/lit/ - Literature

no.

XD im so intellectual look at all my books

no. wait a month or so. i think /lit/'s mostly tapped out. we had two or three of these threads just a few weeks ago.

>not having a huge mess of books spread all over your room
>being organized
>2012

sage

>>2791123
Small time.

/lit/ is the worst board ever, even /tv/ is better

Contributing.

>>2791106
I see you trying to hide Snuff, OP.

>>2791146
Stop that, no one was supposed to post a bigger peni--- folder than mine.

We really do have threads like these often enough.

And to those who remember me: I've tidied up my desk and shelves now, you can relax.

>>2791153
Still not tidy. Improve thy standards.

>>2791153
Tell me more about those inspiration pills.

>>2791156
Oh, no, that's an old picture, where it's still messy as fuck. Pardon my vague wording.

>>2791157
Nothing more exotic than caffeine, I'm afraid. I think maybe I should take a new picture soon, where it's tidier and that bottle is removed, because people tend to comment on both those things.

>>2791162
Post an updated one, I dare you.

From a while back, before I cleaned.

>>2791167
Hah! Sure I can, but it'll have to wait at least twenty hours. I'm at my mum's place at the moment (because that's much closer to my job), and I'll be working most of tomorrow. If this thread's still up, I'll be sure take and post a new picture then.

>>2791187
This is /lit/, it'll be up for days at the rate this board moves.

>"History of the Kings of Norway" in French

Da fuq?

>>2791106
which pleiade is that on the top shelf. my one aesthetics-based book fetish is for that series.

>>2791153

I remember you. Christ, that kettle next to your PC makes me imagine a fat-arsed neckbeard.

>>2791230
Why would you think I'm fat because of a kettle? Fat people drink a lot of tea, these days? In any case, I'm not particularly fat. For "proof", see the black and white picture, where I'm the guy in the middle with the beard. Or, better yet, see the two pictures over the lightswitch, where I don't have a beard and you can actually see my facial structure a bit.

>>2791273
You can't be bothered to get up from your seat and make yourself tea. Incredibly lazy.

>>2791273
>>2791273
Is your name James?

>>2791303
I'm afraid not.

>>2791306
James, disregard my comment about your kettle. I'm just projecting. I'm a fat, lonely neckbeard. You seem like an alright dude. You should really be careful about having water about your PC, though. I'm sorry I was such an asshole.

You're a goddamn mess, James.

>mfw people read translations that arent definitive

>mfw people read translations

>>2791503
>mfw people read

>>2791141
you clearly have not spent a lot of time on /tv/

>>2791323
That's okay! I rarely use the kettle, anyway.

>>2791189
Here you go!

>>2793851

Harru fjerna inspirasjonen din nå?

>>2793853
Den ligger i postvesken min for øyeblikket, der den egentlig hører hjemme.

>>2793851
good, now remove all those cultural symbols you've mashed together, completely devaluing their meaning.

>>2793851
That room makes me moist. Lovely

>>2791106
>The Net Delusion
my nigga.jpg

>>2793890
>he still believes in meaning

>>2793851
>Lenin head bust

It continues to baffle me how disgustingly socialist /lit/ is sometimes.

New pics I did of just scifi and related.

1/3

>>2794067
Ah there will only be 1/3, the other two are blurred. I will redo them.

>>2791141
>mfw they are the only two boards I post in

I've got a question that's been bothering me for a while. Why buy books? I have about 10 books in my room, programming references and dirt cheap why-not-just-buy it books from garage sales and thrift stores. I don't have much of a collection, I don't see the point when there's a library and ebooks.

TL;DR why buy books when library?

>hey, /lit/, look at all my unread books!

These threads are always terrible.

>>2794108
So you can take pictures for anonymous people on the internet, silly!

>>2794108
I only keep the most important works that I've bought before I had my e-reader. Most of them aren't available as ebooks. Other than that I agree, I don't plan on buying any more physical books unless absolutely needed.

>>2794108

So I have them for the rest of my life.

I suppose owning them is trivial when you can indeed go to a library or just get a digital version. But there is an attachment to them as objects when you build a collection. You see them, you feel them, you smell them. They get worn and age. It's mostly romanticism but there is nothing wrong with that.

>>2794108
so you can write your ideas and definitions to words you don't know in the margin, to have an active dialogue with the text, helping you to stay focused on the text and keep the info.

>>2794191
Unless you're all like “It is desirable that a man […] live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.” which is a pleasant and sensible way of going about life.

>>2793851
Blir alltid like overrasket over å se nordmenn her inne!

I'm moving from one place to another these days, so all my books are put in bags and boxes.

>>2794067
Disgusting. Go back to reddit.

Won\t read them all.

>>2794580
>196 gb
>not even 17000 books

You either love pdfs of picture books or you got some 1080p porn stashed upin that btich

>>2794284
>mfw I can read that sentence

>>2791106

How did you like House of Leaves?

Just started it last night. Haha

ITT people renaming their porn folders "books"

100% plaintext.

not really though ;_;

>>2794678
Fuck

2.
It's been updated since, but I'm too lazy to take another pair of pics.

Tadah my collection of mostly shit.

>>2794825
what are those two you hid on the top shelf?

>>2794825

At least you're not self-deluded.

>>2794830
The two with the bottoms facing instead of the spines? Forward the Foundation and Foundation's Edge. Didn't hide them, I just tossed them up there a week ago after picking them

>>2794815
>>2794817
do you even read? they all look brand new and upopened.

>>2794825
>tfw playing Skyrim and getting nostalgic with your Imperial character, wishing for the gentle warm coastal town of Anvil with it's beautiful colours and pleasant atmosphere

>>2795214
>town of Anvil with it is beautiful colours