/lit/ - Literature

Neckbeard mode

I actually have more books now. I'd take another pic but I'm lazy.

You've read all those books?.......I have doubts.

>>1753650
OP here, and nah. Only about 1/3 of them are read at the moment. I'll be getting a lot of reading done during the summer though!

here's my bookshelf

>>1753662
that looks nasty as hell, but it's a neat idea. is that dirt or stains in the door of it?

bump

>>1753662
Personal Finance, Poker, and Puppies, For Dummies?

I used to just leave my books laying around on the floor but I classed up the place, gotta show respect to those books, ya know.

moar

Meh, why not. I have no shelves because I spend my money on books instead :(

1/6

2/6

3/6

4/6

5/6

1/2

2/2

And finally, 6/6

mines not very impressive, although i have more that i'm not currently reading/haven't read recently

>>1754394
A. Where'd you get that Catch-22 poster?
B. I see you have a bunch of the B&N leatherbound books. How do you like them?
C. Is it me, or do you somehow not have Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions amongst all that Vonnegut?

ITT Lalalalalaal Books as trophies, books as trophies. Lalalalalalallaa. Look at all the fucking money I spend at B+N on books I never read. Lalalalaalalalalala. La.

>>1754384
>>1754386
I liked everything on your shelf besides As I Lay Dying.
That was a pleasant experience.

also,>>1754394 that Catch 22 poster is fucking balling man. Where could I purchase such a fine work of art.

>>1754394
Dude, as you can see, your Catch-22 poster is getting mad props. And yet below it is a Magic The Gathering poster- one with a particularly lame looking illustration. Your room may requite some thought.

>>1754411
>>1754451
The Catch-22 poster comes from Powell's in Portland. I don't know if they sell them online, but they have lots of literary posters at their store.

I like my B&N leatherbounds quite a lot. The pages in some of the volumes are relatively thin, but it's not very annoying. They're well worth it, considering what you pay.

I have a copy of Slaughterhouse-5 around here somewhere; it just doesn't happen to be on the shelf. And I've read Breakfast of Champions, but it's probably my least favorite novel by Vonnegut, so I don't own a copy.

>>1754461
I actually really like that particular Magic poster. It also carries some sentimental value because it came from a gaming shop my family owned ten years ago.

http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getposter.asp&APNum=1834568

>>1754477
Dude, I looked for it earlier but it only popped up with some shitty one with a lot of text. Thanks!

However, that's $25 for a poster. I'll probably end up buying it, but that's really expensive.

I don't have a bookshelf but here is the stack of books that I am reading/have just read/am about to read.

I really like these threads. Some complain that they are /lit/'s equivalent of camwhore threads, and perhaps that is true to an extent, but I like these for the recommendation and camaraderie purposes.

contributing meow

My bookshelf is nothing but manga I bought when I was twelve and books I got as presents...when I was twelve.

But I'm moving into a relatively nice place soon and plan on fixing the place up into a bachelor pad. Gonna put all the old stuff in boxes and build up a nice collection of my favorite books.

In addition to this, if I want my bookshelf to appear classy to the casual passerby, what are the essentials?

>>1753605
>dinosaur chart
>foreveravirgin

>>1754603

>>1754551
Here, fuck yeah Freakonomics

ITT: HEAPS of uncracked spines.

Inb4 "oooh, I'm a careful reader." Nobody's buying it, so you shouldn't be selling it.

>>1754610
You realize that is a girl, and she's married, right?

>>1754622
I never crack my spines except on big books like The Count of Monte Cristo. Oh, and sometimes after I read a mass marker paperback there is a single, barely visible crack in the middle that you can't really see unless you're up close.

>>1754622
My spines aren't uncracked. Most of the books in my pile are very cracked.

>>1754622
>>1754622
>>1754622

I delivered, you troll you.

>>1754622

I wouldn't say this, I'd say

ITT: Lots of dog-eared Pratchett and nearly-mint DFW.

>>1754394

mfw Ayn Rand

do not worry— this is only part of it.

>>1754724
dat em dash

>>1754738
i use them constantly— i find they are a good way to connect thoughts which should be connected.

>>1754724

> mfw Ayn Rand

>>1754763
mfw.jpg get over it.

i know its very unpopular to enjoy rand, but her ideas on individuality and aesthetics in the fountainhead resonated with me pretty hard. not an innovative writer by any means, but executed her vision for the books.

that said, i did not enjoy the first third of AS, and gave up on it. i felt like she was bashing my head in with the selfishness is a virtue thing.

take your hivemind somewhere else

>>1754763
Is that really what you look like?

>>1754773
is that really what you look like vladimir?

>>1754776
Da

>>1754786
now you speaking my language

>>1754798
I've never seen this picture of Rand.

>>1754770

> mfw u mad

>>1754802
no not really. i just thought that you know— since you enjoy fantasy, you'd be tolerant of a wide range of literature. i'm not sure how you gleaned my tone in that post as mad, either

>>1754808

What makes you think I like fantasy? I REALLY don't.

>>1754812

Nor do I.

> mfw more than two people on /lit/

>>1754813
Imposter detected

>>1754818
I do not like it either.

>>1754812
just a guess man. but really you should read my first post again. i'm not saying that i buy all of her ideas. i'm not saying i think she's an innovative author. i enjoyed fountainhead and anthem for its message on individualism. are you insinuating that i should enjoy books the way you enjoy books?

>>1754798
>mfw Rand

>>1754823

> mfw u assume
> mfw u find that shit inspiring
> mfw u can't manage the effort for atlas shrugged

>>1754830
not inspiring so much as just nice to see something on the same brainwaves i am.

read two 200 page books per week. i just got sick of her tone in AS

i assumed only because you're being an exasperating ass— which coincidentally i find fantasy fans often are.

>>1754833

> mfw u objectivist
> mfw u exasperated

>>1754840
not an objectivist— fuck that. not even sure that i believe in ontology and empiricism enough to be and objectivist.

>mfw you hate rand cause lit tells you to

>>1754847
an objectivist

>>1754847

> mfw u like rand

>>1754868

HAHAHA, THOSE WITTY JAPESTERS.

>>1754868
Calling your Kindle a female name. Cute.

take this bullshit back to facebook

>>1754386
quality over quantity

lol if you read books outside of school fucking kill yourself

its 2011 people

>>1755106

wut he sed

>>1754847
>mfw you hate rand cause lit tells you to
Yer that happens a lot around here, not only necessarily for randycow, but others too.

>mfw sheep, sheep everywhere.

>>1755106
>So says a future janitor. Enjoy your mop and bucket and minimum wage.

>>1755106
>>1755116
Obvious samefaggotry is obvious.

0/10

>>1755127

lol ur gay dude

>>1755129
*clap *clap
shitty troll is shitty,
-1/10

Wow, almost everyone has Infinite Jest. Is it really that good?

>>1755124

I'm a business major, on my way to a fuckton of money and I get laid with not a slightest problem at all. I'm all you *want* to be and you know it.

Other guy wasn't me.

>>1755156
Well done meg.

>>1755106
but that's the only proper way to read em

>>1755124
Um. You know that custodians make even more than teachers do, right?

>>1755210
Pish posh man!

And who in their right mind would want to become a teacher? Give us a more fitting comparison.

>>1754622
No, seriously, how the hell do you people treat your books? I've lugged around trade paperbacks 600+ to school in a cramped backpack and I don't pay particular attention to not damage my books, beyond avoiding dogearing and the like. Yet absolutely none of my books have creased or cracked spines. The worst that I've had was a little wear on the side of a spine of a penguin classic, but no creasage.

I seriously want to know how you people hold your books that they all have these mauled spines

>>1755232
600+ pages.*

>>1754376
why not get ebooks?

>>1755232
People fold them over and shit.
Pic relates: what I am reading

Well got maybe 20 new ones since taking that picture...

>>1755106
probably a troll
if no,t one of the most ignorant person this year.
enjoy your award.

>>1755723
Those editions of LOTR look nice.....

>>1754380
im jelly of your complete calvin and hobes.
but you really need to make a bookcase.

>>1755144
I noticed that too, any opinions on the book

bump

>>1755729

I'm moving to a new place in August, so I'm going to have to box them all up soon anyway.

I have a bookshelf for the new place. It wouldn't fit in the current space.

>everyone has infinite jest
>barely a scratch

Do you fags even read the books you buy?

>>1757037

Yeah, I've read IJ.

Actually, I've read roughly 80-85% of what I own. Although in all of the anthologies and complete poems/stories/works of "author" I've read large excerpts, but definitely not cover to cover.

The funny thing about that dude upthread commenting on the spines is more than half of the books I own are used, so I'm not sure what the deal is. I guess I try to treat my books with care, even though they're sitting in piles on the floor.

yeah i don't get this "spine" shit. maybe if you flip around a book (textbook for school or something) it'll get messed up, but if you read a book through once from front to back i don't see it picking up any wear

>>1757058
>Implying Infinite Jest isn't a textbook.

This is a real man's bookshelf. Grrrrrr...

>>1757095

I feel the highlight of the collection is the stolen library copy of the Idiot (they had two copies and I hadn't finished reading it.

In case you felt there was something missing. The green book is a copy of Leaves of Grass. So think again asshole.

>>1757095
Ausfag detected

>>1757104

Britfag actually (notice British passport and British film ratings). Although oddly I am an Australian citizen and I lived there for 7 years. How did you guess?

>>1757114
I'm sure it was based entirely upon the platypus.

>>1757104

Was it the platypus? Because, to be honest, it would quite odd to have souvenirs from Australia if I were actually in Australia.

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moar

Lovely bookshelves. Never trust a person with a giant book collection that isn't complimented by Phillip K Dick and at least two seperate fantasy authors.
Yeah,bout this Ayn Rand thing...if you can't read a book without changing your entire outlook on life the world and lima beans. Then you need to have your trigger fingers sewn to your ears.

>>1757547
if, after reading a book cover to cover, you find yourself entirely the same as before you might be doing "it" wrong. not that it should alter the entire course of your life, or even where you stand philosophically— you should at least enter into a dialogue with the author. thats just good reading. but i have a feeling we're on a similar 'page' or whatever you call those things

I finally got a camera that doesn't totally suck, so I can post in one of these threads!

>>1758447
I've been rearranging things, which is why a lot of these shelves are empty. This one, for instance, had a broken CD player on it for years. I only just got rid of it this week.

I think I might be a hoarder.

>>1758458
My room is so dusty.

>>1758464
This bookshelf is in my sister's room. After she went off to college, I started using her room to keep all my stuff in. I had to set aside all her books, though. They all fit in one little box. Her books are mostly stuff like Beatrix Potter from when she was eight.

>>1758479
The bottom of that shelf.

>>1758483
This shelf is double-stacked. Also in my sister's room. This is where she kept that one Proust book that she would prance around with like she was smarter than everyone else. Thank god she grew out of that phase.

>>1758488
Last bookshelf.

>>1758464
Hmmm, you have HP in paperback and hardback? Also, were you on /tg/ recommending Flewelling a few days back?

>>1758513
I bought the hardcovers, the paperbacks were a gift.

And I've never been on /tg/, but I'd still recommend Flewelling.

>>1758529
I see. It was merely my initial assumption, as Flewelling is someone who is very rarely mentioned on this site.

>>1757095
Nice platypus. :D

>>1758769
please more

I gave away 95% of my books and bought a kindle :(

>>1759035
WHY Would You Do That???

bump

god joe abercrombie is so bad

>>1753629
Dude, what is that Sagas of the Icelanders" like? Short review would be appreciated :)

>>1760403
I haven't read it yet, but I know it contains 9 sagas and a few other things.

Here is a link to the Amazon page:
http://www.amazon.com/Sagas-Icelanders-Penguin-Classics-Deluxe/dp/0141000031/ref=dp_cp_ob_b_title_0

Sorry I couldn't help more. =(

>>1760408
No prob, ill check out the link :)

>>1753629
take a new picture, DO IT FAGGOT