/lit/ - Literature

>>15880882
>Stephen king
>bullshit mass market thrillers or whatever

I’m assuming this isn’t OP’s shelf. Why do people read so many books, but only in this realm? I dont get how you can obsess over the same type of books over and over.

>>15880882

Pt1
>>15881018
Breddy good, read Demons by Dosto

>>15881054
Pt2
Recently got Dr Z and early edition of War and Peace.

>>15880882

These are all my books. Haven't read any of them though...

>>15881199
i like

1/2

>>15881253
2/2
Books without spine text

>>15881261
did you print out the pdf of sun and steel and make your own book?

>>15881283
Ya, I’ve bound that one. Ex gf bound my own collection of Futurist writings (edited the font/text layout) and I learned that way. Same thing with the Doctrine of Fascism

>>15880882
You should grow up is my critique of your shelf.

>>15880882
Nah, that's straight up consoomer shit.

I left all my books at my house in the city I go to college in, but at my parents' --where I'm in rn-- I just have my kindle. I'm deadass never going to buy a book unless I can't pirate it. There's no need to own shit. There are plenty of good, expensive editions for free.

>>15881302
>drops le kindle

>>15880965
> Why do people read so many books, but only in this realm?
Why do people eat fast food? It's cheap, comforting, accessible—pretty much everything /lit/ rails against.

>>15881302
>consoomer
>rn
>deadass
genuinely cannot tell whether this post is a joke

>>15881287
very nice

>>15880882
I was think of buying a locker to use as bookshelf. My last bookshelf was cheap one and it collapsed, destroying a bunch of books with it. Solid bookshelves are too expensive for me.

>>15880965
It's easier to make a story compelling through actual danger to the characters than some implied or abstract danger, someone running from a serial killer is more interesting than someone running from, say, their social obligations. Secondly, they're very easy to read and can be blown through by slow readers quickly so picking one up, even a long one, isn't as much of a commitment. They're a consistently safe choice.

>>15881302
This is you

>>15881287
what futurist writings would you recommend anon

>>15880882
basic bitch

>>15880882
Why would I need a bookshelf when I can read thousands of books for free on my ereader?

>>15881388
Everything by Marinetti and Sant’Elia. I like the stuff about fashion and any discussion on destroying old art and thirsting for war.

https://markdyal.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/futurism-anthology.pdf

>>15881390
>ereader!

>>15881283
You can buy sun and steel here for $10 plus shipping.

https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/yukio-mishima/sun-steel/paperback/product-1rzj5dgk.html

>>15881253
seen this before. based selection, even if it's hard to tell if part is ironic. many very nice editions, where do you shop for your books? also any good guides on bookbinding? i've only tried doing small sketchbooks, and those fall apart pretty quick

>>15881612
No irony, I just read whatever interests me, I refuse to not read something because of its shitty fan base (BAP, Land)

I usually do used book stores and will pass up a book I want if the edition doesn’t look nice, as I want to give them to my children as he/her grows up. Plus I believe in upholding beauty in every aspect of your life. I don’t know shit about bookbinding tips. I just pierce holes and wrap it with twine and then glue. Then I cut a folder or paper up and fold it over. Try printing two pages per sheet of printer paper, and then cutting down the middle. Keep the book somewhat small and saves ink/paper. You can also use those $.50 folders they sell at office supply stores.

>>15881548
WHAT THE FUCK. I’m rock hard, my copy is cool and handmade and all, but if I could get a legit copy without it being $200 then I’m sold. Thank you for showing this to us

>>15881677
>legit copy
Self-published print-on-demand piece of shit of an out of copyright translation is what that is.

>>15881693
Still better than my copy paper version full of elmers glue stick paste

>>15882005
>lulu.com
It's still copy paper and cheap glue, lmao.

>>15880965
>I dont get how you can obsess over the same type of books over and over.
>only reads philosophy

Call me Marta.

>>15882254
How's Jerusalem?

>>15882326
Big, heavy, long, weird but good. Don't waste your time reading reviews or previews or anything-view, the book won't make sense until you read it.

>>15880882
>mixed media and pop fiction

Nothing I love more than being called a pseud. Well, that's not true... though it is certainly deserved at least in part. But anyways.

Hope everyone is well. I need more shelf space.

1 of 5. Sideways book on the left shelf is Master and Margarita.

>>15882539
2 of 5. Sideways books on lower left are Divine Commedy, Bobos in Paradise, Billionaire's Vinegar, and Zen & Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (those last three are definitely inclining me towards pseud status).

>>15882553
3 of 5. Mostly older/antiquarian books.

>>15882539
I want your 20 vol. OED I'm poor and had to buy the Compact Edition OED

>>15882562
4 of 5. Stacks that are waiting for available shelf space.

>>15882591
5 of 5. Some random books.

Not pictured: probably ~50-60 cookbooks and cocktail books, ~100 trade/technical books, ~25 random books sitting around not in any one place, ~40 pretty embarrassing barnes and noble leatherbound classics, of which ~30 were gifts.

>>15882553
Paul Allen...?

>>15882615
Would probably help if I remembered to include the picture.

>>15882591
lol come on post your real stacks

>>15882589
It's pretty great. Got it as a university graduation present from my pops after giving him "The Professor and the Madman" for his birthday. Have had many hours of pedantic enjoyment leafing through it and using it to prove etymologies to others.

>>15882618
It's funny - I went into that book kind of inclined to like the guy, but he just comes off as insufferable and so full of himself that I was completely turned off of the guy by the time I was halfway through.

>>15882657
>It's funny - I went into that book kind of inclined to like the guy, but he just comes off as insufferable and so full of himself that I was completely turned off of the guy by the time I was halfway through.
Why do you read so much if you don’t fucking learn. How did you miss the point of one of the easiest books to read.

>>15880882
Fucking normalfag.

>>15882988
Not sure I get your point, anon. I was interested in Allen's autobiography mainly because I recalled reading an article about him playing chess with different players on the Seahawks and it seemed incongruous (probably obviously I had some curiosity about the history of early Microsoft too). But his autobiography wasn't particularly well written, and I found his sense of smugness tiring.

What point did I miss that I was supposed to learn?

>>15881054
>>15881071
Good collection. Needs more Gulag, though.

>>15881147
The Forever War is classic. There was another book by Haldeman about shapeshifters that I really enjoyed."Camouflage".

If you like military military scifi, I hope you've read "Armor" by John Steakley.

>>15880882
>Wayside School
das it mane

>>15881199
>>15881217
Fancy as fuck.

>>15881253
>>15881261
Nice. Hitting up the vintage sources.

>>15882539
>I need more shelf space.
Surely there's stuff their you don't intend to keep.
>>15882553
>>15882562
>>15882591
>>15882630
Nice fucking collection, though

>>15883063
Im a total faggot and thought you were taking about American Psycho

Please fuck my ass

>>15883202
Yeah, will likely rotate out the Scott Card and the Stephenson which are books I read when I was much younger and am slightly embarrassed by now even though I enjoyed most of them back when I initially read them.

I'm still short of shelf space though. Going to see about adding some built-ins where we currently have the older books, and/or going up from the large shelves; have ~4 feet of wall space above them right now that is unused.

>>15883210
No worries anon!

>>15883073
Why does everyone say this? It's a trilogy.

>>15883099
I'll check out Camouflage, thanks. I've got Armour on the shelf. I was just thinking about it yesterday for some reason...

>>15883294
Yeah, I realized that. I've never had a physical copy, just a pdf, so I thought it was the same book

>>15883099
Checked Forever War dubs. I loved it, even wrote a few papers on it in undergrad.

>>15883337
I can't believe Steakley only wrote those 2 books. I have Vampires, but I haven't read it. I guess the main character is the same (not Felix, the other guy) but the universes are different.
>I was just thinking about it yesterday for some reason...
It and "The Forever War" are the only novels I've read twice.

>>15883249
>slightly embarrassed
It's not bad stuff, but the kind of things I read once as a teenager and passed on. Most fiction doesn't get a second glance from me anymore. The history and philosophy get cracked all the time, so they stay.

>>15883395
Some alarming possibilities depicted in it. I never read the rest of the series, but I heard from a friend that the other books were "meh".

>>15881548
Nice

>>15882562
>captain blood
>seven pillars of wisdom
>>15882553
>landmark series
>>15882539
>master and commander

You truly have made my day anon, I hope to see you in a north african cigar lounge or on a train car heading to the orient. You are the person I save a cigar and flask of rum for while I travel.

Bump

>>15883858
/lit/ is a relatively slow board, anon. No need to bump.

>>15883450
Some have become true unfortunately, might be time for a reread of it though.

>>15883886
Bump

Many more books are stored in the basement; the other shelves here are either comics or hardcover fanfictions.

>>15881018
I dig that one.

>>15882591
>>15882562
>>15882553
>>15882539
where do you find time to read this much anon? even if you're a skimmer or just a collector, this is dozens of thousands of hours of reading. Regardless you are a cultured man and I admire you

>>15881199
Based

1/5

>>15885939

>>15885947
3/5

>>15885954
4/5

>>15885960
5/5

I've tried to have a well rounded collection. Not everything is pictured, but I'd be interested in stuff you guys think I should add.

>>15885954
are you an arab by any chance

>>15886134
No, I just like to know about the world.

>>15883621
Th... Thanks, anon, I think...(?)

>>15885889
Thanks anon. As far as finding the time, I'm probably around 15 years older than the average poster on lit, so I've had more time to read by virtue of that. For a decade or so I also had a long commute by train which gave me more time to read as well. Many here are much better read than me, though.

>>15886153
ah fuck, well ok

>>15886460
Sorry, buddy.

>>15881548
thanks

>>15881199
Can you take a picture of that top shelf please and source where you bought those? I adore leather bound covers and they look fantastic, plus I would love to read the Irish/Native American/Norse ones too

>>15887303
Not him, but those are Barnes and Noble leatherbound classics.

>>15887551
Thank you my man, are they generally good quality and worth buying?

>>15887619
They range in quality. The single-book ones are generally fine. The ones where they cram 5+ books into one volume are not great.

The leather is patent leather, so it's pretty cheap and not high quality. Many of the covers are also somewhat tacky I think.

They cost between $10 and $20 so I suppose they are a fair value, though if you have a shelf full of them they'll also make you look like you're trying to appear wealthier than you are by displaying 'fake' Easton/Folio Society/etc editions.

>>15882102
I hope this is bait anon

>>15880882
The shelf I share with my gf. Pretty easy to tell which are mine. Hint: I have good taste.

>>15887800
>good taste
Where?

>>15885968
bashed and krishna pilled

hare krishna

>>15887800
both sides are mostly crap, the one on the right is only marginally better

>>15880882
OFFICIAL GOOD BOOK LIST
READ GOOD BOOKS
ONLY READ OFFICIAL GOOD BOOK
LOOK AT WORDS MAKE YOU SMART
BE A GOOD BOY
BE AN OFFICIAL BOY
BE AN OFFICIAL GOOD BOY

DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE?
FORGET THEM ALL
JUST ASK
"HOW DO I BE OFFICIAL GOOD BOY??"
I TELL YOU
READ GOOOOOOOD BOOOK
THIS PROGRAM WILL WASH YOUR BRAIN AND YOU WILL BE CLEAN
YOU WILL BE GOOD

READ GOOD BOOOK
READ GOOD BOOOK
READ GOOD BOOOK
READ GOOD BOOOK

DO NOT
DO
NOT
DO NOT READ UNOFFICIAL BOOK
UNOFFICIAL BOOK BAD
MAKE YOU A BAD BOY

STAY AWAY FROM ME BAD BOY
I AM A GOOD BOY

all you retards do is narrate about "reading", you don't even understand what you read, there is no real discussion here
you are literally illiterate retard authoritarian drones with SEVERE mental illness, a trained dog has more free will than you

>>15883858
POV: you're the pasted together Sun and Steel

>>15888091
No u

>>15887800
>A Separate Peace
>Fountainhead
>Grapes of Wrath
I see you too went to high school, anon...what else do you have...oh?

>Capitalist Realism
>Deep ecology
my man

>>15887303
im the owner of that shelf, yes those are indeed Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Classics. most of them cost about $25. if you have a store locally you can go and check them out to see what you think of the quality or you can also find them on the website. generally they are fairly good and I have actually used some of them for reading...but typically what i do is have these for display and keep a digital copy of these books so that I am not damaging the binding.

>>15888078
lmao got me
>>15888078
They're not seperated by section, they're all mixed up. I originally tried to alphabetize but she took my organized stacks and messed them up to fit her highlighters and shit
>>15888186
I unironically like steinbeck, there's other more crucial steinbeck on there too.

Surprised none of you guys identified that I like fringe american philosophy, ecology, and poetry and the woman likes fantasy paperbacks and pop fiction. Thought it might be a fun thing for this thread but as usual I am not as interesting as I suspect lmao.

>>15888488
Grapes is my fav FWIW anon

also, nice Maltese Falcon

>>15881261
How accurate is martin luther’s book?

>>15889130

>>15880882
gonna post mine
1/6

>>15884380
>infinite jest

>>15889566

>>15889577

>>15889584

>>15889595

>>15889608

>>15889554
Is this a pasta?

>>15889554
Say what you want about how tacky the decor is some of those books are pretty good

>>15889595
based

>>15890228
thx

>>15880882
Most of my books are packed away in boxes in the basement but this is what I have in my room still
The trinkets were birthday gifts from my mom
The shelf beneath these has my vinyl records on it

>>15889614
>JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH
i've been thinking about learning Hebrew for research purposes; is it a easy language to learn? particularly in the reading of it?

I'm not going to post my shelf but please call me a pseud anyway

>>15890654
based shelf.
>H.P Lovecraft
Love his doggo. He would find him in the woodpyle often

>>15891196
I actually don't know Hebrew i like that one for being able to get the translation from Hebrew and its notes to compare with translations from Latin or Greek. I did try to learn it once and still have some books to learn but i got bored. Seems easier than some languages to learn from what i experienced and easy to pronounce.

>>15891280
thankyou for the info. there's some documents that i have which i have not seen being posted online before. i want to confirm what they are by myself, since i don't trust the target of my research to do it for me.

>>15891318
That's reasonable, i was told though (when i got that one) that Biblical Hebrew is very different and difficult to understand for modern Hebrew speakers.

>>15891331
yeah i've looked into the language's history and there were atleast 3 "splits" in its history. 2 main ones (Old Hebrew and New Hebrew) and a lesser mixing with another language (some asian language, can't spell in english)

>>15880882

>>15891529
absolutely based

>>15890654
Pretty based desu, would hang out with and talk about sci fi and lovecraft while sippin on some chai

>>15891201
I would, but you're too based for me to do it.

>non technical books
>actually opening your physical copies
>not just using the e-book search bar
:^)

>>15891766
>Python Crash Course
based. i've been trying to get into programming through Python, but being self taught with little material source, it's been a bitch. do you have a PDF of that book i could download?

>>15891766
>c+
>ereader!!

>>15889566
>>15889577
>>15889584
>>15889595
>>15889608
>>15889614

INCREDIBLY BASED

>>15881054
Holy fuck this is Jordan Peterson core to the max.

Congrats on reading memes instead of actual good books

>>15892879
>Jordan Peterson core
>Culture of Critique
I can't

>>15881217
Suetonius!
Read his parts on Nero and Tiberius.

>>15888115
god imagine

>>15885570
>Metro 2033
fucking based

>>15889595
I have that exact copy of brothers K

>>15889595
>>15893906
You two should fuck

>>15891766
You really love programming.

>>15893965
Ok

>>15894060
Which one are you?

>>15880882
1/2

>>15894074
The other one

>>15880882
2/2

>>15894174
why do you have that book in a zipper bag?

>>15894847
Looks old and delicate. He's trying to preserve it. Same thing is done with old comic books and magazines.

>>15894847
>he doesn't put his rare books in bags
Ngmi

>>15894904
What this feller said.
>>15894847
It was published in 1929. The edges are worn out, the spine is a bit cracked and so forth.

>>15892815
thx a lot my fren
>>15893906
the damage on mine is from having thrown it when i got to the part with the little peasant's boy in his bed with the cannon.
>>15893965
>>15894060
ok

>>15881548
can you take a pic of the text.