Why did they let this book go out of print? There's obviously demand for it. The book is commanding hundreds of dollars on the secondary market. I not looking for a copy; I already have one. I'm just wondering how, or why, this came about.

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Anonymous Tue Feb 12 09:38:07 2019 No.12583469 [Reply] [Original]

Why did they let this book go out of print?
There's obviously demand for it. The book is commanding hundreds of dollars on the secondary market. I not looking for a copy; I already have one. I'm just wondering how, or why, this came about.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 09:54:12 2019 No.12583525 >>12583469 It's weird because it's just a problem for the english version because you can easily pick it up for 10 bucks in other languages

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 09:59:59 2019 No.12583538 Demand may have spiked recently with the likes of Pewdiepie drawing attention to the author. Something to consider.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 10:00:44 2019 No.12583540 >>12583469 I've seen a lot of incels namedropping it in last year or two. Online communities of autists probably have something to do with it. Also >buying books

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 10:01:19 2019 No.12583542 >>12583525 The meme status it has is exclusive to the West That translation is supposed to be shit too

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 12:56:11 2019 No.12584305

>>12583469
I read a library copy and have been trying to get my own for a while and can’t make heads or tails of the situation. Friend of mine found a copy for a few bucks somewhere a few years ago. Kind of wonder what the copyright situation is with it. Maybe someone should just type up an electronic copy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 14:29:31 2019 No.12584837 bumping so I can post a d/l link for it

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 14:35:23 2019 No.12584875 >>12584305 >>12584837 for anyone interested: http://www.mediafire.com/file/sw5plkxz4plq0p9/YM_-_S%2526S.pdf/file

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 14:36:57 2019 No.12584889 I'm just gonna print it out double-sided and bind it cheaply

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 14:57:46 2019 No.12585020 >>12583540 Woah - this anon has sex, isn't autistic, and doesn't buy books. Pretty cool guy...

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 15:31:46 2019 No.12585210 >>12583469 I actually sent my name and address to three local booksellers for this book prior to knowing how popular it has become. It's the only translated copy of mishima I'm missing.. guess I can wait since I have the originals.

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:08:15 2019 No.12585435

>>12583469
I can't say for sure, but whereas all of Mishima's literary works are still available, this autobiographical work has been made much more difficult to come by.
for example, the largest book corporation in Canada (Indigo-Chapters) used to carry it - I know, because I remember picking the book up off of a shelf of one of their stores; but now when I search for it on their online store, there isn't even a digital stub showing the book isn't available like I would expect: it's as though it's been intentionally scrubbed from the site:
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/home/search/?keywords=mishima%20yukio
then again, the CEO of this corporation used to brag about her decision not to sell "Mein Kampf" even for research or academic purposes, so this might be a case of them identifying what they consider to be explicitly right-wing literature and screening it out for ideological purposes.
I'm surprised they still carry "Storm of Steel" to be honest...

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:14:19 2019 No.12585473
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>>12583538
Plenty of OoP books get sold for outrageous prices on secondhand market.
https://www.amazon.com/Marble-Cliffs-Ernst-Junger/dp/B001G408YW/
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Being-Ruled-Wyndham-Lewis/dp/0876857535/
I got both these for under 30$ a few years ago

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:14:53 2019 No.12585477

>>12585435

Chapters will sometimes accidentally carry titles. I'm certain of it. I've seen a Marsilio Ficino book from the I Tatti library in more than one location--the same volume in each. It makes no sense for them to carry this random half-Latin volume from an academic press. No one ever buys them either. They are still there years later.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:16:08 2019 No.12585485 >>12585473 >Junger >Wyndham Lewis Logo Daedalus on Twitter is to blame for some of this too, but I don't blame him. It is good that people are reading these books.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:20:24 2019 No.12585508 >>12585485 I also have an English copy of this book and it doesn't even show up on second hand sites anymore https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_failure_of_technology.html?id=jzk4AQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:20:49 2019 No.12585513 >>12583469 Is that 45 bucks for a star wars book behind it? How can they charge that much and not kill themselves in shame?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:21:58 2019 No.12585519 >>12585508 My mistake wrong spelling https://www.amazon.com/Failure-Technology-Perfection-Without-Purpose/dp/B000L6KRNS/

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:31:06 2019 No.12585581 >>12584875 Thank you anon.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:36:20 2019 No.12585609 >>12583469 Because its masculine and fascistic.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:41:48 2019 No.12585639 Huh. Used to own a copy. It's okay.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:44:50 2019 No.12585671 >>12583469 Learn japanese. its not that hard anyway

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:47:19 2019 No.12585686

>>12585477
I recall a small, locked cupboard at the World's Biggest Bookstore which contained the Loeb Classical Library in Greek and Latin, but they also began carrying the I Tatti collection in there when they began publishing them. perhaps it was transferred from there after the WBB closed?
also, I've ordered books from their electronic terminals and picked them up later - perhaps someone ordered it, but never picked up their order?
>>12585581
you're welcome

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:49:22 2019 No.12585698 >>12583469 NYRB should do it. We all know they have interns that lurk here, so go do it you gay fucks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 16:52:50 2019 No.12585716 >>12585686 >perhaps it was transferred from there after the WBB closed? Woah. That's a really cool theory. You may be right!

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 17:59:51 2019 No.12586089 >>12585698 >We all know they have interns that lurk here lol why would you believe something as dumb as this?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:07:04 2019 No.12586142 File: 11 KB, 307x400, 31WAAJPTwjL._AC_SY400_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12583469 Spanish edition is relatively cheap and easy to find.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:09:37 2019 No.12586159 >>12583469 Happens with a ton of old books...lots of shit I want is out of print and sells for over $100. At least Sun and memes is easily found online as digital.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:12:58 2019 No.12586181 File: 205 KB, 640x603, litbros.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12586089 Because it's true

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:29:35 2019 No.12586265

Should I post an untranslated Mishima novel that I've been working on translating into English? It's about 3/4ths of the way done, but I can post the whole work on /lit/ when I'm finished if people are interested.
Probably not near the level of a professional translation, but I've sunk a considerable amount of time into it, and it's better than nothing right?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:34:43 2019 No.12586302 >>12583469 Do people actually pay that? I would sell mine tomorrow if so.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:39:41 2019 No.12586322 >>12586265 >untranslated Mishima novel Yes, post it somewhere. Where do you get untranslated nip novels? I'm dekinaifag but it would be good to know, if I can ever stop being retarded enough to get gud.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:41:09 2019 No.12586329 >>12586265 absolutely. do you have an estimate for when you expect to finish it by?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 18:43:04 2019 No.12586339 >>12585020 Underrated post

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 19:12:18 2019 No.12586470 >>12586322 Amazon brvh

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 19:16:37 2019 No.12586488

>>12586265
I believe there's only one novel that fits this and I'm translating it too, though I wouldn't try to publish because of my professional affinities. Would love to get in touch and exchange notes if you're up for it anon.

>tfw 4 years of playing do-s visual novels trained me for this
And they laughed when I told them I was playing these games to "enhance" my vocab. Now I'm a professional at this, who's laughing now.

>>12586302
Which edition do you have and how much do you want for it? I'm missing one version and I rather support a lit anon than a scalper on ebay.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 20:21:20 2019 No.12586762 >>12586488 >only one untranslated Mishima novel hmm, are you retarded buddy?

Anonymous Tue Feb 12 20:28:45 2019 No.12586818

>>12586470
>payfagging
Well, shit.
>>12586488
>>12586265
But really both of you, any other untranslated japanese lit you have, there's a lot of people who would love to read it if you could share. Drop it somewhere, maybe get it added to the wiki. There's at least five people on /lit/ who would be ecstatic to read it, even if the quality is lousy.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 20:29:57 2019 No.12586825 >>12583469 Lol secondary market. We steal shit

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 20:41:31 2019 No.12586875 >>12586825 my nigga.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 20:45:26 2019 No.12586889 >>12586265 Which one? Any chance it’s 不道徳教育講座?

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 21:22:07 2019 No.12587058 >>12586889 夏子の冒険

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 12 22:26:55 2019 No.12587502 File: 23 KB, 885x301, 12124124.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12583538 You can see the spike of people searching for "Mishima" when Pewdiepie made those videos. I wonder what happened in 2017

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 05:15:10 2019 No.12589124 >>12583469 I was lucky enough to get an original for £10.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 07:35:17 2019 No.12589413 >>12586818 I'm always interested in seeing how other people translate stuff in Japanese. And seeing the original Japanese texts. I dipped my hand in drama cd translations in the past but textual translation is always really beyond me.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 11:23:30 2019 No.12590223 >>12583469 I got the evergreen books copy for 2 dollars at a bookstore a few years back. Still in pretty good condition. I'll sell it to you for 50 bucks OP.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 11:29:24 2019 No.12590246 File: 173 KB, 776x1040, 0202191134[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12583469 Dear pewdiepie. thank you for making me some bank because I bought a 6 dollar meme book recommended by /fit/ in 2011

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 11:41:15 2019 No.12590297 >>12590246 I really like this cover.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 11:49:12 2019 No.12590331 File: 873 KB, 767x804, Capture.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12585473 >>12590246 Oh shit I have that one too

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 11:50:14 2019 No.12590338 >>12590331 and the one for sale is 1985, mine is 1970

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 11:52:39 2019 No.12590348 File: 3.00 MB, 1500x1000, IMG_5218.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>12590246 god damn it I want that edition so bad.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 11:54:55 2019 No.12590361 >>12590348 >"Evergreen" in the corner indicating that it will always be good >They stop printing it

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 12:03:23 2019 No.12590410 File: 1.39 MB, 2240x1294, Screen Shot 2019-02-13 at 12.02.10 PM.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] https://www.ebay.com/itm/142824898079

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 12:14:02 2019 No.12590475 >>12590410 https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30219460849&searchurl=fe%3Don%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dstoner%26an%3Dwilliams%26sgnd%3Don&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title8 >you didnt buy a first edition signed of stoner for 50 dollars in 2007

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 12:54:13 2019 No.12590735 >>12587502 Wave of young men growing up and embracing conservatism and the fit/lit lifestyle.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 15:21:05 2019 No.12591564 >>12590331 >Juenger What the fuck?

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 15:23:28 2019 No.12591573 >>12591564 typical of american umlaut reactionaries midcentury

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 19:10:47 2019 No.12592743 bump

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 19:12:54 2019 No.12592757 >>12587502 Pewdiepie didn't start reading/shilling Mishima until 2018 so who knows what happened in 2017.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 19:23:55 2019 No.12592793 >>12590475 >just get it at the library anon! I really fucking hate myself for not buying a first edition Temple of the Golden Pavilion when I had the chance.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 22:07:46 2019 No.12593707 >>12586181 NYRB publishes many fine translations, but aside from Pankaj Mishra's defamatory "Jordan Peterson & Fascist Mysticism" article, the only excuse I have for disliking them is the partisan delight exhibited in that tweet.

>>	Anonymous Wed Feb 13 22:15:29 2019 No.12593752 >>12583469 It's absolutely unreadable

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