.

>>14690270
Not yours.

slogging through pike's morals & dogma atm

>>14688396
mustaine's autobio was kind of interesting. definitely a smart, eccentric guy. i remember when he got dissection removed from a couple big gigs and the buzz around the internet making fun of him but hearing his perspective on it made me realize how petty and small nodtveit really was.

>>14691206
Hey anon, does your copy of Tragedy and Hope have the gilded page edges?

>>14691291
no, they are just plain white

>>14691646
The gold ones are the first printing. I have a weird bootleg "first edition" nothing is censored but it doesnt have the gilding. still a good thrift shop find.

>>14689779
I enjoyed it but it's really trope heavy. Then again I suppose all sci-fi is.

>>14690270
Is that really your bookshelf

>>14691206
Would you ever be willing to scan Mask and Face of Contemporary Spiritualism for us?

>>14688551
beautiful editions

>>14690270
Noice

>>14688396
>>14688409
B&R

>>14693141
I might have to pick up and Quiet Flows the Don, have you read it yet?

>>14690270
H-He doesn't actually read all of those books... r-right, Anons?...

The ultimate poseurs' thread.

>Posting your same shelf where nothing has changed three, four, even five times

Jesus how fucking disgusting can you get

>>14692148
i don't have immediate access to a scanner but i'll get around to it eventually
>>14691847
yeah that's probably pretty expensive on the secondary market

>>14693141
Surprised to see you don’t have a story of a real man, seems right up your alley

>>14694317
I'm both disgusted and envious of the Casanova set

>>14694147
I actually just finished it! It’s fantastic, I highly recommend it.

>>14693141
Lit chart, the shelf

>>14693141
wow very nice

>>14690270
i honestly don't get what the deal with hardwood floors is. pine is peak comfy and its cheap and better for the environment because it grows so fast.

>>14694317
>Zibaldone
nice. are you in the UK? the N. American one I have from FSG has a different design scheme.
also wondering what interests you so much about Casanova - that's an impressive edition in any case.
>>14694715
>disgusted
why?

>>14695591

My edgier section. Currently reading Guenon's East & West. Pretty good, m'kay

>>14694317
nice

>>14688516
People don't read but have nice books.

>>14697070
No matter how many times you post this it will never be funny

>>14697102
never be not funny*

>>14697106
It gets me every time

>>14691206
Are Easwaran translations good?

I'm too cheap and lazy to buy a shelf. I just stack my shit on a piece of kitchen furniture. It is three rows deep.

>>14697207
Senpai I promise you a shelf will make it better because I used to that as well and it's tedious.

>>14697223
It is tedious but it's more tedious to find a proper bookcase that isn't absurdly priced, made out of proper wood and not particle board (which is a cause of the former), and then make sure I'm home when it's to be delivered between the hours of 6am and 10pm. I'd rather just root around for half an hour to pull out the book I want to read that's stowed in the back. Problem now is that it's at capacity and I've taken to stacking new purchases on the kitchen table. My bitch is probably upset too but fuck her lol

>>14697179
he is basically a liberal but as far as i can tell he didn't fudge the translations really, and his commentary chapters were helpful the first time through.

>>14695553
Also typical of /lit/. All the books remain unread.

>>14693141

meme shelf

>>14694425
Why should the shelf change, especially if it is full?

I know it's a bit of a random assortment, but I only buy books that tend to find interest in and if I leave it on the shelf and never read it, I just donate it.

I'm currently starting Brave NEw World from Aldous Huxley, been meaning to read it for sometime. I just finished reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and it's a nice book, both films don't do it justice.

>>14697538
It bothers me so much when people use typewriters as decorative pieces. It's more to do with a tool not being used than some pretentious "you should write on a typewriter" thing. Shit just bugs me.

>>14697538
>big box quake

I like you.
In fact I like these threads in general, you all give me influence. From this thread I’ve added 4 or 5 new books to get. Cool shit I didn’t know about before.
>>14688516
That’s why these threads should be frequent

>>14697102
>Why yes, I am Evola poster. How could you tell?

>>14694317
possibly the best shelf ever posted

>>14698314
here's a worthy contender

not mine btw

>>14698472
thats really nice

Admittedly, my shit's mostly genre fiction and entry level stuff. I've only recently taken up full time reading.

>>14698472
>power crystals to protect his books from the ayys

>>14692148
Why was there such a short print run of that book? Completely impossible to find, even for an inflated price.

>>14688396
Read more primary sources dude

When will you poorfags finally buy the early church fathers?

>>14699475
Such as?

>>14699940
>When will you poorfags have $5000 to blow on a book set
maybe a few decades from now
although if i get a used set like you did it's $1000 so maybe a bit sooner

>>14698972
>movie versions of LOTR and hobbit
Cringe maximum terrible choice

>>14700105
Contents are the same as any other version. Print quality's good enough. Shit was cheap. I don't care.

>>14688396
It's hard to post my shelves (too many, and mostly double-rowed), but here's part of them. Right now I'm reading a few things at once.

>>14700520
Other wall (poetry and children's lit).

>>14700546
And the last walls.

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>>14700546
>>14700559
How much do you read per day/week/whatever metric you want? Have you read all of these, or are you a collector?

>>14700580
I read 1-3 books a week, not counting quick things (graphic novels, etc.), but I have only read about 2/3 of these, roughly (too much collecting, too little time). Still, I buy most of them quite cheap (and as an English prof, I get many for free), and enjoy having options for browsing at home. .

>>14699940
Sorry m8 i only read the corpus christianorum series, no English distortions for me.

>>14700605
2/3 is more than what I expected. I was guessing more around 1/2, but 2/3 is fairly respectable. How are you enjoying the prof life?

>>14700559
William Morris/Pre-Raphaelite related case.

>>14699940
>Augustine
>Anti-Donald Writings
delete

>>14700628
Well, I feel lucky to have a career that I enjoy (though I am a lowly adjunct, not tenure-track). The marking is a slog, but otherwise it's very enjoyable.

>>14700673
very based. i have that von strassburg tristan. did you go to school for this anon?

opinions on paperback vs hardcovers?

>>14700710
Paperbacks damage much more easily
More prone to tears, bends, spills

Hardcovers are unnecessarily expensive

>>14700725
>Paperbacks damage much more easily
>More prone to tears, bends, spills
maybe if you're a monkey with poor hand-eye coordination. never understood this position. paperbacks are just as good as you treat them. and they're way cheaper and look nicer on shelves IMO.

>>14700725
Is it incorrect of me to assume that you don't shop at used books stores for hardcovers?

>>14700753
Amazon........the convenience

>>14700741
Just simply reading a paperback will damage it. I’m no monkey. You open the book up and get to the middle, the book cover starts to curl and doesn’t shut it’s always half open and unsightly. You MUST be fragile when reading smaller paperbacks. Don’t be a faggot.

>>14700741
>and look nicer on shelves IMO
i'm partial to the victorian study look and a shelf full of paperbacks would look like an abomination

>>14700762
My heart aches for you anon. For the missed experience, be it good or bad, of exploring a quiet labyrinth of books.

temporary living in abroad. I had to be very mindful of the books I brought with me (the ones in Portuguese) and the ones I bought here to avoid luggage overweight, so I'm mostly reading on my kindle. The textbooks on the left were borrowed from the university's library.

>>14700777
I been to a Barnes and noble once...it was when I was hanging out with the mall goths once and we just chain smoked outside and went in when it got too cold. Pretty gay.

>>14700787
some of your books are upside down anon

>>14700798
B&N is not a used book store.

>>14700828
yeahhhh that shows you why I only shop at Amazon.

>>14700753
They’re heavier and harder to read. They’re still expensive at used bookshops, thrift stores maybe not.

>>14694317
>Spiró
>Nádas

Szar ízlés megerősítve.

>>14700777
>trips
i've also never been to a physical used book store
wouldn't the prices be higher than, say, Amazon?

>>14700520
>>14700546
>>14700559
wow. have you ever counted how many books that is in total? looks like well over 1,000.

>>14700680
The medieval texts specifically, or just in general? I do have my PhD, if that's what you mean, but my focus was Victorian use of medieval.

>>14701338
you did it wrong

>>14701338
Howdy nigga

>>14701338
Those teeth though, negro

>>14697207
you have read litteraly none of those books

>>14701294
the medieval texts, i meant. that's interesting anon. do you teach? if there's one thing medieval literature has to teach us, what do you think that is?

>>14701338
nice selfie fag

>gnostic bible
yikes.

>redwall
been meaning to read.

>>14701364
I've read more than you in half my lifetime, whiteboy.

>>14701291
In the house overall, we have about 5000 books. The 'plebeian' library downstairs has mostly genre fiction, humour, comic-related work, etc.

>>14701403
>All that YA on the shelf
Kek, nice public library

>>14701403
still doing it wrong

>>14701369
I teach a variety of undergrad courses (some more interesting than others), though I have taught an Arthurian course and 3rd-year medieval before. It's difficult to single out just one great lesson from the period's literature: it tracks the formation of our institutions of faith, government, philosophy, thought, art, love, history, etc. Overall, it's the creation of modern humanity: the various interplays of religious, secular, chivalric, political, ribald, and dramatic elements give the period’s texts a unique and vital complexity.

The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne,
Th'assay so hard, so sharp the conqueringe,
The dredful joye alwey that slit so yerne,
Al this mene I by love…

>>14701436
thanks for the answer, anon. i'm inclined to agree. i'm interested myself in our laws, what we inherited from the medievals re: divine right of kings and what rights the peasants took for themselves from the majesty and beneficence of God. the cultural stuff is nice but informed by a great deal of other influences, not the least of them being war and trade with arabs and the orient. but our system of laws is something that we made almost wholly in europe, minus the foundational ethics of scripture and Church tradition.

>>14701451
I agree, as far as my knowledge extends in that field. The European evolution of law is a fascinating process, but for me it's part of the manifold socio-political, moral and philosophical ideas of the medieval period (i.e., the notions of chivalry, knighthood, courtly love) that all bear on the question of how the medieval mind experienced life, and how it differs from modern perspectives (an endless and ongoing scholarly debate).

>>14701403
what are you reading now?

>>14701403
Please fuck my wife.

>>14701585
Mutt's law.

>>14701585
I've actually blacked a guy's wife that I met at a book club, still see her every now and then.

>>14700998
I can usually purchase a hardcover unsigned at my local used book store for less than shipping from amazon. It's been great for finding old out of print books too. Currently reading an old radar circuit analysis manual from the 50s along with some old maths, and EE books that are fun comparing to newer works. The esoteric stuff will usually cost more along with collectibles, but that should be expected. My favorite find was an old speedwriting/shorthand book with print and calligraphy examples that's been a huge help reading old letters and book margin notes.

>>14701640
the shorthand book

>>14701628
>black guy
>talking about blacking people
lol based

>>14701628
cringe

>>14693141
>Decline and Imperium side by side
My brother...

>>14701640
oh interesting
didn't think about factoring in their reliance on return customers
i'll have to stop in if i happen to come across one

>>14701365
I have read at least half of them. Of the books in plain view I have read 27 out of 43.

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>>14701338
No one cares what you look like.

>>14688551
Pls tell me you've actually read dune

1

>>14702119
2

>>14702123
3

>>14702129
4

>>14702134
5
Currently reading
>Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
>The Way of Kings— Brandon Sanderson

I also have a fantasy bookshelf but I always get shamed by /lit/ when I post it and I’m too lazy to take a pic rn

>>14688396
5/10 kinda boring
>>14688409
7/10 mirin them occult texts
>>14688551
6/10 I actually like those classic editions
>>14688658
7.5/10 clear appreciation for classical civilization
>>14689742
4/10 too small and bland selection
>>14690270
Too much to evaluate
>>14691206
8/10 Was gonna put 9/10 due to the sheer amount of evola but goddamn you had to ruin by unironically owning Marie Cachet’s book. Is it just muh placenta or is it actually decent? Also culture of critique is a bad look even for rwingers
>>14693141
7/10 mirin the dostoy collection but the fascist and commie shit right next to each other proves your either a memer or an extremist (a child)
>>14694317
9/10 very tastefully curated
>>14697207
6.5/10 have you actually read the Arendt?
>>14697538
6/10 I admire the unpretentious nature of the books but it’s a small collection so points off for that, also im torn if an adult should read death note or if it’s juvenile (maybe I’m being pretentious)
>>14698472
Won’t evaluate
>>14698972
6.5/10 I like genre fiction desu
>>14699940
2/10 would be really cool to have but if this is all that’s in the shelf it’s not good
>>14700520
Too large to evaluate
>>14700710
7/10 old school adventurer tier

>>14694317
>Gregor von Rezzori and Heimito von Doderer
If nothing else those alone would make this picture inconceivably /lit/

Data collection arrives from the future, its eugenic tendencies guiding it to the /lit/ shelf thread. All who posted their shelves are labeled pseuds, and are exterminated without mercy.

>>14702391
Post your shelf

>>14702433
I'm not suicidal. And I don't have a camera that interfaces with my computer.

we need an update on catholicbro, boys. i wonder how tall his book stacks have gotten

>>14702538
if i can still see the right side of his desk then he's failed

>>14702538
Some say he continues to grow more based by the day

>>14693141
>mein kampf

>>14702435
describe it to me?

>>14702570
desk is visible
F

>>14702591
Less visible but it's still there, just like God and his love for you

>>14702596
B+

amazed that you can get work done

>>14702585
Plato, Aristotle, Hume, John Stuart Mill, Gorky, Camus, Confucius, Richard Stallman, Gene Wolfe, William Gibson, Salinger, Norman G. Finkelstein, Mumon, Neal Stephenson, Cicero, Demosthenes, Chomsky, etc.

>>14702298
I haven't read the Arendt but it is something I always look at with curiosity so I keep it at the front. But frankly there's a few more biographies and histories of 20th century Russia/Germany/China I'd like to read before I make my way around to it. I need a good bio on Mao and I'm waiting for the third volume of Kotkin's very extensive bio of Stalin to be finished, though I've already read the first two (they're buried behind the Everyman's line-up).

>>14702763
>uses the acceleration meme
>his shelf contains no nick land
embarrassed about something anon? or are you just a memeing retard, the only kind of human that is safe in the future?

>>14702899
I own Fanged Noumena and The Collected Writings of the CCRU. See:
>etc.

>>14702904
memeing retard then. very well. not the anon you were responding to btw.

>>14702601
>the informer
completely based

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSffz_bl6zo

>>14688409
I see you have Aleister Crowley, occult can be a gateway to mental derangement if you’re not careful

>>14688551
I can tell you havent read have of those stylized books up top.

>>14697970
>why yes, I am an Evola poster, how could you tell?

>>14700546
What is wrong with you

>>14688396

>>14703483
>all those Irving books

trying to tell us something anon?

>>14697711
Well it doesn't work, it's missing parts and it's a constant project to get it back in working order. I want to use it for prop making for tabletop sessions.

>>14702298
Deathnote is good pre-L's death, it was honestly interesting. Post-L it's dull... It's not bad as a story, I just don't like the whole "weird autistic sherlock holmes" the newest chapter is just blegh

>>14703454
You'll have to be more specific than that. What's bothering you, sir?

>>14688551
that is some sexy bookshelf

>>14688396
And then there's the Nortons...

>>14703764
minion gang
minion gang

>>14704295
Oh, I see. I have kids.

>>14700787
>Shalamov
based

penguin classics books spine is bad and ugly

>>14704651
Uh-huh. So?

>>14704651
The hardback editions are pretty good, anon.

>>14704683
>>14704951
some of the books they do a good job like dune but they are always the worst when compared to others

>>14703483
Fellow xbro with a nice shelf

10/10 would play world of tanks with you

>>14688396
R8/h8

>>14705772
only 5 copies of the hobbit? h8

>>14702298
>8/10 Was gonna put 9/10 due to the sheer amount of evola but goddamn you had to ruin by unironically owning Marie Cachet’s book. Is it just muh placenta or is it actually decent? Also culture of critique is a bad look even for rwingers
it's OK, a bit shallow (i think the translation might not be doing the actual ideas justice because it seems like varg's english is not that good, and marie doesn't speak english at all afaik), and there are points in there where it seems like the placenta symbolism is actually feasible. that said varg/marie are basically secular jungians like mcnallen which fundamentally limits their scope.
there is unironically nothing wrong with culture of critique, it's a level-headed analysis of a handful of influential jewish movements with tons of facts/citations per paragraph. i don't agree with all of his conclusions but it's an extremely dense collection of facts without equal on the subject.

>>14706454
I've cut down. I had 9 copies at one point. I know what you're going to say though — "come back when you have a few dozen."

>>14703416
I read 11.

>>14706695
Yahoo auctions guy?

>>14701406
>he fell for the 'have kids' meme

>>14705033
since when is dune a penguin classic?

>>14706635
>I know what you're going to say though
more-so wondering that, given your man crush on Tolkien, and your infinitely many Hobbit copies, why you haven't graduated on to Chesterton

>>14703519
>it doesn't work
Makes me slightly less sad