/lit/ - Literature

>>2731900
>rapier
>edgy "i was born in the wrong generation teenager detected"

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>>2731905

Rapier? That's a Bayonet from a Swiss K31.

>>2731908
>not having a rapier

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>>2731911

This is.... kinda awesome.

>Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Muh nigguh

>>2731917

You are obviously a man of taste and class, good sir. Check out "Helplessness Blues" by the Fleet Foxes, or rather, just check out the Fleet Foxes if you like Wilco.

>>2731900

You have a lot of shitty books, but especially offensive are

>Into the Wild by Whoever
>The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
>The Holy Bible by Imaginary Friends

>>2731909
>Having a rapier
>Not having a sabre

>knife
>mask
>digital clock
>grandfather's book collection with a modern flair

go fuck yourself

i hope everyone likes the bad plus' cover of radio cure.

>>2731923

>Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer

Yea, I'm a fan of Adventure Lit, hence I think I own everything Krakauer has written. Not claiming he's a great writer, but I like the story nonetheless.

>Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

Not a fan, had to read it for School. Not going to throw it away, may need it for reference or something down the line. It's on the bottom shelf for a reason

>>2731928

>Knife
That's the Bayonet to a Swiss K31, which is one of the rifles I use for competition shooting

>Mask
A friend of mine is (due to his parents) richer than God, and he threw a full-costume masquerade ball, each guest got a leather custom-made mask to go with their assigned role. I was some sort of forest/hunter avatar.

>Digital Clock
I happen to like this clock. It's red and it tells me the time.

>Grandfathers book collection with a modern flair
I honestly fail to see how that's a bad thing at all.

Nice sword, loser.

>>2731923

Do you mean to imply that you consider yourself to be a man well read in Western literature, and yet not in possession of a Bible?

>>2731938

>That's the Bayonet to a Swiss K31, which is one of the rifles I use for competition shooting
It's a knife and it's on your bookshelf

>A friend of mine is (due to his parents) richer than God, and he threw a full-costume masquerade ball, each guest got a leather custom-made mask to go with their assigned role. I was some sort of forest/hunter avatar.
admittedly it's a pretty nice mask but it's on your bookshelf

>I honestly fail to see how that's a bad thing at all.
it isn't a bad thing

also, you should get your mate to buy you a nice bookshelf

>>2731951

I'm not OP, but bookshelves are for decoration. It is thus appropriate to decorate them further with things of great material or sentimental value.

>>2731946

Sure, it's basically defined all of Western literature forever. Doesn't mean anyone should have it on their bookshelves.

>>2731951

The brass cylinder is a 37mm Shell from WWI that was in my Great-Grandfathers war chest.

Where else do you display things like these in a place that guests will see them? My bookshelf is front and center of my living area, so I figured putting up a few sentimental and interesting items would be better than having them languish in a box.

Sock it to em OP!
>>2731938

I enjoyed viewing your collection. It actually has character and isn't a just another predictable collection popular /lit/ texts.
Never heard of that old Steinbeck either. Props.

>>2731968

It's not just an object to own out of respect for the history of literature; it's a legitimately good read. Where else would one put it?

>>2731968

You're going to be really upset when I tell you there are two bibles up there then. A King James, and a German New-Testament from the late 1780's that has been in my family forever... It's on the bookshelf because the worst thing you can do with paper that old is put it in plastic or a sealed container. It's much better to just let it out in the open air to out-gas. You risk moisture damage and whatnot, but better than acid-damage. The binding has red-rot, so I'm treating it with the British Museum leather-formula to slow it down, eventually it will need rebound, but I'm not going to do that until I can afford the several thousand dollars to have it done correctly.

Also, I own at last count five Bibles of different translations. Very, very helpful for reference. I also up there have The Confessions of St. Augustine and Varieties of Religious Experience. That's just a small selection of my "Theology and Philosophy" books.

>>2731900
>Vinyl Bottom Shelf -2
>Fleet Foxes -3
>Wilco - YHF +5

I guess you're breaking even.

Oh, and your book collection is abysmal but it is all very well presented on that artsy bookshelf.

>>2731974

That's the Sequel to "Cannery Row"... and it's a First Edition, first print... Not worth nearly as much as Cannery Row however.

>>2731975

Serious?

>>2731975
>the Bible
>a legitimately good read

>>2731972
>old bible

Oh, that's different. I've got a Cyrillic bible from 19th century, too. Those are pieces of art as much as they are holders of information.

>>2731986
>>2731990

There are literary devices and techniques used in the Bible that you haven't learned in high school yet. Try opening one some time.

>>2731984

>Collection is Abysmal

He's got Dostoyevsky, Faulkner, Yeats, Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, Salinger, St. Augustine, Thoreau, Kafka, Camus, Miller, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nietzche, McCarthy, Remarque, Dumas, James, Melville, Huxley, Murikami, Steinbeck, Tolstoy, and Jack London

Sure, there is some pulp up there, but that's fucking well rounded.

>>2732001

Also, shelf #2 is /k/ as fuck.

OP here... Anyone interested in some shots of the 1780's Bible? It has some historical content and documents inside, being as back in the day, families stored important things in their bibles, the one place they were sure they wouldn't be lost... It was kind of like a safe... the first thing you grab if the fires and floods come.

According to family lore, this bible has been through at least two house-fires and one flood. Post em' here or start a new thread, or is no-one interested?

I just have my books stacked in piles on top of my computer desk's shelf. There's no space for a bookshelf anywhere in this house

>loft
>dat window
>dat brick pillar
>dat rouch, solid wooden floor
Jelly as fuck OP, but you don't seem to know shit about interior design. Buy some books on it, your loft could be glorious.

>Vinyl
Your taste in books is irrelevant here, you're a tosser regardless

>>2732001
Exactly, abysmal

>>2732000

Are you the guy who's always making pejorative remarks about people's imaginary ages? Grow up.

>>2732075
I agree with this guy, there's only really 2 or 3 non-pulp works which show a trace of a unique taste, it's a safe but boring collection

>>2732027
This. Except just get your knowledge online.

It's such a shame to see glorious real estate wasted. You can have that shit looking minimal industrial in a way that makes the juices flow.

>>2732081
Seriously. This is a problem almost all these people who start bookshelf threads tend to have too. Extremely generic taste. It's like they took some "top 100" and decided to only buy book from that.

>>2732864

The thing you have to realize is that in the normal world, this guy is extremely well read (judging by his bookshelf), outside of /lit/, this is a pretty fine collection of solid works interspersed with some entertaining pulp. This might be the only time I've seen Henry Miller in a bookshelf thead, which in my mind is a plus to him.

He's got quite a bit of non-fiction/military/history, which of course isn't /lit/ at all, but his actual fiction selection is solid to great. Another plus, is that every one of these books looks like it's been read, unlike most bookshelf threads where it's a bunch of pristine /lit/ favourites arranges front and center.

Good job op, you're not a tryhard hipster faggot, nice bookshelf.

bookshelf threads are the most naked expression of /lit/'s pseudo-intellectualism: "hey everybody, check out my trophy collection, please validate me"

like, I KNOW someone is going to respond to this post and argue with me, but when it's this blatant I don't know how that's even possible

>>2732898
You're completely in the right, though. /lit/, alas, is filled with philistines like this.
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>>2732898

I disagree, they are a good way to judge an anonymous individuals tastes as a collection of books, not just their opinion on one book.

And calling this bookshelf psuedo-intellectual does a disservice to psuedo-intellectuals everywhere.

It's kind of like /k/ posting their gun collection, or /o/ posting their cars, or /an/ posting their pets.

>>2732911
Dude, you just confirmed what he said--

>"hey everybody, check out my trophy collection, please validate me"

>a good way to judge an anonymous individuals tastes as a collection of books
>It's kind of like /k/ posting their gun collection, or /o/ posting their cars, or /an/ posting their pets.

>>2732941

How is that asking for validation, displaying of your taste does not imply asking others to validate that taste.

>>2732941

ITT: people don't realize that you can just like things without worrying about if other people like those things. Jesus christ /lit/ is hipster as fuck today.

Also, agreeding with D&E 2041 ishipoytlehthsltly

I never post pictures of my bookcases on /lit/, but I enjoy judging the people who do.

>Hardcover books

Wow, what a faggot.

>>2732956
>Lady Gaga and The Killers

Wow, what a faggot.

>>2732956
Explain your comment please.

Is no one else going to post their bookshelves?

>>2733019

I would have, but I've just moved, and my books are all over the place. I still have to figure out how to arrange them on the tiny bookshelf that's available to me. :(

(Shut it, emotinazis.)

I want that bayonet and mask.

>>2733036
If they're in piles, you could take pictures of those. There was a guy who posted his living room full of books in another thread, and he had the books stacked just about everywhere.

>>2733019
Here it is. Imagine it filled with all of Nietzsche's work including the Nachlass and a biography. Add some works on Buddhism, Vedanta, Cynicism, Taoism and Christianity. Some Sade and Stirner. Machiavelli and Gracian. A few short stories and some poetry, and that is all there is.

I read plenty of different things, but have made the resolution to only keep physical works in my possession that I keep coming back to again and again. My collection of physical books serve not only as reference but also as artefacts of what has influenced me the most. As for the rest, I'm happy to loan, borrow and download. Or buy and dispense with later. This keeps me light on my feet. I wish to be able to carry my library in my hands if needed, with the rest of my possessions on my back.

>>2733069

That was so adorable. When will you be running away from home?

For you OP

>>2731938
>you will never have a friend throw and invite you to a masquerade ball

>>2733093
This. Minimizing possessions is for teenagers.

>>2733088
not much of a fiction guy, i take it.

>>2733101

Funny story about that friend... Met him on the Beach in Carmel, CA... He looked like your standard California beach slob, but seemed friendly enough so I offered him a beer.

He ended up being pretty fucking cool... it got dark, and he asked if we all wanted to come back to his place and party, of course we accepted. His place ended up being a "cabin" in the middle of Big Sur, 5 miles from no-where, right on the bend of a river in the forest, and it was like 6000 Sq feet.

So, the guy basically stood up after about an hour and said "who here can cook". I said "I can make something up quick, what would you like?"

"Fajitas"

He had nothing in the house with which to make Fajitas... so he told me to make a list of what I'd need, now, we were like 45min from the nearest grocery store, and no one was in any condition to drive.

I made out the list anyway, he picked up the phone, dialed a number, and without even saying "hello" said "I need this stuff at the cabin..." read the list, and hung up. 30min later a guy pulled up, handed me two bags at the door, and turned around.

I then cooked fajitas, he loved them... He then turned to me and said "Man, these are the best Fajitas I have ever had, you are officially invited to all of my parties."

And, he held true to his word, and became something of a good friend. Fucker got me two-grand tickets to a scotch-tasting in Monterey for my birthday.

>>2733131
Nope, although, I did like Herman Hesse's, Siddhartha

>>2733130
thats kinda neat.

glad you got good in return for good op.

you still have a pooh filled bookshelf though >Bourdain, 2012, shiggy

First shelf is books I haven't read or can't/won't read because I don't have the first book, I decided they suck, or whatever else. Second shelf is all read. I've got some classics like Anna Karenina, War and Peace, Brothers K., some Nietzsche, and some more genre shit on the floor so I have to look at it and remember to read it.

>>2733052

All right. Coming soon.

And I just realised I don't know where my copy of Trainspotting is ...!

>>2733153

>>2733151

The Bourdain is actually my GF's, judge me softly.

I read them and liked them though

>>2733165
Yeah conveniently all of the 'hard' literature I've ever read was either borrowed or on my e-reader.

Took some new pictures of mine, since I bought a lot of books recently. I haven't felt like sorting them into the actual shelves yet, as I'd have to look up all the authors' birth years. So they're just stuck in horizontally for now.

>>2733173
and here's the second part.

>>2733173

Holy fucking Weaboo.

1.

>>2733178
And for perspective on my book-buying habits, here are all the books I owned about two years ago, right around the time I first began coming to /lit/.

>>2733184

2.

>>2733190

3.

>>2733194

4.

>>2733198

5.

>>2733202

6.

>>2733173
>>2733173
I like this.

>>2733206

7.

>>2733208

8.

>>2733210

And apparently I'm missing a box full of books, which include Trainspotting, a few Gabriel Garcia Marquez stuff, Michel Houllebecq, more Haruki Murakami, Tolstoy, Papillon, and others I don't remember right now.

>>2733215

Shit, /lit/, that took quite some effort on my part. Somebody comment.

>>2733220
Good Job, Good Job.
You get a Data.

>>2733225

Thanks, good Sir.

(Surprised no one's lampooned me for the Anne Rice.)

>>2733250
You have a really decent spread of books there. It seems slightly schizophrenic, but other than that, a really fair collection. Good luck finding your Trainspotting!

>>2733153

Why is Gaunt's Ghosts on the first shelf?

>>2733250
You have a really decent spread of books there. It seems slightly schizophrenic, but other than that, a really fair collection. Good luck finding your Trainspotting!

>>2733275
FUCK. DISREGARD.

>>2733280

????

>>2733210

Dude, I b jelly you've got a Richard Bachman collecton. Do you know how hard it is to find those after the Columbine killings?! Awesome.

>>2733275

>>2733267
Because that's the 2nd and 3rd anthologies, conveniently. I was gifted them and then told later that if I skipped the first omnibus the rest of the books wouldn't make sense.

>>2733308

The founding is the first omnibus, then the saint and then the lost.

>>2733314
Then I have to make up an excuse that I have too many books and I hate gaining books faster than I'm reading them. I get into streaks of reading Warhammer. I read a few books a day last summer and it bothered me enormously when I ran out. I guess I'm collecting books for another streak of it.

>>2733263

Yeah, it was a lot more cohesive before, but then my sister invaded my library and took a chunk of them. In exchange, I don't have to buy her presents for 5 years.

>>2733289

Oh, right, 'cause of that one story ... Rage, right? It's so stupid of him to stop printing the book because of that, but it's his book, eh? I grabbed it a few years after that happened. I'm surprised I managed to find one, circumstances considered.

1/4

2/4

3/4

4/4

>>2733331

The Da Vinci Code?

Are you embarrassed? You should be.

>>2733345

Gross.

>>2733347
read it in high school, it was a gift from a friend. it was a decent story while it lasted

>>2733345
I somehow strongly doubt you are this Mikael Jensen fellow.

>>2733345
This is my dream. In 20 years I plan to have a room that looks like this. It drives me insane how books vary so wildly in size though.

>>2733354

Lies.

Why do you have so many copies of Candide?

>>2733372
Barnes and Nobel from reading it in high school
The other two are from college. The blue one i mean to give to a friend

Hm. Wasn't satisfied with the response to my books. OP didn't even comment. I think I'll start a thread like this in some weeks' time ...

>>2731923
>>2731938
>Implying Krakauer is not a fantastic nonfiction writer.
>Implying Into the Wild is "adventure lit"

bumpin

>>2733389

Jesus, which books are yours? Sorry, I started this thread at 0830 this morning and haven't kept up with it all day.

>>2733438
Probably this guy's, since he's already asked for comments once: >>2733184

>not owning the entire rosy crucifixion trilogy

where's your unconditional love for H&M at?

>>2733438
>>2733445

Yeah, that's me. Don't worry about it. It was just a throw-away self-deprecatory remark.

>>2733451

You got a Data from me, that is all the gratification you need! xD

>>2733451

You got a Data from me

>>2733610
>>2733610
,
that is all the gratification you need! xD

How do people take clear pictures with their iPhone? Every time I have tried it always comes out blurry and none of the titles are legible.

>>2733610
>>2733612

All right. Thankee.

There aren't enough bookshelves in this bookshelf thread.

>>2734064
confirmed for never reading his books

>>2734078
How so? It's not like it's difficult to get any of them down from the shelf.

>>2734089
how is mother russia doing comrade?

>that feel when the only bookshelves I can find are either far too large or far too small
The one I have now is also too small, so about two-thirds of my library is in piles on the floor.

>>2734126
Pictures anyway! Piles count too. I don't think I've ever seen your book collection.

>>2734064

You have a kettle right by your computer?

THAT's not stupid.

The steam is also damaging your books.

>>2734064
I'm jealous of all those hardcovers.

Some of my casual-tier I have lying around. My hoard is locked up in storage, sadly.

>>2734543

I can't remember whether I've seen this before or not. Were you a trip?

>>2734550

Yes, sir. I've posted it before. I've dropped the trip as of recently.

>>2734557

You should really put the trip back on. You were identifiable as one of the few credible/not-shitty personalities around here.

>>2734559

Shit man, thanks. I might. The novelty kind of wore off (I came here from /b/), but I might put it back on.

Cheers, mate.

>>2734543

Oh god Ayn Rand. Guggggggghhhhh.

>>2734568

Haha, I know.

Anthem's always had a special place in my heart, despite its utter lack of merit. It was the book that inspired my twelve-year old self to get into literature.

>>2734563

Yeah, I went through the same transition here. /lit/ really doesn't handle trips the same way as other boards. I'm guessing tripnames will naturally follow once /lit/ figures out how it wants to discuss things, because the board obviously is not there yet. Whatever you end up doing, cheers.

>>2734568
>not taking a few days to read one of the most controversial books of the previous century

>>2734574
You're forgiven, then.

>>2734576
>not wasting a few days of a life that could shortly end on a terrible writer and thinker

>>2734064
>inspirasjon
hahaha, hva er det, lsd?

I stuff all my favourite books in to one small cupboard.

I actually arranged the bottom row from best to worst (right to left).

>>2734635

Slaughterhouse 5 > V.

>>2734635

I keep all of these in the cupboard in the first picture.

The stuff on the right was in the previous picture. I haven't read most of the stuff in the second picture apart from that column.

>~20 year old male confirmed

BTW, I accidently left all of my continental philosophy in my other room, sorry about that guys.

>>2734642

forgot picture, confirmed for retard

>>2734644

Confirmed for good taste, apart from Palahniuk, Thompson & BEE (especially BEE)

>>2734635
>from best to worst

Are you sure? I see Lolita is at the far right. (Kurt Vonnegut is better than Vladimir Nabokov? Funny.) And you've got McCarthy fourth from the left. McCarthy's not going to last beyond this era.

>>2734649

Best to worst (right to left), so best is on the right, worst on the left.

>>2734649
Have you poked around Suttree and Blood Meridian?

They'll last for quite a few eras.

>>2734664

Ah. I just awoke. Apologies. That makes much more sense.

>>2734649

>McCarthy's not going to last beyond this era.

So, so, far from true. His spot in the canon is all but certain at this point.

I'll refer you to this guy:
>>2734666

>>2734678
Yup. McCarthy is firmly entrenched.

>>2734678

All right. I'll give Suttree and Blood Meridian a try. On the Road was tedious and meh.

>>2734682
>On the Road

The Road. See? It was so poor I can't bother to remember the book's title.

>>2734682
>>2734688

The Road is child's play compared to the aforementioned novels. Give 'em a shot.

>keeping your swords in the bookshelf

>>2734713

I'm sure you know you have mostly shit books, so there's no need for me to state the obvious.

>>2734713

That's a fuckload of genre fiction.

>>2734715
I keep the good stuff next to the bed

>>2734717

Then show us the good stuff.

Yes I am completely aware of having mostly shit genre fiction escapist books on those shelves but I can't say that I care because there also is a lot of my WIFE's on there which obviously tends to represent a female mainstreamy taste plus you won't be able to make out most of the titles anyway since the image quality is so bad and half of it is in German and this sentence refrains from punctuation so have fun hating

That is all.

>>2734721
Can't be arsed, it's rather generic, and most of it belongs to my father or brother anyway.

>>2734713
>Eldritch Tales
oh shit son, didn't know there's follow up to that Necronomicon collection, thanks for the heads up I guess

Only ones I have

>having books
>2012

Enjoy your silverfish
Enjoy torturing mother earth

>>2734727
>lots and lots of shit-tier books
>a colourful-rainbow Collection Print of authors that you haven't even bothered to read, amirite?

Why even bother owning books? Serious question.

>>2734727
>all that entry-level history
I'm genuinely upset

I am in the process of moving so don't have a bookshelf.

I created a Goodreads profile earlier today though, and after about 2 hours of updating it, am ashamed to say that it is a massive collection of mostly shitty fantasy and fantasy that I have plowed through on holidays.

I feel like having read every single Anne Rice book when I was 16 severely degrades my literary credibility :(

I can only imagine a picture of my bookshelf would do much the same.

>>2734842
Do you want a link to the /lit/ goodreads group? i don't know if it's ever used

>>2734842
The trick is to group all of your acceptable books together and only take a picture of those

>>2734848

Not him, but if there is a /lit/ group on Goodreads, I would be happy to join!

>>2734819

Well, to offer an equally serious explanation to this serious question, let me be perfectly honest with you here. None of these books were read, nor has this ever been intended. Their sole purpose is to be collected in the most random and, according to the established and unshakeable tiers of our time, shitty fashion possible. This way, once photographed, they serve to enrage and disappoint internetarian authorities such as yourself, which is how I seek daily pleasure. Only trouble is, one always has to wait for those bookshelf threads to pop up!

Apart from that I cannot see a reason to bother owning books. Though... probably... rainbows.

>>2734848
how do groups work on there? I can only see a "find friends" button.

>>2733194
Frenchfag here, did Harry Potter get re-edited or what? The first books looked better.

Never mind I found the /lit/ group on there.

>>2734713
>hitchhikers guide, my nigga
Dirk Gently is great as well

what do I search for on goodreads for the group? /lit/ turns up poor results.

>>2734885
Here it is:http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/29373-lit
Sorry for the delay, I was making Lunch

>>2734867

I don't know. I just ordered them online through takealot.com so I can practice my French enough that it doesn't rust. I like them. They look distinctly different than any English book I have.

>>2734842

Actually, one or two of Anne Rice's books are okay. The Witching Hour has its moments, as do the first three books of her Vampire Chronicles. The Witching Hour in particular is brilliant at setting mood and is more effective at horror than most in the genre. But ya, apart from that, she's total shit.

>>2734885
I did a search for 4chan lit and there was a group called revival lit or something, seems somewhat active...

>>2734878
>a bunch of programming books
you a CS boy huh?

>>2734905
Yeah unfortunately i'm gravitating now towards something that will actually make me money so I can retire early and go hermit mode.. Most of the books are on investing / economics, physics, assorted sciences, and computer books. I'm getting more into actual literature, currently I'm reading Dostoyevesky and Naked lunch

>>2734913
wait so what you were doing before wouldnt make money or CS will?

>>2734915
CS was not the luxurious and profitable career others make it out to be. I'm now gravitating towards finance. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy CS, but the degrees are becoming less valuable as the world becomes flatter. I originally started out as a physics major, although seeing what that is like I'm very glad I avoided it. Doctorates are an increasingly bad idea unfortunately.

>>2734920
weird, I thought CS was like THE career to get into since people dont want to actually DO CS in firms and stuff

what would be more valuable in finances?

>>2731923
>I am a douchebag.

>>2734924
That's true, but with the global influence of outsourcing, tech jobs are the first to go. Sure, few positions that demand high levels of knowledge or creativity are safe. But the 'up and coming programing degree' is going to be located in India, china, and Russia. Did you know in India, telemarketing and CS jobs are considered the best and most respectable jobs? (On par with doctors and sciences) In America they're on the lowest tier. The foreigners work better, for cheaper, because they actually WANT to do it.

To keep it /lit/ related, The book The 'World is Flat', is a great summation of where the world looks to be heading in this area. It's not a bad thing that outsourcing exists, it just means that countries like America have to change their business to no longer be the producers, but the managers of creativity. The political economy is fascinating right now as it really is becoming a survival of the fittest.

>>2735005
>be manual labourer
>when my job goes and they won't give me money, I'll hit the streets with the chrome close to my bone and my immigrant comrades
>burnin' and a' lootin' tonight


Feels good being lowest class. There's a sense of security in knowing you'll easily take someone elses shit if you need to.

>>2734999
>I am a douchebag.

I can tell.

no very impressive yet, The Road should also be there, being leant to a friend at the moment.