/lit/ - Literature

How did you end up posting it upside down last time?

>>2756394

Sorcery.

>>2756394
Don't know what you mean faggot. Go to hell.

I've filled up the last part since then. Don't know where to put them all...

What plebean garbage you read OP

So, I take it you like sci-fi?

>>2756402

Smells like midlife crisis.

>>2756389
I don't want to go upstairs, so here is a picture of a nearby cupboard.

>>2756404

Of the Gibson and Morgan vein.

>>2756402
>string theory

The drawer.

>>2756414

>Sons and Lovers

mah nigga

>>2756424
>the introduction to Aristotle
>laughingrationalpeople.jpg

>>2756428

What's so funny?

>>2756424

>weeaboo detected

What you can't see is mostly fantasy, but I cannot be bothered to reveal them.

I need a new shelf.

>>2756414

>Up in the Air

How was the book compared to the movie?

>>2756389
nice blur princess

>>2756440

>Stephen Fry

Why do you willingly expose yourself to gay influences?

>>2756427

why would anyone want to read about mohammedan savages?

>>2756446

>>2756446
Too late, the gay already got me.

>>2756440
Have you ever considered purchasing from a different publisher?

>>2756473
no.

Christ, I hate these threads.

Everyone reads the same 5-6 entry level authors you see spouted about on /lit/ in every thread, or sci-fi and fantasy.

OK, just reshot my shelves after re-organizing last week. It's fun, this is the kind of shit I do when I don't want to be doing anything important but still fix my mind on a task. So, 1/14

>>2756489
>Christ, I hate these threads.
>Everyone reads books.
Hello, /v/.

2/14

3/14 still in the paperback section, here's the SK I read during that boring job...

>>2756480
>>2756473

chuckled heartily, thanks

4/14

5/14

5/14

>>2756407
WOW YOUR BOOKS ARE SO ATTRACTIVE AND I WANT YOUR DELICIOUS PENIS

6/14

>>2756550
Quite possibly the worst collection of books I have ever seen.

>>2756550
too obvious

7/14

8/14

9/14

>>2756550

>>2756572

Hi Stephanie

10/14

11/14

12/14

13/14

>>2756440
Have you actually read any of those? They look untouched.

14/14 ending with an overflow case wow i bored myself it was much more fun to actually be re-arranging the actual books

>>2756608
You have one of the lowest good books/books ratio I've ever seen.

>>2756616
I'm working on getting that cholesterol down too.
You must get rid of books you didn't like? They are certainly not all "good" books.

>>2756607
Oh, yes. Just a bit foolishly careful with them; don't like spine creases very much. The poor camera I used also seems to make everything look a bit whiter/cleaner than it truly is.

>>2756441
I bought the book after seeing the trailer to the movie and thought it sounded interesting. Ironically, I never got around to seeing the movie, so I don't know.

>>2756535
>all those choose your own adventure stories

I miss those books.

>>2756704
I'm working on rebuilding my collection of the first editions. They made a major impact in my enjoyment of reading, understanding of storyline, and helped me as a writer to stretch.

We're having a lot of bookshelf threads lately. Not that I mind.

>>2756738

>Rainbow symbol

>Carl Sagan

>Bust of Lenin

>Buddha statue

>Wikipedia on screen

Die in a fire, faggot.

>>2756786
He saves it with The Process and Notes from Underground, if you ask me. But yes. Silly Bacardi behind the monitor as well.

>>2756738
So many that I actually remember yours...from months ago!

>>2756786
lol, what in the fuck is wrong with Wikipedia? you are really stretching this shit.

I assume you're attacking Sagan because reddit likes him.

>>2756821

I'm attacking you because you're a tryhard hipster piece of shit.

>>2756826
>hipster

>>2756786


>posts inane atheist bullshit on facebook

>calls self an "intellectual" because of reading shit on wikipedia

>>2756786
>Rainbow symbol
They're sticker bookmarks.
>Carl Sagan
I assume I can't change your opinion about him, so keep thinking he's for hipsters if you want.
>Bust of Lenin
I'm not a communist or anything, I just found the bust in the attic.
>Buddha statue
Budai, actually.
>Wikipedia on screen
People still dislike Wikipedia?

>>2756826
That's not me you're replying to, actually, but I see how you can think that. If you think I'm a communist, buddhist, gay rights activist, though, I suppose I can see why you think I'm a hipster.

>>2756826
I'm not him champ, just a passerby calling you out on your shit

photo taken before I discovered /lit/, not actually bought anything since then either

>>2756857
I agree with a lot of your taste, though I got Conan instead of The Necronomicon. That being said,
TIDY UP YOUR FUCKING DESK

>>2756878
>not Fagles' translation

>>2756878
Read some Gaddis, Krasznahorkai and DeLillo at once, nigga.

>>2756878
What edition of Micromegas is that? I loved that story and I'm looking for an collection that has Micromegas+Story of a Good Brahmin. Which are some of my favourite short stories.

>>2756738
>Inspirasjon
Ka har me her?

>>2756988
Haha, koffein bare! Men når man først har piller bør man da få de til å se så mistenkelige ut som mulig.

>>2757003

Jeg vedder for at du studerer på NTNU.

>>2757081
Det blir til neste år, det, men jeg bor i Trondheim. Skal ned til Lillehammer til høsten, nå, for å gå på Nansenskolen sin skrivelinje, så blir det lektorutdanning på NTNU. Så koffeinpillene er ikke for å studere enda, men heller bare for å slippe å drikke kaffe når jeg har dårlig tid (for man blir så jævla varm av å drikke kaffe og så skynde seg av sted).

Somewhat related, but somewhat hard to discern from the pics. How does /lit/ sort their books? Strictly alphabetically by author, or some other convention?

>>2757096
Randomly, with authors and publishers clumped together where possible.

>>2757092

Shit, jeg er god. Lykke til.

>>2757096
Alphabetically by author, then by date of publication. Alternatively, by the age of the author when the book was written. Or by semi-colon to sentence ratio, which is my personal favourite.

>>2757096
by charm and re-readability, of course

>>2757092
Funker det bra? Greit å slippe kaffen midt på sommeren, eller under eksamner

>>2757096

Alphabetically by Author's last name.

Also have a shelf or two for random stuff like atlases, dictionaries, old comic books, etc.

I've got $100 dollars, what books should I get?

>>2757160
I want to read The Recognitions. Can I please have your copy?

>>2757096
I arrange mine first geographically, then within that chronologically (using year of author's birth). The geographic sort needs a little work, because I'm basically going Africa - Middle East- East Asia - Russia, then a zig-zag through Europe to Canada, the USA and Latin American countries.

I am lazy and haven't put any new books I've bought in yet, because I don't feel like looking up all the authors' birth years. I guess that's probably going to be a problem with my system.

>>2757210
Well, what do you like?

>>2757226
Not exactly sure. I enjoy Kurt Vonnegut and stuff. What are some books that are considered "essential" on this board?

>>2757237

>>2756738
>Olaf Stapledon

MahNiggah/10

>>2756857
it's time to read Madam bovary, my fellow bourgeois
it's time to read Madam bovary, my fellow bourgeois
it's time to read Madam bovary, my fellow bourgeois
it's time to read Madam bovary, my fellow bourgeois
it's time to read Madam bovary, my fellow bourgeois
it's time to read Madam bovary, my fellow bourgeois
it's time to read Madam bovary, my fellow bourgeois
it's time to read Madam bovary, my fellow bourgeois

1/3

>>2757375
2/3

>>2757379
3/3

>>2757216

OP here, that's how I sort my nonfiction usually.

I have a section on Islam/the middle east and another section on East Asian shit (seen previously in this thread)

>>2757758
I'm planning on doing it for my non-fiction too, on a separate shelf from fiction, but I have so little of it right now that it's just stuck in horizontally around the same vague geographic regions as fiction.

One day it'll be nice and comprehensive.

Uninteresting books everywhere

>>2758145
>disses others taste
>doesn't show his own collection

classic 4chan

Too many Bookshelf threads have no Bathos.
You don't read this many Good Novels without reading a lot of really bad ones too. And you don't read a lot of bad ones without finding bad ones that you like anyways. But you see a bunch of bookshelf jpegs of shelves with rows of masterpieces with no guilty pleasures thrown in.
That can only mean one thing. Somebody ain't been reading their stash.
Seeing a Haruki Murakami next to a Stephen King and Brothers Karamazov next to a Star Wars Expanded Universe, and a Fight Club next to a Xanth Novel may say lots of negative things about the reader's taste, but at least it's a sign that they're cracking some spines.
That's just my opinion though.
Just trying to advocate for some shelves that humanize the reader and reflect his spirit, rather than just reflecting his ability to read a "recommended books" list and spend money.
(By the way, can't wait to buy all of your unused used copies on discount.)

>>2758497
This post is funny because you seem to think Fight Club and Haruki Murakami are good literature.

>>2758506
>>2758497
Random Guy makes a point about Bookshelf Jpgs composed of stacks of books that hipsters bought and never read. Essential reducing the posts to stupid ways to brag about how many books they "Collected." In an attempt to Impress other people.

Random other Guy ignores the point entirely to say "Ha Ha, your selections suck"

Me... *Facepalm*

>>2758497
I feel you dawg.

>>2758497
>cracking some spines

I bet you dog ear your books too.

>>2758519
You waste your time on a lot of pseudo psychology.

>You will never have a massive library room full of books, manga, comics, and video games

Feels bad man.

>>2758517
He didnt really make a good point. Just standard generalisation about people with a certain type of bookshelf.

>>2758525
Why not?

Pic related, just a small bit of his.

>ywn be content without physical objects

>>2758497
I'll have you know, all the books on my shelf have been read or will be read. I only have 3 in the to-be-read pile. Granted, my shelf only has like 80 books on it.

>>2758545
That makes me rock hard. If I ever make enough cash I'll build my own house. Instead of walls it would have fucking bookshelves.

>>2758568
>tfw you still need to brag about it to feel superior

pt1

pt.2

My fictional row.

>>2758865
Ulysses in translation? That must be interesting.

>>2758865
That row seems pretty real to me.

>>2758876
lol

>>2757757
hipster detected

>>2759010
>hipster

>>2757757
>asoif
>watchmen
>world war z

what

>>2759024

All of those are hipster books.

>>2758497
What? no, we have the internet today. you can check if what you're goign to buy is worth reading

>>2759337
You like reading for the wrong reasons.

>>2758497
Hey now, there's one or two Star Wars Expanded Universe novels that aren't half bad.

Of course, 99% of it is shit like Heir to the Empire (most of it being far worse than even that).

>>2758497
Am I doing it right?

>>2759481

>Piers Anthony

Sorry, having flashbacks to what a fucking awful book that was in your pic.

>>2759320
Bloood Meridian and Infinate Jest are hipster also? I guess every person on /lit/ must be hipster because those are 2 of the most discussed books on this board.

>>2759528
Which one? There's 4 Piers Anthony books there (though tbh they're all pretty shit).

>>2759528
That's not fair. The Xanth series didn't get truly awful before the eighth book or so.

Piers Anthony is an interesting guy. He keeps bringing up pedophilia and FUN SEX in his books for young adult readers. he makes quite a defense of pedophile relationships in bio of a space tyrant for example.

>>2759337
Imagine having nothing but a shelf full of books that come off of a recommendation page.
Possibilities?
1. That person buys nothing but masterpieces. Is afraid to waste their time on something that someone else hasn't already told them is genius. Is not developing taste.
2. That person buys bad fiction too, but gets rid of it. Meaning there is no story that he finds funny or interesting or strange enough to love even though it is flawed.
3. That person buys bad fiction, has guilty pleasures, but hides them. Has a completely photogenic shelf. His bookshelf instead of being a statement about who he is, and what he likes, is instead a mask, a reflection of who he thinks he should be.

There are book sales everywhere, I just got a dozen from my library for $3 and I'm sure one or two of them will suck. But I'm not going to use my phone to ask the internet before each purchase. "Is it good? May I haz permission to buy plez?"

I'm just saying, There are lots of different reasons why someone would have a shelf full of five star books, and no guilty pleasures (or old battered children's books.) But almost all of those reasons would be bad.

Is there any sadder thing than someone proudly exclaiming "I have no scars." "I must be doing it right!"

bump

>>2758778
>>2758777
>tfw no one comments :(

>>2760413
Looks like shit, bud. Looks like shit.

>>2760415
I don't believe you

bump

>>2758743
>SAT and ACT books

Everyone has lame books. I haven't seen anyone with a decent philosophy collection or anything.

Would /lit/ accept comics and book porn? Make fun of me for instagram. Trying to build a library in my house but it's hard to arrange books "fashionably."

If interested, there's my Bukowski collection, all Daniel Quinn, lots of entry level philosophy and basically everything Brian Greene and Hawking ever put out.

Small, but growing.


HOW AM I DOING GUYS?!

>>2763141
>The Tanners
that about pat krentcil?

>>2763147

No.

>>2763147

Yes.

>>2763141
>kafka

ur doing terribly

>>2763323

>>2763323

>>2763141
quite the kafkaesque collection.

>>2763141
cool

>>2756572
>The Fault in Our Stars
one of the very few readable YA books out there, in my opinion.

>>2756414

>Pynchon
>Melville
>Lawrence

I dig.

>>2759329
>JoJo
>Hidamari Sketch
I like you.

Shitty camera.

>>2763123
>From Hell
>Gotham Central
Nice.

Finally got the rest of these fuckers back from storage.

you guys might enjoy
http://www.reddit.com/r/bookhaul
http://www.reddit.com/r/BookCollecting
and most of all http://www.reddit.com/r/bookshelf

>>2765236
What did you think of The Corrections Benny?

>>2765236
Goddamit Benny, take those used stickers off Plato and Ibsen.

>>2765257

I thought it was pretty good, a lot more zany and out-there than Freedom, which I thought was dull in comparison. It has some great characters and the storytelling's not bad at all, I wouldn't go so far as to say it's the 'Great Modern American Novel', as it's been hailed, but as a look into American life post-1990s, it's definitely noteworthy. Worth a read, for sure.

>>2765265

Haha, those have been on there for quite some time, maybe I'll have to peel 'em off finally.

>>2765270
>peeling
Use a kettle you animal!

>>2765283

I'll go easy, I swear.

>>2765296
don't you fucking dare take those stickers off benny
i'm warning you.

>>2765326

But... they're so obtrusive... and they'd peel off so nicely, like a scab... and all that glue left behind, it'd just take a little rubbing with a thumb to clean, right? Right?

>>2765368
just remember, i warned you.

>>2765381

Maybe I'll let them be. For now. There's no knowing what might happen in the future.

my room is too narrow to get the entire height in single pic

Hey guys, /g/ here, why do you still purchase physical copies of books when you can get them for virtually free?

If you say because of the "reading experience", then why have a eReader at all then?

>>2765413
You can't get all books for free online. Not every book out there has an ebook version. I know it might be hard to believe, but it's true.

>>2765413
If you've found a site where you can get every book ever written, please inform me.

>>2765413

I don't have an e-reader, and I get my books for close to dirt cheap. There's also the library, which is free.

I'm planning on getting a Kindle at some point, given that I've got a fuckload of pirated books on my pc.

>>2765406

I dig it, plenty of great picks. What did you think of Last Exit to Brooklyn? I've been thinking of picking it up.

>>2765413
Because of the reading experience.
>then why have a eReader at all then?
Because I'm not made out of money.

>>2765441
Fair enough, I'm just so autistic that I cannot be halfway in between the two options.

Also, I'm so Jewish I couldn't justify paying more than a dollar or two for a book.

>>2765438
>What did you think of Last Exit to Brooklyn?

I only read the first section so far, like a year ago, so havent really formulated any opinions yet. 90% of these books are "to-read"; ones ive finished i give away

>>2765448

Yeah, I'm in pretty much the same position, I've probably only read 1/4 of the books I've got. I've never really given any away though, aside from old shitty stuff I've given to the thrift store

Do you guys all just happen to have really nice cameras? I have a lot of books, but no cameras capable of over 2.0 megapixels.

>>2765454
mine is 5.1, but I've had it since 2005 or 2006, i wouldnt qualify it as a "really nice camera", but it works

>>2765451
i used to like holding onto my books, but now i realize that unless im going to re-read them (life is too short for that, except for the rare few), they're just taking up space. and no point having a book that someone else could be reading.

>>2765456
I guess I just suck.

>>2765456

Yeah, that's a really valid point. I might have to take up the practice.