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22361647 No.22361647 [Reply] [Original]

It's shelf time again

>> No.22361693

>>22361647
Petersburg. Unbelievably based. Tho I prefer the McDuff translation

>> No.22361798

>>22361647
You have not read a single one of those books. Dont even try to defend yourself, some of those books are impossible to read without cracking the spines, even doing that one trick. Hope it was worth the ~$400 buying all these just to post this worthless thread, fag.

>> No.22361899

>>22361647
Is that a penguin classic? What the fuck is wrong with you?

>> No.22362017

>>22361693
One of my favorites; I've been meaning to re-read it

>>22361899
It's a few Penguin Classics, actually

>> No.22362032

>>22362017
kill yourself

>> No.22362042

>>22362032
Will do, thanks for the advice

>> No.22362057

>>22361647
>Not a single crease in any of those spines
I have reached the apex of Mount Topzozzle.

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>>22361798
spinecracking is the biggest meme on /lit/. rolling the cover like picrel makes the covers flare out but doesn't result in a cracked spine

>> No.22362180

>>22361647
What version of Dubliners is that? Also great taste.

>> No.22362192

>>22362180
the Dover edition you fucking retard

>> No.22362232

>>22361798
I’ve never cracked the spines on any book I’ve read

>> No.22362283

>>22361798
I have only cracked the spine of a particularly small edition of Lolita, all my other books have their spines uncracked (even my Moby Dick penguin)

>> No.22362306

>>22361647
This is a really good shelf, anon
I would never get bored with something like this

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>>22361798
The Rockwell Kent Moby Dick cost me 8 dollars. The first edition Confederacy of Dunces was like 5 bucks.

>>22362057
I take the jackets off first.

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>>22362232
I have on older books like these.

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>>22362760
>>22362767
I'm in the midst of planning a sixth shelf. The closets bulge. The stacks interfere with walking. The books need a home.

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>>22362771
You guys like Nineveh?

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I just added this early 19th century Atala from Chateaubriand to the stacks.

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The old loeb stack. The whole of Dio is at the top. And Livy

>> No.22362825
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I keep the dick in the back, with all the Chandler, Nabokov, and hammet

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>>22361647
1/2
Almost entirely thrift store finds btw fuck buying books.

>> No.22362835

>>22362192
:(

>> No.22362843

>>22362192
Wow! Tell him how you *really* feel!

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>>22362835
Seems unfairly harsh. I have lots of dover and think they're great.

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>>22362833
2/2
I have never cracked a spine in my life but I will openly admit I haven't read all of these yet either.
I have read plenty of books outside my shelf (library, ereader, reading entire books in barnes and noble instead of buying them, etc) so it's fine.

>> No.22362851

>>22362844
I've also been collecting the nyrb cheapies

>> No.22362852
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>>22362851
Pic related

>> No.22362866

What do you crackers have against Penguin classics? I love my copy of Cannery Row

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>>22361647
Don’t feel like posting all my book cases but here’s part of one

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>> No.22363352

>>22363337
these a couple piles on the coffee table too. maybe I should get a new bookcase. or downsize.

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OP not reading the books as usual.
Here is my copy of monte cristo that I am reading at the moment, no cracking of the spine, but its wrinkled and the edges are faded from where my hand holds the spine. 700 pages in.

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>> No.22363661

Is Clockwork orange better or worse than its movie counterpart?

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Books are nice.

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>> No.22363715

>>22362833
Look at all the first edition ASOUE... My dream

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let me guess, you need more

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Hello once again, fellow intellectuals!

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>>22363830
Hey :)

>> No.22363844

>>22363609
>no cracking of the spine
>pic
There are literally no spine tumescences on ANY of my books.

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>>22363708
It's a mixed bag of greatness and shit (sorry but Martin and King are hacks), and we have many books in common.

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>>22363634
Tidy, I like it

>> No.22364094

>>22362032
what is wrong with Penguin Classics?

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>>22361647

my 2023 wfh shelf

>> No.22364110

Where the fuck is the updated shelf that saved /sffg/
Anon you said you were gonna post it

>> No.22364130

>>22362888
Kaufman is kind of a punk, but I figure his Goethe is the translation to read.

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sure whatever

>> No.22364909

Moving into a dorm soon. What are some cheap ways to store books? I'll do boxes if I have to, since I don't want to spend too much on a shelf

>> No.22365414

>>22364909
rubber bands holding the book to the springs of the mattress frame

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my big dick gentoo using irc fren posted this

>> No.22365451

>>22361647
Solid but basic. Also organize your shit

>> No.22365550

>>22363671
I want to smell this bookshelf

>> No.22365575

>>22364094
I've long enjoyed their cover designs. So simple and classy.

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>>22362779
Very nice collection.

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>>22363735
The Sega Master System title is a nice touch.

>> No.22365607

>>22364094
The spines and covers are too uniform and they tarnish easily. Oxford covers are better but a shelf of solid white spines is weird.

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>>22365587
Thanks

>> No.22365803

>>22363715
I found all of them together (sans 12) and the unauthorized autobiography in a thrift shop. They have some kid's name in pen written in the box on the first page. Ironically, 12 is the one I bought a bit before (I started finding them one at a time, and thought to buy them) but that got lost to a flood. So it begins again, my search for 12 (or I'll just search ebay or something)

>> No.22365820

>>22361647
Why isn't the rate drakes stack faggot in this thread I miss him

>> No.22365826

>>22365820
Serving his 3 day for spamming

>> No.22365901

>>22361647
Why are all you niggers putting books all over the shelves, this is a shelf thread for admiring furniture.

>> No.22365911

>>22365436
>crosley
bruv

>> No.22366010

>>22361647
>Not organised in height order

>> No.22366016

>>22361798
Is it just me but cracking the spine actually makes the book more awkward to hold. Maybe I'm just doing it wrong but I definitely bend the covers a lot.

>> No.22366069

>>22363661
Honestly they're both pretty good. But in my opinion the movie wins out because of the soundtrack

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>>22361647

>> No.22366411

>>22366389
Most of these have clearly never been read

>> No.22366431

>>22365416
Kek

>> No.22366982

>>22361798
I have a copy of W&P in front of me with an uncracked spine. I'm not saying you're right or wrong, but that's a pretty big book and it looks fine. If you just read in bed or at your desk your books won't get the fucked up. I have other ones I brought in my backpack to work along with my lunch and other assorted trash that are messed up though.

>> No.22367221

>>22364090
Based Tove Jansson enjoyer

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>>22366411
>Excuse me, you didn't break your spines so you clearly haven't read them

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>>22367307
>Do I spot some unread books on there? The purpose of a bookshelf is clearly for it to exclusively keep books on there one has already read, because why else would you have a bookshelf?

>> No.22367329

>>22361647
OP did you get that shelf from Ikea? I think we have the exact same shelf.

>> No.22368772

>>22366389
Hallo Nappy, some cool stuff like Kondylis but that Nietzsche release is shitty
How is the binding on the old Spengler release?

>>22366411
If I recall correctly he even admitted (on Twitter) that he hasn't read many of them, so I don't get why he's trying to deny it in >>22367307

>> No.22368789

>>22366389
Also please tell if that Spengler book by Conte is any good

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>>22361647
is this image a shelf or a chapter?

>> No.22368870

>>22367307
They're completely pristine man, they look like they've barely been handled. It's a shelf designed to project an image

>>22367310
There should at least be some books that look like they've been read. And besides, for that sort of stuff you would keep it around to reference later, right?

>> No.22369171

OP, how is Invitation to a Beheading? I've been interested in reading it for a while

>> No.22369201
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>>22361647
Not my whole library but a section of books that I got recently, am reading, rereading, or want to read soon

>> No.22369245

>>22362779
How much did that 'Nineveh and its Remains' cost you?

>> No.22369251

>>22362791
Kino. I would take all of it. Are you a student?

>> No.22369454

>>22361647
What did you think of Updike and do you plan on finishing the series?

>> No.22369481

>>22362771
that looks like a full set of folio editions of anthony trollope and thomas hardy
i have a few of those myself. nicely done anon
don't know why you have some of that other junk though

>> No.22369515

>>22363735
>Wonder Boy III
How very french of you. Based, nevertheless.

>> No.22370589

>>22369251
Academic who prefers paper copies.

>>22369245
$30.00. I didnt really want it, but it was too cheap!

>>22369481
It's only half of the almost 50 trollopes, what junk? Some is sentimental

>> No.22370592

>>22369515
I sold a copy of this for a hundred bucks five years ago, I fucking love the first level. It's great (I grew up with a Sega master system and 50 games)

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>>22363675
Some more books. Gotta read some classics these next few months but after that it's back to weird old shit.

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>>22370613

>> No.22371564

>>22368772
>Hallo Nappy
It's a small world, nicht wahr?
>How is the binding on the old Spengler release?
In perfect condition
>>22368870
>There should at least be some books that look like they've been read.
If you actually looked close enough, you'd see some signs of them having been read like for example the introductory philosophy books, the Nietzsche secondary literature right before his completed works, the sloterdjik books (especially #3, that spine is unfortunately beginning to break)

>> No.22371572

Always find it amusing when people complain about books looking unread. Funnily enough, a couple of my books printed over 100 years ago were sometimes unread until I took their virginity.

>> No.22371579

>>22368789
I applaud you for your eyesight for even being able to discern the name of the author of this tiny book. Unfortunately there's very little secondary literature on Spengler so I'm glad this book exists. It's academic but not dry, critical of Spengler but not from an obnoxious, holier-than-thou liberal perspective so I can definitely recommend it.

>> No.22371583

>>22371572
Some anons just don’t want to believe some anons do in fact read, I guess

>> No.22371686

>>22365416
What chair is that?

>> No.22371722

For those of you with large libraries, how often do you re-read or at least reference the books you have?

>> No.22371775

>>22361647
I guess it all depends on the type of book and the size but my copy of the idiot is cracked to fuck, op's is untouched. Spbp

>> No.22371794 [DELETED] 

>>22370592
the whole game is great, especially the music. you should try finishing it in emulation

>> No.22371797

>>22370592
the whole game is great, especially the music. you should try finishing it in emulation if you haven't

>> No.22371921

>>22361647
Thanks to these threads, I've come to the realisation that only anglos and germans browse this board

>> No.22372610

>>22371921
And that's a good thing.

>> No.22372693

>>22362953
Come on man post another picture. I cannot make out the titles.

>> No.22372699

>>22363609
This is more noticeable on Penguins since they use the fairly cheap black on their sides. Even the slightest agitation makes it flake.

>> No.22372718

>>22372699
Don’t open it more than 90 degrees and nothing will happen to the book

>> No.22372931

>>22369454
I really liked Rabbit, Run, but it's been years now since I read it without moving on to any of his other work. I oughta go back.

>> No.22373043

posters in this thread (board) only need to read Sokal and Bricmont. Then just maybe they won't be complete clowns.

>> No.22373098

>>22368772
>If I recall correctly he even admitted (on Twitter)
What's his @?

>> No.22373335

>>22373098
>What's his @?
Telling you would be rude. Also not much point in asking since he deleted his old tweets.

>> No.22373352

>>22373098
>>22373335
Ah, whatever: @Nappy_iii

>> No.22373527

>>22365416
Get a tv stand or make one with books for peak comfy

>> No.22373949

>>22365416
Anon...

>> No.22374635
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>> No.22374638

>>22374635
based peakechad

>> No.22375149

>>22373352
>>22373335
Well thanks anyways. I can't read german but fortunately Twitter provides translations. Seems he shifted from talking about politics to talking about women.
>>22371564
Is Nappy_III supposed to be a reference to Napoleon the Third?

>> No.22375338

>>22374635
Take away the grrm and it'd be respectable