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I need some help /lit/
I'm just starting out in the realm of sci-fi/fantasy and I decided to splurge and buy a bunch of the more popular ones. Problem is, I don't want to spend more than $75 and at the moment the total comes to $100. Which ones should I drop? It'll have to be two or three at the very least...
Pic related (Six Easy Pieces stays no matter what)

>> No.4986888

Get a Kindle Paperwhite.

You can get a used one in good condition for 80 bucks and then read any book you want on it if you have a working library card.

>> No.4986891

>>4986888
or download any book illegally, especially recommended if the author is dead (literally in this case).

>> No.4986892

>>4986888
I dunno, there's just something about picking up a nice, weighty book that e-readers just won't ever be able to replicate... I don't really mind the extra cost if it means being able to buy hard copies, I just don't want to spend TOO much on them right now.

>> No.4986896

Is there a reason why you have to buy all of these brand new?

>> No.4986902

>>4986888
>>4986891
Also I find that I get way too distracted when reading ebooks. It seems much easier (to me, at least) to immerse yourself in a story when it's a tangible, physical thing.

>> No.4986908

>>4986896
I like the feel of being the very first person to open a book
I am a very scrupulous person

>> No.4986914

Does literally no-one have any recommendations? Surely some of you have read some of these books and though "wow this is shit"

>> No.4987013

Im not too familiar with these works, so I can't tell you which ones to keep and remove. If the money is such a problem for you, and second hand is out of the question, you should look into Dover, Signet, Bantam, Wordsworth publications. They are cheap

>> No.4987038

>>4986908

>not downloading all those titles for free and reading them on your kindle

>> No.4987045

>>4986908
>I am a very superficial* person

>> No.4987198

First off, buy books used. Second, but books used. You could get all those from a secondhand books website like thriftbooks for 25$

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>> No.4987203
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4987203

>he doesn't pirate all his books

>> No.4987206

>>4986876
If you're gonna read some Steven Erikson, pick up The Black Company by Glen Cook as well.

Don't get a kindle. Buy a Kobo. Amazon is a terrible company.

>> No.4987210

>>4986876
Drop Pawn of Prophesy and Mistborn.