/lit/ - Literature

Hey guys please rate :o)

I have too much non-book junk on mine, think I'll have a clear out tomorrow...

>>7100334
pls

>>7100338
very serious Literature-with-a-capital-L, you clearly like Joyce and Wallace... not my thing, but 8/10 I guess.

Hey guys I just spent all day cleaning out my bookshelves so here goes.....

>>7100359
Nice! You've got to the books-on-top point, I'm not quite there yet but I can see it coming.

>>7100371
Haha yeah! It feels good even if I can't find a place to put the books I just finished reading!

>>7100361

nice little starter pack there

you've done well me lad

>>7100371
>>7100379
I just had to box up books for the first time since I didn't have space to shove them on the shelves in the warddrobe anymore

>>7100386
thx m8

>>7100325
>>7100330
>>7100332
>>7100334
>>7100343
>>7100353
>>7100356

triggered tbh

>>7100339
aww :)

>>7100322
thug lyfe

1/3

>>7100452
2/3

>>7100456
3/3

>>7100325
2/10
>>7100330
1/10
>>7100332
3/10
>>7100334
0/10
>>7100338
8/10
>>7100339
0/10
>>7100343
1/10
>>7100353
0/10
>>7100356
1/10
>>7100359
4/10
>>7100361
8/10
>>7100414
8.5/10
>>7100452
>>7100456
>>7100458
5/10 only because it's filled with Penguin copies

Half of my bookcases: two IKEA Billy bookcases with an extra part on top and books on top of that. I'll leave the other two for when I have some more time.

>>7100477
What are you basing your grades on?

Main.

>>7100569

Overflow.

>>7100569
>>7100570
end your lief, please

>>7100587

And why?

>>7100587
Screw you, buddy! Said bookcase of my fellow Dutch medfag is a bit too crowded for my taste, but it looks tidy and clean.

>>7100592
your a pleb

Nice to see so many people with love of books :)

>>7100502
My interest in the books.

>>7100569

>de grote bosatlas

all those terrible childhood memories..

>>7100338
Charlotte's Web is a classic but gawd knows why you have all that nasty james joyce shit

>>7100361
whoever owns this bookcase is probably the most boring person who ever lived

>>7100597
Welke uni?

>>7100598
Cries deeply.

>>7100626
Wij moesten hem altijd meenemen met aardrijkskunde, letterlijk 1 maal gebruikt.

>>7100493
>all those shitty paperbacks

why on earth do people insist on hoarding these after they finish reading them

>>7100322
>Doctor Who books
>No VNAs
>No EDAs
>No PDAs

It's like you're not even trying.

>>7100642

>daadwerkelijk zware boeken meenemen op de middelbare

Top cuck m8

>>7100643
What's wrong with paperbacks? I much prefer reading a paperback, to be honest. Easier to handle. Also much easier to take with you when you're traveling. And what's wrong with keeping them? I've reread many of my paperbacks, some of them bought over 15-20 years ago and they're still fine.

>tfw no literary criticism or philosophy books

Damn it feels good not be a pseudo

>>7100493
I like you, man. How does it feel to rework your alphabetization when you get a new book?

>>7100648

Gelukkig waren er kluisjes. Niet meenemen was onverbiddelijk minimaal 1 strafuur. Kutdocent.

>>7100649
i'm guessing he's referring the the genre-fiction type paperbacks which don't tend to have much literary value (so therefore strange to keep them) rather than classics.

>>7100660
Hahaha, it's fun actually, but it takes a while, especially when it's a from an author starting with an A ;) At first I tried to keep some space at the end of eachshelf, so I could easily add a book, but I quickly ran out of space. I’m probably going to add another Billy, so I can try implementing that system again. Right now, I mostly wait until I have a few books to add, then put everything in order at once. I actually have a few more boxes with books in the attic, which I should add, but first I need a new bookcase.

>>7100675
I don't really subscribe to things like "genre fiction" and "literary value". Sure, some writing can be pulpy, some writing can be downright bad, but as long as someone enjoys it, it's all good with me :)

>>7100675
Tbh, I don't think I have that much real drivel. Some YA books, some Chrichton(y) books, a few vampire/zombie/superhero books, but that's it. And those I have aren't extremely bad ones, imo.

Almost time to update this, I have a couple more shelves to add

What is with all the swords, toys and stuffed animals. If you wanna play with toys get the fuck out. Throw that shit in the trash along with the rest of your space opera / fantasy book collection.

"Literature Board" not manchild playpen.

>>7100713
it's just bait, those are bookshelves taken from reddit.

>>7100569
no Morrison, no Gill, no Tschichold, no Carter

do you even typography, or have you just decided it's fashionable?

>>7100493
Third bookcase. Fourth is a bit messy, would need to tidy it up first. I noticed that a few books are upside down, sorry for that ;)

>>7100334
>Bookshelf thread
>Posts bookdesk

>>7100493
Oh hey, the Gone Series nice Body Horror Science Fiction tastes anon.

>>7100756
More gruesome than I expected a YA series to be. Still enjoyed it, though. Recently lent the first part to a friend who's a surgeon, wonder what he thinks of it ;)

>>7100700
did you ever end up learning Haskell? I gave up pretty quickly but im more of a hobbyist programmer. I think the syntax for dealing with lists is quite nice though.

>>7100748
lmbo

>>7100748

>>7100738
wasn't prepared for the ayn rand shelf

i died of cringe

>>7100651
>Murnane

Noice

>>7100773
> three books
> "the ayn rand shelf"
> :')

But seriously, those three books made you cringe? I've yet to read Atlas Shrugged, only recently got it, but Anthem is a "fun" little dystopian tale and The Fountainhead is preachy, but entertaining. You can read something and enjoy it without completely believing in it, you know ;) I've read Harry Potter, but I don't think that's real either.

Wait till we get to the next bookcase, it's got Catcher in the Rye! :D

>>7100738
Cool man, you've got Pliocene Exiles and some KJP.

>>7100766
Not him, but I do now Haskell. Its an amazing language, had to learn it for a class and ended up loving it. Its very good if you are a math inclined guy.

>>7100782

old mate also has walser

pretty fukken nice cunt

>>7100762
Well it was written by part of the team that did Animorphs which were pretty gruesome "Childrens" books.

do you're worst tbh fam

>>7100810

>soccer and philosophy

is that the novelization of that one Monty Python sketch?

>>7100815
no it's from a '[pop culture] and philosophy' series which attempt to relate some philosophical concepts to the subject matter. one article argues that nietzsche would be an arsenal supporter kek

>>7100766
Yes. I reccomend starting with a more simple functional language to get the taste of it. Start with "The Little Schemer". If you like it, go through SICP and then Haskell will be a completely different language to you.

>>7100738
First two shelves of the fourth bookcase ;)

>>7100643
Mine are mostly placeholders until I can find a hardcover, that said many books (particularly SF&F) only ever come out in paperback!

>>7100645
It's an old photo, I've got some now. Even scored The Room With No Doors last week.

>>7100330
l-fucking-mao

>>7100493

How is The Prince of Nothing? I've heard a lot of comparisons towards Dune.

>>7100569

>First edition s,m,l,xl, early codex, rare designers.

How come your bookcase is ugly in terms of design? You obviously know better.

>>7100748
>jerome k. jerome
dat idleness

>>7101311
Wholeheartedly chuckled

>>7101311
Rate mine friend :^)

>>7100735

There's some typography stuff in the mix, including the fat Berthold Fototypes Vol 1. Which goes in more detail on their fonts then you even want.

>>7101305
This room is temporary, I have been telling myself for 8 years now.

>>7101426
your a walking meme

Just what I have at school.

Why do so many of these have Joyce, Pynchon and David Foster Wallace?

>>7101843
People who would post pictures of their bookshelves are the same people who take /lit/ reading lists seriously, and use them as symbols of their own accomplishment.

>>7101829
thanks :^)

I honestly like these threads, but I never post my bookshelves because I feel like it's too personal a thing.

Anyone else share the same feeling/idea?

>>7101977
Just do it, tbh.

>>7101299

Fucking amazing. My favourite fantasy novels ever.

>>7101977
Yes.

>>7101977
I did have a moment of hesitation - my shelves, to me, feel like an extension of my brain/memory - but its all anonymous, and I do like showing off XD.

>>7101199
I'm impressed, what do you think of them? Which ones have you read?

>>7100332

I have several of the same books.

>>7100361

Great start!

>>7102185
Well, I love Seven anyway, so I got

White Darkness
Blood Heat
The Left-Handed Hummingbird
All-Consuming Fire
and The Room with No Doors

Dictated mainly by what ones I could find cheap. Room was pure luck, some guy was selling it on Amazon for 4 bucks.

I've read all but Hummingbird, liked Fire and Room the best. (Original Sin is in the post, I'll try to get the other Ormans as well.)

>>7100810
pretty good fam

>>7102318
Yeah, Seven is the best. Shame that they're all out of print, I'd love to get a copy of So Vile a Sin, but it's so incredibly expensive. What'd you think of White Darkness?

>>7102342
Not bad, not a classic either - very pulpy. It'd probably make a good Halloween read.

>>7100339
I dig the penguins, man

>>7100810
rosa lux, nice

>>7100748
posting rare actual picture of this autists floor

>>7101311
nice meme!

>>7102416
>autist
Dolan is quite clearly a genius

>>7101426
>Graça Infinita
omfg, why would u read IJ in portuguese?
its cheaper to buy the english version and its also way better.

also missing most of my books

forgot image heh
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>>7100338
this was on r/bookshelf a while ago

>>7101836
based

>>7100339
>not strictly filled with Penguin Classics editions

come on

>“Shit, I don't want to look like a faggot with all these amazing, big bookshelves”
>open pictures
>each of them has like 50 books on Tolkien and all the Paolini quadrilogy

Hey all. First time shelf-poster here.

Apologies for the blurry titles.

>>7102943
r u a meme???

>>7100325
I threw up a little in my mouth.

Fuck it, I'll post mine too.

1/9

2/9

3/9

4/9

5/9

6/9

7/9

8/9

1/fart

9/9

As a side note, I expect the following remarks:

>Those books look unused. You are just a faggot who buys but doesn't read!

It is true that a lot of books in my collection are unread. Most of those are reference, and thus I open rarely when I need to cite something or look up something. Many of the others are books that are not the type you sit down and "read". A couple I bought simply to support the author, and I will get around to reading it eventually. Some of them are new copies of books I read a long time ago with a copy that wasn't mine.

In general, I have read most of them however. The only time my books EVER end up slightly damaged is when I take them on trips for whatever reason.

>*tips fedora*

*tips fedora in return, other hand holding steadily on their katana*

Late to the club but here's what I got, it's enough for me.

Happy 9/11 /lit/

>>7103566
Whats your major anon?

>>7103609

Philosophy, minor in Economics (and probably in French too)

>>7103615
Impressive

>>7103566
You should remove college textbooks from your library, particularly if they aren't used anymore. Put them in a box. Remove language textbooks (Genki, French Review and Practice, ...) and How to Win Friends & Influence People. Remove highschool assigned readings (1984, To Kill a Mockingbird, ...) and everything from Noam Chomsky, Carl Sagan, R. Dawkins, Stephen Hawking and others scientists unless they are hardcover. Remove the “(...) for Dummies”. Remove fantasy. Put the nice hardcover in the bottom shelf so it doesn't bend. Now you have a proper collection! As you mentioned, most of your books are dictionaries/textbooks/guides but you have some nice references.

>>7103566

Totally forgot a small stack

>>7103649

Th-thanks, anon!

>>7103658

Fair enough, I tried to keep science and math on one shelf and have the other shelf be literature and philosophy. The stuff on my old TV entertainment table is stuff I have used recently or frequently.

Also I really should put the hardcovers on the bottom, good point!

Thanks for the comment anon!

HOLY LACK OF SPINE CRACK IN THIS THREAD

KEEP YOUR BOOKS NICE AND UNREAD DON'T BOTHER TO READ THEM GUYS I MEAN WHO THE HELL BUYS BOOKS TO READ THEM?

Plebs.

>>7103684
>he doesn't know that some books like NYRBs don't crack because their spines are made of acrylic

>>7103684

The only way you get spine cracking is if you either bend the book excessively or read it many many times. Both are not necessary to read and enjoy a book, unless you have a fetish for damaged objects. Nothing wrong with keeping things in good condition.

>>7100338
Tryhard

>>7103684

You know I can still remember my high school BritLit teacher lecturing us on how to hold a book so we aren't stressing the spine when we read. It still sticks with me 20 years later.

If only you received the same lesson.

>>7103684
>1952+63
>Not knowing how to read books without simultaneously hideously maiming them

>>7100452
>>7100458
Does reading this stuff actually make you smarter?

Obligatory "my bookshelf is in my kobo" post. Although my art book collection is physical.

>>7103716
Post your art books, then.

I'm surprised there's so few good authors and hardcovers. /lit/ is disappointing.

>>7103710

>smarter

Technically it could, simply be the brain rewiring itself to improve its ability to understand complex writing like philosophy. Also you will gain a lot of perspective and develop the tools to reason without fallacy.

In other words... kinda? Don't expect to finish CoPR by Kant and suddenly be able to derive a mathematical theory of everything.

>>7103658
>Remove fantasy.

The entire genre? Why?

>>7103719
Not really literature, but I could, maybe later.

>>7103829
Because he doesn't approve! You wouldn't want to go against what some anon is saying online would you?

>>7100334
>beckett in amongst all of that crap

kek'd

>>7103960

It's his most plebbiest work tho

>>7100748
jej i love how this gets bigger every time

but even though its a great meme

its still infuriating

Me in the back.

>>7104034
you gay brah?

>>7104034

I don't read.

>>7104034
the more you learn the more you EARN :^)

>>7104034
KNAWLIDGE

>>7103658
The only thing you should do, is whatever the hell makes you happy. You enjoy keeping your college textbooks? Keep 'em! You enjoy having 1984 in there? Do it! Etc. etc.

>>7100361
this is literally my college book list

>>7100477
What's wrong with penguin?

>>7103483
will you be my friend? can i move in with you?

>>7103710
Yes but only if you actually read them. Which I don't.

>>7104536
They often use old, out of date translations, they're low quality prints. And because they're so cheap most people who use only Penguins are probably poor.

>>7100598

*you're

Mine has already recently filled to capacity. Not sure whether it would be best to buy a new unit altogether or put 4x4 installation on the top (provided it can support the weight).

>>7103829
It's embarrassing and ugly. It makes him seem he read it when he was a teenager but still want to include them to make his collection looks larger. Remove and put it in boxes.

>>7105036
>orchestration and music theory books

based

>>7105036
Put away G. R. R. Martin and those textbooks on the first row. Fill it with music books onyl, it will be based.

>>7100882

Potterfag

>>7101426
Why do you have two copies of Ulysses?

>>7105201
Why would he put away his books, that he bought, read and enjoyed?

Only a pleb would do that.

>>7100322
Don't have a camera on me, so I'll just list them.

Terry Jones and Michael Palin - Dr Fegg's Encyclopaedia of all World Knowledge // James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Ulysses; Finnegans Wake // Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow // John Barth - The Sot-Weed Factor // Richard Feynman - The Character of Physical Law; Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! / John Wyndham - Compilation (Triffids, Kraken, Chrysalids, Seeds, Lichen, Midwich) // Ernest Gowers - The Complete Plain Words // Aristotle - Poetics // Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth // David Byrne - How Music Works // John Cage - Silence // Bertrand Russell - History of Western Philosophy // Viz - Roger's Profanisaurus

I've only read about half of them, though.

>>7105496
>I've only read about half of them, though.

Why do you own all of them then?

>>7105511
why would you only own books that you've read?

>>7105511
Because I plan to read them later.

>>7105521
>buy book
>read it
>buy another
>read it

Do you buy 10 books, then read some of them, then buy another 10?

>>7105531
Wow.

>>7105531
I've been rather lax with reading books for a year or two and I've been meaning to read those I already have, but also I've been getting new ones I want to read later. You must be more up to date than I am.

>>7105534
>>7105521
Seriously, do you buy books for decoration?

>>7105486
We're in a “bookshelves thread” where the whole point is to discuss our bookshelves' aesthetical merit, otherwise we would not bother taking pictures and simply post a list of titles. It would be a “rate and recommend” thread instead. These books must be put away because they're ugly and diminish the value of the bookshelf.

>>7105569
Worst post I've seen on /lit/ this week.

>>7105595
One of your books is floating.

>>7105531
i don't stop myself from accumulating books i find interesting and have some intention to read in the future just because i have unread books. i'm not autistic.

antilibrary, nigga

Well this is one of them

>>7105569
>must

Do whatever the hell makes you happy, anons. Personally I have a shitload of paperback Terry Pratchetts, and I would never hide them in a closet, regardless of how 'un-aesthetic' they are.

>>7105658
>translations
pls go

so many books.
what the fuck do you people do if you have to move house?
do you seriously box all those fucking books up? hot damn.

>>7106215
I just burn them and buy new ones.

>>7105658
Fedt mand.

This is my old. I've moved and yet to set up a new one.

1/2 storeys

>>7107517
This shelf hurts me.

>>7106215
You don't box them, you make piles of around 7-8 books and tie them with a nylon cord and carry them like that.

>>7107517

I'm curious, how are those Dwarves books? I've seen the floating around but dwarves and elves aren't really my shtick.

>>7106215
Yep, banker's boxes will do the trick, it's not too much of a challenge. Granted, I don't have many books.

>>7107517
why do you come to /lit/? what is there for you here?

Wow my phone sure is fucking up quick reply. Tells me I have no file selected or makes a whole new thread sometimes.

Have all of you guys actually read Infinite Jest and other meme books or are they in your shelves for effect?

>>7107681
I haven't read Against the Day or 3/4 of Mason & Dixon. I haven't read Ulysses either.

>>7107670
don't know why you'd be so desperate to post a photo as bad quality as that. might as well have not posted one

>>7107681
Infinite Jest has been a popular book on /lit/ and in the real world since it came out.

Plenty of people read it before Infinite Summer, and judging by the activity of the IS threads, many more people read it this summer.

>>7105410
Like there's something wrong with enjoying Harry Potter :')

>>7105595
Sneaky Herzog

>>7100325
m'lady

>>7104922

Haha, sure thing, Anon. What caught your eye?

>>7107670
why do you store fruit and vegetables on your bookcase

>>7101874
I mean, I haven't read any Pynchon or Joyce, but I really did enjoy Infinite Jest. As for it being an accomplishment? Meh. If deciding to sit down and read such a long book is an accomplishment.

>>7103483
based on the other books i'm going to assume that copy of the bell curve is there ironically

>>7105658

>Min Kamp
>not Mein Kampf

It's always more interesting seeing the stuff that isn't books on these... apart from that bellend who has a sword on the top of the bookcase.

>>7103483
what edition of the aeneid is that?

>>7109930

Well, I picked it up at a thrift shop because I want to read it for myself. I haven't even skimmed it yet. The size is intimidating and I want to be able to devote my attention to it.

So, it's not there ironically. I have a sincere interest to read it through so that I can sincerely disagree with it, if that becomes the case.

>>7109987

That's the Vintage 2nd edition [1985] of Robert Fitzgerald translation.

>>7110082
thank

>>7100339
must be a linux/ GNU user

>>7110258
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>7100361
>Greeks, Greeks, Romans, Greeks, Romans, Greeks, Nietzsche
kek Fucking /lit/, I swear to god...

>>7109804
little bit of everything. i'm guessing there would be more good stuff if i could make out some of the other titles.

>>7110297
kek
>dfw i picked my college major because of a meme

>>7105658
Aha. Det er træls, at dansk er et så begrænset sprog, hva'? Har selvsamme versioner af Jung og Kafka, men det er svært at finde oversættelser på det meste.

>>7100361

Part 1: ;^)

>>7100361

Part 2: excuse all the old out-of-print books from the 60's

>>7110419
mirin'

just wish your translations were better

>>7100361

Part 3: Rate my top shelf, you fucks

>>7110424
>Not having the edition of the Quijote with the study by Ricoeur

>>7110426

Any reccomendations for what I have? I actually do like Rieu

>>7110456
Illiad - Lattimore
Odyssey - Lattimore

Prometheus Bound - Grene/Lattimore
Oresteia - Lloyd-Jones

Theban Plays - Blondell
Ajax - Grene/Lattimore

Medea - Esposito
Bacchae - Esposito
Ion - Grene/Lattimore

Histories - Selincourt/Marincola

>>7110552

All very handy, thanks anon!

>>7105658
>Stephen King - Om at skrive

>>7105658
>Han leser boker oversatt til dansk

Degenerert.

>>7100570
>Rick Owens
>Yohji Yamamoto
>Rei Kawakubo
good taste, but what are those?
lookbooks?

>>7103570
that looks terrifyingly bowed

>>7110847

Big pretty pictures and interviews (mostly old ID magazine interviews)

https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/design/all/02849/facts.rick_owens.htm

This is the back row in it's entirety. Mostly Taschen coffee table book things.

>>7110942

GIVE ME YOUR LAMP BEFORE I TAKE IT FROM YOU.

>>7105658
>reading knausgård in danish

for what purpose?

>>7110961

Never, this one is a very early model that still uses the overpowered P14.5s lights.

Italians loved using automotive bulbs for some strange reason. They are really bright.

>>7110942
>>7111015
what is it?
the design is quite pleasing, and I don't follow/know any interior design

>>7111047

Artemide Tizio table lamp by Richard Sapper from 1971.

Still quite novel due to the perfectly balanced construction no matter the angle you manoeuvre it in. And the way the current travels through the metal frame is still cool. Keeps the frame thin and minimal.

Avoid the modern led, it has a stupid stub on the head (because it get's hot) and is way less powerful, in high mode the old one blasts you with 1500+ Lumens.

>>7103385
you've slain me

>>7103555
Marry me?
btw im a girl

>>7100353

>brent weeks

yay someone else

>>7111156
>someone else
see exactly who
https://www.google.com/searchbyimage?image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.4cdn.org%2Flit%2F1441955407846.jpg

>>7100325
i would be willing to bet that the charles dickens anthology in this picture has never been read

>>7101836

Very patrician. I got like twelve pages into Women and Men before giving up, that's a hard book.

>>7105531

Yeah pretty much.

>>7110430

Those old penguins are cool.

>>7110942

Wow that's pretty nice looking. Those metal articulated lamps are comfy.

>>7111152

I doubt any girl would seriously be interested in me tbh. I am not ugly or anything, just autistic as fuck (which is usually enough to make them uninterested).

I will assume you are a girl and not just some troll for the sake of the reply

What do you guys think about turning this on its side? I think a bookshelf in my apartment looks too tryhard, similar to

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>>7100359

these are the best in the thread, the ones that are closer to the floor or one single row
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>>7100332
>tfw bought both Pihkal and Tikhal years ago but my Dad took them from me because I was a child

I don't have a bookshelf anymore. Not a one.

It's really sad. I had a dozen bookshelves, but they all had to be packed up for the renovations. The builders found out that our house had black mold in the walls, asbestos under the eaves, and it was structurally unsound, so work has ceased for months and months.

All of the books are packed away in dusty old boxes in a shed somewhere, and I'm reading on a kindle app on my computer.

>>7100325
w2c buster sword?

>>7101836
>Women and Men
Where did you find this? Or did you just pay the 150+ needed to procure a copy?

>>7103555
I got a boner randall

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>>7103566
best bookshelf anon totallyneat/10

>>7103658
>remove entire genres
>remove science/how to books
>remove all books
>take down bookshelf
>ride it down nearest mountain like a toboggan
in all seriousness anon chill tf out man, let people read what they want

>>7105595
you have a penguin copy of CoPR. You fucked up m8.

>>7103483
based braun alarm clock

>>7102935
I stole it.
Also
>Translation
DFW isn't that good of a writer tbh

>>7105468
Original / translation

>>7111719

It depends on how many books you have. If that will hold them all, do it. That would actually look kind of nice. I moved recently and it took fucking hours to move all my books. I own hundreds and had to have them in alphabetical order too, of course, so that took forever. I think from now on I'm going to gradually reduce how many books I have or even maybe buy a kindle

>>7110820
wow this is a great pic. mind if I save it?

>>7113469
It's all yours

>>7110820
Hvorfor? King har sgu forfattet mere og bedre end en hipsterbog som dig, habibi. Har du ikke en bog af Foucault du skal tilbage til og lade som om du fatter noget af?

>>7110838
Har du læst Knausgård? Tydeligvis ikke. Jeg har ikke brug for at få mit dansk forurenet af den norske dialekt.

>>7110970
Svaret står i bogerne, fjeldabe.

>>7106161
And you read Dostovjesky in what language? Pls stop trying so hard.

>>7110405
Det værste er at det kan være meget svært at finde gode oversættelser. Lige nu læser jeg Hemingways noveller, oversætteren havde oversat skunk med skunk, det var svært at se for sig da skunkene drak ved flodbredden :)

>>7112931
I actually have two copies. The first I bought on Amazon for ~$50 and the second I got lucky and found for $2 at a library sale.

>>7100322
I feel like keeping these collections of moist dusty paper in a small room like this will just end up poisoning you in some way. You'll wake up with tree growth tickling your tonsils.

>>7100322
:^)

>>7113766
Hvorfor læse oversættelser fra engelsk? Selv Hemingway fortjener da at blive læst på originalsproget, som jeg formoder at du kan læse.

>>7113851
that's why librarians die so young

>>7113992
Forst og fremmest fordi jeg gerne vil styrke mit dansk mest muligt. Og så er der boger jeg har fået, og hvis ikke oversættelsen er decideret dårlig, rynker jeg ikke på næsen af dem. Og jo, jeg læser også boger på engelsk, jeg er bare ikke fanatisk omkring det.

>>7113437

True that, Anon.

>>7114030
Det burde du være.

>>7114093
Måske. Har du argumenter, eller fælder du bare en nem dom ligesom alle de andre kældermennesker man stoder på herinde?

>>7114191
Jeg syntes at prosa er meget smukkere på Engelsk en Dansk. Det er bare ikke et super elegant sprog.

>>7114030
>>7114328
Dansk kan også være smukt, og vi har nogle fremragende forfattere til at bevise det. Grunden til at man bor læse på engelsk når det er muligt er for at få forfatterens ord og beskrivelser - i stedet for en oversætter, som sjældent er på niveau.

>>7114328
>>7114354
Der går noget tabt i en oversættelse, ingen tvivl om det. Samtidig er det vigtigt for mig at dygtiggore mig i dansk. Det er en afvejning.
Engelsk lyder formentlig bedre fordi der er en særlig aura forbundet med fremmedsprog. Der er ikke nær så mange konnotationer og det har dermed noget friskt over sig. Det er vel sagtens det Lolita handler om.

>>7113074

>I got a boner randall

Wait who is Randall? Am I missing something?

>>7113403

Thanks, anon!

>>7114530
Engelsk er ikke et fremmedsprog for mig. Jeg voksede op i USA fra da jeg var helt lille. Jeg syntes bare Dansk ikke lyder nær så elegant på skrift som Engelsk gor. Jeg kunne aldrig forstille mig Under The Volcano på Dansk.

Men som hovedregel læser jeg altid på originalsproget hvis det er muligt.

>>7110405
>begrænset sprog
>Jung og Kafka
>svære at finde på dansk