/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.13438933]

Post your bookshelf

[Anonymous No.13438983]

>>13438933
No that’s not why we read, we don’t seek validation from strangers through having pretty coloured books, start an intriguing discussion on literature or fuck off

[Anonymous No.13438999]

>>13438983
Shut up dumbo

[Anonymous No.13439025]

>>13438933
where are the books

[Anonymous No.13439103]

[Anonymous No.13439503]

Nice kippah, my friend. What is your favourite of Lovecraft's work?

[Anonymous No.13439508]

[Anonymous No.13439554]

>>13439508

[Anonymous No.13439623]

>>13438933
OP, our /bst/s are weirdly alike
>thinkpad + (apparently) gnu autismo
>laptop on the right as second monitor, main monitor on the left
>shelf extremely similar and on a similar position
>poster above shelf also on a similar position

[Anonymous No.13439625]

>>13438983
This is just as pretentious as—and a lot more exasperating than—the people using the bookshelves as mere props. You can have interesting thoughts on the content of the lit and take pride in your personal library at the same time. They are not mutually exclusive.

[Anonymous No.13439628]

>>13438933
Which one? I own thousands of books and several bookshelves.

[Anonymous No.13439648]

[Anonymous No.13439657]

>>13439648

[Anonymous No.13439659]

>>13439648
What's the random bell in the corner for?

[Anonymous No.13439664]

>>13439657

[Anonymous No.13439669]

>>13439664


>>13439659
It was just a gift a long time ago and it’s nice to fiddle with sometimes idk lol

[Anonymous No.13439678]

>>13439669
That copy of Phenomenology looks like it's actually been opened. Did you read it?

[Anonymous No.13439687]

>>13439678
I've read a third so far. It's been taking a long time since I've been reading it alongside Hyppolite's commentary
It's damn fun reading, but it can be pretty difficult

[Anonymous No.13439772]

>>13438999
This, kek. Tom Clancy

[Anonymous No.13439786]

>>13438933
>Tom Clancy
>China Mieville
>WWZ
Never post here again.

[Anonymous No.13439903]

>>13438933
>jew cap

Gibe brain genes

[Anonymous No.13440019]

>>13438933
I have a drawer

[Anonymous No.13440055]

>>13438933
Kill yourself, narcissistic slut

[Anonymous No.13440061]

It's been a while anons.

[Anonymous No.13440079]

>>13440061
How many Divine Comedy copies are those? lmao just read a bilingual edition for god's sake.

[Anonymous No.13440182]

>>13440061
bottom's dream mogging everyone

>>13440055
no fun allowed. bet you are an e-book pleb

[Anonymous No.13440190]

>>13438933
>monster
>cowboy peepoo
shit and actually embarrassing anime taste desu

[Anonymous No.13440198]

>>13440061
Are you Chinese?

[Anonymous No.13440219]

>>13440061
>Two copies of The Recognitions
>Dozens of Divine Comedy and Faust editions
>Gabler's version of Ulysses
Just what the fuck are you doing, mate? You're only lacking P&V's War and Peace to be a total weirdo.

[Anonymous No.13440258]

>>13439664
Is reading volumes 2 and 3 of Capital worth it?

[Anonymous No.13440400]

>>13439508
kek

[Anonymous No.13440736]

>>13440219

Is the PV short works close enough?

[Anonymous No.13440850]

>>13440061
ugly women and men reprint 2/10

[Anonymous No.13440877]

>>13439648
I seriously have to admit that is one of the better book shelves I have seen on here.

[Anonymous No.13442146]

hm

[Anonymous No.13442889]

>>13439623
Anon, I need to know what that thiccpad's stand is.

[Anonymous No.13443007]

>>13442889
just a regular stand my father bought in some store, not american and don't know brand or name so can't link it.
The black plastic with a orange dot slides through the metal, so you can choose the angle of the laptop. It's set to be as straight as possible so as to be tall

[Anonymous No.13443021]

>>13439508
lel

[Anonymous No.13443176]

>>13439554
>halo 3: ODST

nice, respect

[Anonymous No.13443201]

shiet! why not style on u nigguhs?

[Anonymous No.13443231]

this is what it's like to work at a used book store

bottom right = my most recent acquisitions which i will probably read in 5 or 6 years idk

[Anonymous No.13443250]

>>13443231
nice place, nice vinyl collection too

[Anonymous No.13443270]

>>13443201
*mild earthquake*

[Anonymous No.13443274]

>>13440061
are you also not planning on touching bottoms dream anytime soon?

[Anonymous No.13443278]

>>13440019
based practical poster

[Anonymous No.13443485]

>>13439623
What's the baby laptop for?

[Anonymous No.13443612]

I can't stop fucking buying second hand books, it's probably 50% of my spare cash each week going to them
top shelf is all my backlog

[Anonymous No.13443627]

>>13443274
I read around 1/3 of it. It was pretty enjoyable!
>>13440198
What do you think?
>>13440079
Some of them are bilingual.

[Anonymous No.13443649]

>buying translations
lol

[Anonymous No.13443714]

>>13439508

[Anonymous No.13443740]

>>13440061
have sex with me

[Anonymous No.13443769]

>>13443649
sorry lemme just learn German before I read half the philosophers on the planet
>Sorry kids, before I can teach you 'cogito ergo sum' you have to learn French AND Latin
Borges wrote exclusively in Spanish
Maybe practice your Japanese before reading Murakami

Fuck you

[Anonymous No.13443803]

>>13443612
Are you irish? Do you want to be my friend? Please reply or your mother will die in her sleep tonight

[Anonymous No.13443831]

>>13443803
I am everyone's friend my friend :)

[Anonymous No.13443834]

>>13438933
Poster link? Shit's dope

[Anonymous No.13443922]

>>13439625
but these threads only serve the prupose of showing of, which, while being interesting once in a wihile. dosen't warrent them being created almost every day.

[Anonymous No.13443952]

>>13443485
for everything. My desktop died and I've been using that x200 as main computer. The monitor is connected to it.
It's a core2duo with 4RAM but using gnu/linux on it it runs smooth as hell, no problems so far.
It was good because had been meaning to quit gaming so life solved it for me, only game I've ever played on this laptop was doom 1 lmao

[Anonymous No.13443953]

>>13443834
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/see+you+space+cowboy+posters

https://www.etsy.com/listing/213576068/large-cowboy-bebop-poster-spike-spiegel

[Anonymous No.13443955]

>>13443831
Yes but I want to be more friends with you, I have a fetish for irishcels

[Anonymous No.13443970]

>>13438933

[Anonymous No.13443979]

[Anonymous No.13444010]

>>13440061
Finally someone's who's hopefully read more than 10 books in their life. Kek.

[Anonymous No.13444025]

>>13443979
i got an ipad last year and i like browsing through the book app to see what's popular. ipad owners read the weirdest fucking shit i swear it's not even NYT best seller stuff

[Anonymous No.13444124]

>>13438933
>mmm cowboy bepop.............. epic.........
>he is smoking the cigarette deep in thought..............
>i also smoke cigarette when i nightwalk.........

[Anonymous No.13444264]

>>13443627
I'd imagine its enjoyable if you know English well enough. I bought Schmidt's collected short stories a year ago, or so, and I had to look up words on almost every page. Reading stops being fun when it's that fragmented. But I am working hard on expanding my vocabulary. Hope to be able to read Bottom's Dream (without difficulty) in two or three years.

[Anonymous No.13444360]

I don't have a lot of shelf space, so I try to get as much as I can in there.

[Anonymous No.13444365]

>>13443955
why

[Anonymous No.13444378]

>>13444124

What's the point of a nightwalk if you don't smoke a cigarette

[Anonymous No.13444465]

>mfw when people barely have a stack of books and 9/10 of them are popcorn

why?????????

[Anonymous No.13444639]

Posting

[Anonymous No.13444649]

>>13444639
1/3

[Anonymous No.13444655]

>>13444649
2/3

[Anonymous No.13444665]

>>13444655
3/3

[Anonymous No.13444670]

>>13444639
thoughts on Xenophon's History of my Times and what I assume but for the glare to be Forbidden Colours by Mishima

I liked the Anabasis and all of Mishima's work but Confessions of a Mask was almost a bit too gay for me

[Anonymous No.13444702]

>>13444670
Well Xenophon I just class as a continuation of Herodotus and Thucydides and the pelopponesian war in history of my times. It’s decent, but Thucydides is he best of the 3. And no that’s sea of fertility which I have as a single book.

[Anonymous No.13444956]

>>13444365
Because you sound like a very interesting man I'd like to become acquainted with

[Anonymous No.13444991]

>>13444264
Yeah, I think it's best to read some of his shorter stuff to get a sense of how he thinks about structures and his unique punctuation system.

Did you try Nobodaddy's Children? The three novellas in that collection are some of his earlier works and IMO fairly easy to follow while giving you an intro to his style.

[Anonymous No.13445209]

>>13440061
lol at all the jealous anons, this is based also nice BUTT magazine compendium lol

[Anonymous No.13445216]

>he reads physical books

[Anonymous No.13445239]

>>13443231
are you gonna finish proust?

[Anonymous No.13445376]

>>13438933
These threads are always a bit odd. Do people really only have one bookshelf? Does OP seriously only own 30 books? I accumulate more than that most weeks, and it would take a long time to post photos of everything (not to mention the double-row problem). Do people just have one "perfect" bookcase or shelf with the books they think will impress strangers the most? It seems like that would ruin your sorting, even if it's just by subject or period. I'd rather keep things semi-organized: my library is for family use, not for our rare visitors (or to generate insults on 4chan). Still, I love finally having a house so the books can be accessible and occupy two pleasant rooms. I suppose I could just show individual day scores from local library bookstores and thrift stores, or a few favourites. Here are my original Chiswick lectures by William Morris, collected over some time.

[Anonymous No.13445393]

>>13439664
>>13439669
pretty nice collection. You should pick up some baudrillard.

[Anonymous No.13445404]

>>13440061
all those divine comedy copies and you still haven't got the best translation.

[Anonymous No.13445521]

>>13445376
I love you Morris anon. Never change.

[Anonymous No.13445595]

[Anonymous No.13445599]

>>13439623
who doesn't have a thinkpad to go wih their main rig

[Anonymous No.13445647]

>>13440061
not a single spine is crack on any of your books

[Anonymous No.13445994]

[Anonymous No.13446133]

>>13445376
You sound like such an insufferable faggot.

[Anonymous No.13446198]

>>13438933

[Anonymous No.13446247]

>>13443201
Are you from Sweden? That looks like Anna Karenina in two parts in the bottom left row.

[Anonymous No.13446283]

>>13438933
CEO of duckduckgo was fined for selling info from his last "privacy venture" you're wasting your time anon

[Anonymous No.13446341]

>>13439508
>>13446198
OH NO NO NO LOOK MOM THEY DID IT AGAIN AHAHAHA SO FUNNY AHAHAHAHA OH NO NO NO

[Anonymous No.13446846]

>>13443007
I see, that's actually not a bad mechanism, didn't encounter such a stand when going through the cheapest chinkshit on Aliexpress, guess I'll have to look elsewhere. Thanks for the info mate

[Anonymous No.13447311]

[Anonymous No.13447351]

people really arent marxists in 2019?

[Anonymous No.13447363]

>>13447351
I have an IQ in the triple digits so no I'm not a marxshit.

[Anonymous No.13447388]

>>13447363
makes sense, then. sub-1000 IQ "people" are really something, eh?

[Anonymous No.13447399]

>>13447388
he's sentient

[Anonymous No.13447508]

>>13439554
>3 Trump books
Why?

[Anonymous No.13447510]

>>13445521
I'm surprised anyone recognized me. I don't think I've been here many months (heavy teaching load). I found a nice turn-of-the-century book on Palmistry, though.

[Anonymous No.13447516]

>>13446133
I suppose I might be. Is that uncommon here? I do like Morris, though.

[Anonymous No.13447520]

>>13440061
based. We'll all get there some day bros

[Anonymous No.13447572]

>>13445376
>>13447516
Are you autistic or just really old?

[Anonymous No.13447579]

>>13440061
>Solzhenitsyn

based and CIA-pilled

[Anonymous No.13447591]

>>13439623
Books in the dark; computers in the light. This is the last time they spoke as friends.

[Anonymous No.13447629]

>>13447572
"Really old" (40s). Morris was the subject of my doctorate, though, which is why I ended up with so many books connected to him.

[Anonymous No.13447642]

>>13447629
You really do type like a 40 year old

[Anonymous No.13447648]

>>13447579
are you the gommunist above? your dog looks gay

[Anonymous No.13447658]

>>13447629
Why even browse /lit/?

[Anonymous No.13447694]

>>13445376
>>13447629
>>13447516
what a tragic waste of time to read a whole bookshelf of fucking art history on one person

reading art history and studying it for years is bad enough but to be essentially the brain-slave of some literally whos ghost, I feel sorry for you, you crusty boomer faggot

[Anonymous No.13447703]

>>13447658
I've had the odd pleasant exchange here, but it's mostly work-related curiosity. One of my students referenced this place years back, and I wandered in (it didn't seem so randomly hostile then). It was interesting to see the opinions and debates of literature from people who seem to be roughly the peer group of my university classes. Obviously this board is very much its own world, but it still seems to give a different perspective on the generation (or the subset of it that might study books). In class, it's almost impossible to get most students to speak at all, let alone energetically debate literature. That said, I often wander away for months at a time, and I don't contribute often.

[Anonymous No.13447706]

>>13447694
>reading bad

[Anonymous No.13447712]

>>13447694
That kind of focused research is how one gets a doctorate and is allowed to teach university courses. Morris is hardly the limit of my life's interests or studies. I have roughly five thousand books, and I teach a wide range of topics.

[Anonymous No.13447715]

>>13447706
I don't think that's what he's implying.

[Anonymous No.13447721]

>>13447703
I am a young adult with a fascination for literature, I also thankfully read the books that I buy, as someone who may in the future build up an expansive library by simply going through the motions of finishing a book and then starting a new one, would you say is it worth it to get such a huge library like yours just for a one man personal use?
On one hand I'm always happy to read something new and having the actual books around is a joy in and of itself, it's also something I could pass on to my kids eventually, heck, I love to be able to just reach for a book when I want to look up something instead of reaching for a phone or my PC, but sometimes I think about it and the amount of books I keep just gets silly, not to mention how in the future my collection might surpass some local libraries and whatnot, just freaks me out a bit I guess, and just imagining the amount of money spent on books as is and how much more I will spend is an intimidating thought.

[Anonymous No.13447748]

>>13447721
I'd say a moderate library is a wonderful thing, and both my wife and I love walking up to the shelves and picking out something we'd forgotten about or have been waiting for the right mood to read. Our collection is a bit excessive these days, because I can rationalize the acquisition of almost anything (I might use it for a course, it might be handy for an article), and publishers send you books for review or course adoption all the time. I don't find e-readers comfortable, so I stick mostly with material books, but I do find a lot through local library bookstores and thrift shops ($1-3 a book), which makes them very hard to pass up (even if I already have it, I might pick it up for a friend or because my old edition is in worse shape). I do have two children and hope they'll make good use of the library, but I have other plans if they don't want them. Now and then I cull the shelves and donate a few bags back to the libraries. As habits go, it seems a fairly 'gentle madness.'

[Anonymous No.13447750]

>>13439103
Who is it on the painting?

[Anonymous No.13447753]

>>13444639
Those Oxford Classics are sweet

I read Diogenes and found it really interesting, any recs ?

[Anonymous No.13447765]

>>13447703
>One of my students referenced this place years back
what kind of weird student recommends /lit/ to a professor?

[Anonymous No.13447769]

>>13447712
one of the many problems with universities is the profound amount of niche bullshit that allows individuals like you to sink their claws in and retain a position pushing pulp in to rootlessly rich young retards heads though

ART FUCKING HISTORY my got, can anyone conceive a greater justification of Pol Pot

[Anonymous No.13447795]

>>13447769
I don't teach art history, but thanks for sharing.

[Anonymous No.13447801]

>>13447795
probably something equally ridiculously compact

[Anonymous No.13447811]

>>13447765
It arose from a conversation about a paper he had submitted. I was wondering where some of his ideas had originated, and he explained about this board (apparently he had asked for input about his thesis idea).

[Anonymous No.13447823]

>>13447811
absolute madlad

[Anonymous No.13447847]

>>13445376
I dont even have full bookshelf and am soon to be 30. There are places outside of burgerland and first world. Books are just too expensive when you have to import them. I am talking about classics and philosophy because there arent many good translations here and they are more expensive than import. I think I owned only something like 30-40 books in my life. To put it into perspective imagine you earn 500, everything is as expensive as in the west and even more and books cost min 15-20 for some light lit. You would be happy to buy that complete plato you always wanted and had to put money aside for months. You have to import though as there is no complete plato in my language.

[Anonymous No.13447876]

>>13447847
well then you shouldn't have been born a third world shitter.

[Anonymous No.13447917]

>>13447847
I'm sorry to hear that. Yes, we're very lucky: between used book stores and the internet, it's easy to access most books for a decent price in North America.

[Anonymous No.13447973]

>>13447917
It is. I mostly got used to read pdfs and sometimes when I want a classic huge text like plato I buy it when it is cheaper. Although you dont have that much time reading here. Most people work 12hours a day so your life is shorter and you have to choose wisely what you read or dont, most people dont reat at all. There are nearly no used book stores and only book stores that sell literature is for kids and harlequin novels for thirsty women. Libraries are also places for children. It is a sad state of a failed country that got utterly destroyed in the past.

[Anonymous No.13448021]

>>13447973
Where do you live?

[Anonymous No.13448095]

>>13448021
I live in eastern part of slovakia. The capital is okayish if you own a house there but if your skills are not in demand or if you dont have connections you are facing a life of work that pays you just enough to survive. It is normal to work 8-7 or similar + commute for something like 500 euros if you are not a doctor/tech or have huge luck. Libraries are empty deserts, open only 8-4 so not for anyone working and they are closed on weekends so they are useless. Book stores are moslty foreign corporations and they are very expensive. Life is bearable in the west part though if you can get lucky job or know something in demand.

[Anonymous No.13448125]

>>13447769
thanks antifa

[Anonymous No.13448534]

>>13445376
This is entirely why I struggle with /lit/ sometimes. While I love seeing these curated battlestations, I also have a hard time making sense of it. I accumulate and donate books regularly so my collection never stays the same for very long, plus half of the niche texts are stored away for space. Maybe that's unusual in modern times. How were you keeping your books prior to getting your house? I'm in the market but it's a slow uphill battle due to the demand in my area. Advice appreciated!

On a personal note, do you have favorites within your collection? I would love to see them, especially the sentimental ones.

>>13447694
It's not a waste of time to read and learn about something which interests you even if it doesn't interest many others, don't be like that anon. It would be a tragedy to life a dictated by the whims of those around you.

[Anonymous No.13448600]

>>13447508
I bet he hasn't even read them

[Anonymous No.13448710]

>>13444639
I have those Argonath bookends too.

[Anonymous No.13448795]

>>13448710
how epic is that?

[Anonymous No.13449153]

>>13447648
its a cat

[Anonymous No.13449194]

>>13440061
Are you the guy with the cat?

[Anonymous No.13449236]

>>13439648
what did you think of Malcolm X's life?
genuinely interested

[Anonymous No.13449952]

>>13447753
Xenophon expedition of Cyrus
Virgil Aeneid
Hesiod theogony and works and days

[Anonymous No.13449986]

>>13449194
no but i have another cat

[Anonymous No.13450032]

>>13447351
>Hey materialists check out all the material I own on owning materialists
wew

[Anonymous No.13450097]

>>13447706
Was... was that really your takeaway?

[Anonymous No.13450113]

>post your bookshelf
>20 books

and now you realise why /lit/ is shit

[Anonymous No.13450554]

>>13449986
>>13449194
KOT

[Anonymous No.13450592]

>>13438933
holy fuck
such a tryhard generic omg so underground taste

[Anonymous No.13451062]

>>13447703
Oh I remember you! You have all the middle english literature. Do you know a good translation for the Stanziatic Life of Christ, the original St. Patrick's Purgatory, and the Siege of Jerusalem

[Anonymous No.13451086]

>>13439669

You suck and I hate you

[Anonymous No.13451235]

Lots of old stuff. Should fix my collection.

[Anonymous No.13451311]

>>13445994
tan wenos los bolaños

[Anonymous No.13451330]

[Anonymous No.13451340]

I hate dustcovers, am I faggot for taking all mine off?

[Anonymous No.13451376]

>>13439508
Why are you all so mean...

[Anonymous No.13451440]

>>13451340
>I hate dustcovers, am I faggot for taking all mine off?
You're supposed to take them off when reading and put them back on when on the shelf

[Anonymous No.13451453]

>>13451440
That seems like more work than necessary for some pictures and summary text. Is dust harmful to books?

[Anonymous No.13452403]

:)

[Anonymous No.13452452]

>>13443176
cumtown poster

[Anonymous No.13452502]

>>13452403
are you a boomer?

[Anonymous No.13452614]

>>13452502
Nah I'm 25 years old.

[Anonymous No.13452643]

>>13452614
>25
anon I ...

[Anonymous No.13453031]

>>13438933

[Anonymous No.13453099]

I am deeply suspicious of anyone who frames a poster.

[Anonymous No.13453192]

>>13439103
hoarder

[Anonymous No.13453243]

>>13447748
Is that a good abridgement of Gibbon?

[Anonymous No.13453399]

>>13438933
I like it. No pretension and your interests are clear

>>13439103
Looks like a comfy used bookstore

>>13439508
>>13446198

this is a pic of you not your bookshelf

>>13439554
bait

>>13439623
>all le big books
>muh thinkpad
>GNU Loonix

>>13439657
>>13439648
>>13439664
>>13439669
>>13447351

must be a student

>>13440019
>>13443612

I like it

>>13440061
>>13445994
>>13447311
>>13447516

too much, pretentious, boring

>>13443201
>>13443231
>>13443274
>>13444360
>>13444639
>>13444649
>>13444655
>>13444665

disgusting

[Anonymous No.13453669]

>>13447769
what's wrong with studying art history?

[Anonymous No.13453699]

>>13453669
might as well ask what's wrong with being gay and or a nigger

[Anonymous No.13453724]

>>13453699
im genuinely asking because im about to study it

[Anonymous No.13453806]

>>13453031
Why are you blurring out your hentai?

[Anonymous No.13453845]

[Anonymous No.13453851]

>>13439508
lmao

[Anonymous No.13453930]

>>13451311
>5994
Da besttttt

[Anonymous No.13455351]

>>13445595
Fuck all y'all for skipping my bookshelf

[Anonymous No.13455495]

>>13455351
get some real books :)

[Anonymous No.13455501]

>>13455495
But I'm not some do-nothing commie

[Anonymous No.13455506]

>>13446341
>dood let me post my bookshelf so you can see how friggin SMART i am xDD

You fags deserve to be mocked. Kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.13455587]

>>13445595
>5595
A lot of crap there, seems like a teenagers bookshelf.

[Anonymous No.13455609]

>>13455587
What are those numbers

[Anonymous No.13455706]

>>13439508
/FA/ is down the hall, on the left. Just listen for all the queefing from the faggits.

[Anonymous No.13455774]

Admittedly, I largely stopped buying physical books years ago after I got my first Kindle.

[Anonymous No.13456419]

>>13439554
>Two copies of a Cernovich book in case you lose one
Good call

[Anonymous No.13456559]

>>13439554
yikes

[Anonymous No.13457006]

>>13445994
>Foster Wallace
>en español

[Anonymous No.13457325]

>>13457006
Márquez said that the English translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude was better than the original, and I don't see why that might not be the case with DFW especially seeing as he hadn't any talent.

[Anonymous No.13458417]

>>13447311
Based. I can't read the titles but there are clearly a lot of STEM books. Yellow = Mathematics from Springer. Two Volumes of Knuth's TAOCP.

[Anonymous No.13458439]

>>13452643
¿que? Yes that is my bookshelf.

[Anonymous No.13458463]

>>13439508
kek, never gets old

[Anonymous No.13458670]

>>13457325
DFW himself said he doesn't think his English would translate very well because it's very idiomatic so you be cry when read

[Anonymous No.13458681]

>>13439648
>that much sugar

[Anonymous No.13458810]

>>13444025
even going through the popular downloads on b-ok brings up a lot of weird shit, and that's a step removed from moms with ipads

[Anonymous No.13458817]

>>13444639
>based "believes in the supremacy of the Western canon" poster

[Anonymous No.13458892]

[Anonymous No.13458913]

>not having an e-reader
>still clogging up your house with books that you'll never read again and will only collect dust
You boomers need to get with the times.

[Anonymous No.13458926]

>>13439103
I wouldn't be able to resist lighting a match in there.

[Anonymous No.13459326]

>>13458926
>/lit/ - Book Burning

[Anonymous No.13459488]

Here’s my messy shelf

[Anonymous No.13459512]

>>13459488
And some more in this old chair

[Anonymous No.13459587]

>>13459512
>Wordsworth Classics edition of Crime and Punishment

[Anonymous No.13459612]

>>13458913
I write all over my books

[Anonymous No.13459661]

>>13453845
Does your gf have cute feet? :3

[Anonymous No.13459871]

>>13459512
>>13459587
>spent real money on a literal meme
fucking kek m9

[Anonymous No.13460010]

>>13458913
Books are not something that you just read words in. They're also a tool to adjust your senses. When I'm not feeling well there are times that I can't take in what I read. When that happens, I try to think about what could be hindering my reading. There are books that I can take in smoothly even when I'm not feeling well. I try to think why. It might be something like mental tuning. What's important when you tune is the feeling of the paper that you're touching with your fingers and the momentary stimulation your brain receives when you turn pages.

[Anonymous No.13460019]

>>13451062
I usually just read them in original with glossed vocabulary terms (so my Siege is the TEAMS one), but the newer Williams Boyarin’s translation (Broadview) is great and has some illuminating critical material. The Chester Plays really don't need translation. Assuming by "original" Purgatory you mean Tractatus de Purgatorio Sancti Patricii ('Sir Owain'), again I like the TEAMS text (in Three Purgatory Poems: The Gast of Gy, Sir Owain, The Vision of Tundale) or the EETS 'St Patrick's purgatory : two versions of Owayne Miles and The vision of William of Stranton together with the long text of the Tractatus de purgatorio sancti Patricii.' Incidentally, Marie de France did a great translation into Old French (L'Espurgatoire Seint Patriz), which is expanded/amplified a bit and worth the read (Dorothy Gilbert's translation in the Norton Marie de France is solid), but the Auchinleck manuscript version in Middle English verse is quite readable with glosses. Read them out loud if the spelling throws you a bit.

[Anonymous No.13460030]

>>13438983
I personally enjoy keeping all my read books on the shelf. Running my eyes and fingers over the spine will remind me of countless ideas and emotions. A funny truth of human memory is that if you asked me to list all the books I read last year, it'd be very difficult for me to remember them all. But if you asked me if I read each book in turn, I'd very easily be able to tell you that why yes, I read that last year.

Keeping your books to see reminds you of them, and that in turn reminds you of the ideas contained within. And having easy access to all the ideas of all the books you've read (or at least the ones you care enough about) is worth a great deal indeed.

[Anonymous No.13460048]

>>13453243
I like Mueller's abridgement. Gibbon tends to expansive roundabout prose with a lot of secondary material, and this is a cleaner read. Most readers would never need to go to the original. It's 1300-odd pages, a condensed volume containing about 2/5 of Gibbon’s work. Important chapters are printed in their entirety, while missing chapters are summarized in a page or so.

[Anonymous No.13460142]

>>13460030
Very true. I consider my library a record of books I've enjoyed, a reference resource, and a selection of unread books to suit any mood.

[Anonymous No.13460200]

>>13460019
These are the TEAMS Siege and Owain/Patrick I mentioned.

[Anonymous No.13461177]

>>13458926
Do you know whose library that is?
https://lithub.com/meet-the-man-who-introduced-derrida-to-america/

[Anonymous No.13461183]

>>13439508
Jesus...

[Anonymous No.13461265]

>>13439508
can i get a quick rundown? who is this and why do i keep seeing this pic?

[Anonymous No.13461892]

>>13443979
based

[Anonymous No.13461899]

>>13458892
>giving up on W&P that early

[Anonymous No.13461915]

>>13447847
thank god for pirating

[Anonymous No.13461927]

>>13453399
many great books happen to be big.
that thinkpad costs almost nothing and satisfies all my needs.
gnu+loonix runs smooth on old hardware and also satisfies all my needs.

[Anonymous No.13461933]

>>13439508
lol. i hope this idiot fucking kills himself

[Anonymous No.13462024]

>>13458913
it's fun to collect books, bugman

[Anonymous No.13463129]

>>13458913
>with books that you'll never read again
ah, yes. The opinion of a true retard. If you are not re-reading works, 1. you either read shit tier fantasy/scifi books or 2. you only have a superficial reading of every book you've ever read.
I only keep books I know I will re-read.

[Anonymous No.13463378]

The only ones i took to my dorm

[Anonymous No.13463412]

>>13453399
Imagine the smell of this poster

[Anonymous No.13464742]

>>13445376
Ey doc you ever fuck your juicy art hoe students?
Do you think about them when fucking your wife?
Do the girls even turn you on anymore, or is it those cute boys nowadays?
Is Submission a good representation of the average literary professors life?
Do you regret not having kids in favor of your career?

[Anonymous No.13464753]

>>13464742
Admit it, you want his life so you can do those things.

[Anonymous No.13465404]

>>13464742
Sorry, but my life is quite mundane. It's been a very long time since I was involved with students (back when I was a doctoral student). They're just eye candy nowadays, and not overly distracting: the hundreds of attractive young students per term for years help acclimatize one (the males have never interested me). Besides, I have a wife and two kids, and no desire to lose my marriage or career. I haven't read Submission yet, though the concept looks entertaining.

[Anonymous No.13465410]

First time contributing to one of these threads...enjoy.

[Anonymous No.13465414]

>>13463378
Mickiewicza czytaj a nie jakieś ścisłe pedalstwo

[Anonymous No.13465554]

>>13465410
Holy shit those books are floating!!

[Anonymous No.13466661]

>>13465410
very nice collection

[Anonymous No.13466666]

>>13438933
Nice Cowboy Bebop poster. Where did you get it?

[Anonymous No.13466811]

>>13466666
nice

[Anonymous No.13466873]

>>13466666
where did you get those quints?

[Anonymous No.13467015]

>>13466873
ur mums asshole LOLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.13467192]

>>13467015
FUCK FUCK FUCK ABSOLUTELY FUCKING BASED HOLY FUCK . HOW WILL HE EVER RECOVER? BASED BASED BAAAAAAAASED

[Anonymous No.13467652]

>>13461899
I'm still reading it. I wanted all of my books to be presented together.

[Anonymous No.13467681]

>>13458681
bruh that's three cans of seltzer, a 15 calorie tea, and what used to be diet coke
i have a sweet tooth but i also have restraint

[Anonymous No.13468062]

>>13439664
the tums on speed dial

[Anonymous No.13468089]

[Anonymous No.13468745]

>>13465410
Where can one find one of those standing bookshelf-thingies?

[Anonymous No.13468826]

>>13465410
>from Arno Schmidt to Deep Learning
nice

[Anonymous No.13468833]

>>13443803
Nigger

[Anonymous No.13468901]

>>13468745
I purchased that one here in Italy. It’s a copy of the Bruno Rainaldi original that goes for 1,500 euro. Check DWR Sapien book case or a cheaper Asia copy for something similar in the $200 range. Make sure it’s quality — those books can get pretty heavy.

[Anonymous No.13469036]

>>13468901
Much appreciated anon!

[Anonymous No.13469067]

>all this wasted space for books so you can show off how intellectual you are.

Literally just use an e-reader.

>inb4 muh smell
>muh feel

[Anonymous No.13469138]

>>13453724
Disregard him, he's most likely someone who studys mechanical engineering or computer science and sees himself as a future millionaire. There is nothing wrong with it, and if it was, you'll find out for yourself in your undergrad.

[Anonymous No.13469276]

>>13469067
Cringe.

[Anonymous No.13469333]

>>13469067
Based.

[Anonymous No.13469371]

>>13438933
cute panda

[Anonymous No.13469376]

>>13461265
i also would like to know

[Anonymous No.13470169]

>>13469067
I had an ereader for years and just got tired of not being able to find torrents for books I want or good translations

[Anonymous No.13470350]

>>13469067
there basically are never any good (if at all) scans of the books I want to read.

[Anonymous No.13470372]

>>13469067
>so you can show off how intellectual you are
do you actually believe anyone browsing /lit has enough guests at his house to warren that?

[Anonymous No.13470765]

>>13468089
Homer, Melville, Pynchon, DFW, Tolstoy, Kafka, Joyce, Nabokov, Hesse, Pessoa, Gogol.

So you pretty much just read what the internet tells you to. I can't be bothered to search but I fucking bet you have some Murukami, Dostoevsky and a copy of 1. Dune 2. the hitchhikers guide and 3. catch 22.

its not a bad taste of books, just a complete lack of any personality

[Anonymous No.13470808]

>>13470765
youre being an asshole. people need to start somewhere. if they actually read all the authors listed there, they’ll come away with more context and understanding of where to go next. not everyone has the exposure to cultivate their own tastes at the rate you may have.

[Anonymous No.13471015]

>>13470808
This, what a douchebag.

[Anonymous No.13471046]

>>13469067
Holy shit kill yourself

[Anonymous No.13471065]

>>13470765
No one cares what you think, about anything, you’re not a literary critic or an expert on philosophy and literature.

[Anonymous No.13471072]

>>13470765
You're a retard, why shouldn't people read established classics? Not only is there more discussion on them, but you don't have to waste your time rifling through a bunch of literally whos for hipster cred. You have enough time to read all the classics and branch out to niches or whatever you want but not enough time to completely ignore the classics and their attested enjoyments so some pseudo savant nigger on /lit/ won't chew you out.

[Anonymous No.13471075]

>>13470808
>>13471015
Who cares about what some faggot on an image board thinks about your taste, Anon likes good books like the rest of us, everyone on here has a copy of a Dostoevsky book, literally everyone.

[Anonymous No.13471102]

>>13463378
Stemfag detected

[Anonymous No.13471132]

>>13471072
This, and classics are often misinterpreted by many, the reason they were classics was simply due to the fact that they were the only good books written, before, during and after the war. Millions of writers existed but a lot of books are dogshite and a waste of time for the individual.

[Anonymous No.13471141]

>>13439103
That’s not Eco’s library. I’m pretty sure that’s the Argosy bookstore in nyc

[Anonymous No.13471994]

>>13470765
If I hear about a book a lot, I'll grab it at a used bookstore or book fair, read it, and form my own opinion on it. I just like collecting and reading books lol, I don't care how popular it is/isn't. If you have any obscure recommendations I'd be happy to have them

[Anonymous No.13472372]

[Anonymous No.13472379]

>>13470765
what kind of person looks at another man's bookshelf and thinks/says something like this?

[Anonymous No.13473514]

>>13472379
someone who desperately needed a personality and decided "literature snob" was teh way to go

[Anonymous No.13473684]

>>13451330
Can I join your hs graduating class’s facebook group? Will you vouch for me?

[Anonymous No.13473696]

>>13465410
very nice selection. not bad at all.

[Anonymous No.13473974]

>>13465410
>books on the floor
>bottles of wine sharing the book shelf
bruh

[Anonymous No.13474531]

>>13473974
Yeah sorry about that — procrastinating on a wine fridge.

[Anonymous No.13474820]

>>13445376
based
any recommendations for a young adult getting into literature?

[Anonymous No.13474971]

[Anonymous No.13474977]

>>13474531
>apologising
Shut up cuck
Best collection ITT

[Anonymous No.13475039]

>>13474977
Humility from a position of strength is hardly cuckoldry.

[Anonymous No.13475048]

>>13475039
I see you read those books on your vast shelf Monsieur

[Anonymous No.13475104]

>>13474971

[Anonymous No.13475518]

>>13471141
No, it's Richard Macksey's (John Hopkins prof and legend) personal library. He's worth reading about.

[Anonymous No.13475528]

>>13474820
That would depend how young they are, reading level and experience, and interests. The possibilities are endless, and I'm a supporter of the "any reading is better than not reading" principle, especially in youth.

[Anonymous No.13475556]

>>13473684
can you lower the quality of your picture please, I can almost make out what it says

[Anonymous No.13475792]

>>13475556
Its a clip from the post I’m replying to you absolute mongoloid

[Anonymous No.13476838]

;^)

[Anonymous No.13477558]

>>13475528
18

[Anonymous No.13477629]

>>13476838
what print moby dick is that? looks desu

[Anonymous No.13477638]

Tried to focus on my kino

[Anonymous No.13477785]

>>13477638
lel what other video games got popular novels? resident evil was the shit when i was in high school. i've seen halo but what else is there?

[Anonymous No.13477934]

>>13477785
mega man, doom, the witcher

[Anonymous No.13478502]

>>13460142
Now that's a comfy shelf anon

[Anonymous No.13478518]

>>13438933
Nice poster nigger