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Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:15:14 2014 No.5046398 [DELETED]

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Why the fuck can I not find a decent goddamn hardback of a Thomas Pynchon book on the fucking internet?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:18:33 2014 No.5046406 the only version of gravitys rainbow i could find has the fucking movie poster cover

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:20:33 2014 No.5046415 >>5046406 How the fuck do I find his goddamn books? Are hardbacks fucking out of date or something? Fuck e-books, faggots ruining the goddamn markets for everyone.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:27:29 2014 No.5046442 File: 858 KB, 240x228, 1373853041871.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >hard-back Why?

Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:29:56 2014 No.5046453

>>5046442
I like to buy the books I cherish in hardback. I own shitty paperbacks but I want the classic hardbacks as collectibles. I want the V. hardback with the dustcover that has a V. on it and a violet background, not that piece of shit one with the whore on the front.

I want a hardback gravity's rainbow with the swirling sun, not the gay ass rocket.
etc etc

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:41:33 2014 No.5046497 >>5046442 I buy hardbacks of books I really love and want in physical form otherwise ebooks always

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:44:28 2014 No.5046503 >>5046497 >ebooks fucking fags I swear

Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:46:35 2014 No.5046511

>>5046453
Hard-backs are inconvenient as fuck. Way easier to read and mark-up as paper-back.

I even have V as a hard-back because I stole my library's only copy. That's the only reason I have the fucking things. They're library books.

I even decided not to buy a 2 dollar Mason and Dixon from the discount rack outside of Strand because it was an ex-library hard-back. Perfect-condition, mind you, but way too clunky.

You can get any book with any book cover in any format. No publisher changes the style for the same edition you knob.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:47:03 2014 No.5046512 >>5046503 Buy a Kindle, you'll never look back. I have not met anybody who bought an ereader and didn't love it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:47:35 2014 No.5046515 >>5046511 HUR FUCKING DUR I DONT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOUR PREFERENCE CUNT

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:48:41 2014 No.5046519 >>5046512 I bought one, used once. Was a piece of shit. Why the fuck would anyone want one of those faggy pieces of shit? Books are fucking paper. ebooks are as fucking stupid as audiobooks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:49:28 2014 No.5046520 >>5046519 What didn't you like about it? Which one did you buy? They've come a long way since the first ereaders.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:50:27 2014 No.5046523 >>5046520 kindle fire HDX what didn't I like about it? you mean besides not having a book in my hand?? dafuq do you think?

Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:50:43 2014 No.5046524
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>>5046515
If you EVER use that tone of voice with me again I swear to God and all that's holy I'll track your fucking IP address, go to your home, and make you regret ever going on the internet to make such an asinine, puerile comment.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:51:38 2014 No.5046528 File: 34 KB, 600x334, mfw.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5046523 >kindle fire HDX >not e-ink You didn't buy an ereader, you bought a tablet.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:53:40 2014 No.5046533 >>5046528 same fucking thing it has the function it's the same idea who the fucking shit wants to read on a piece of goddamn plastic?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:55:44 2014 No.5046540 >>5046533 >same fucking thing No, it really isn't. Stay retarded, enjoy paying for books, although judging from this thread that's not running you more than $20 a year

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:56:44 2014 No.5046546 >>5046540 YOU DON'T PAY FOR BOOKS YOU DON'T READ BOOKS YOU READ PLASTIC ILLUSIONS BOOKS ARE PAPER

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:58:19 2014 No.5046551 >>5046546 >2014 >Being a Luddite

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:59:36 2014 No.5046557 >>5046524 COME AT ME CUNTYCHOPS

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 00:59:38 2014 No.5046558 >>5046551 Jesus christ, you fucking retards are the ones killing a fucking artform. there will be no more bookstores no more libraries just you and your goddamn pieces of plastic

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:00:55 2014 No.5046562 >>5046558 Good.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:01:51 2014 No.5046566 >>5046551 >2014 >not being a Luddite Have fun in your drone surveillance dystopia. At least you have iPod that monitors your every movement.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:02:54 2014 No.5046568 File: 13 KB, 384x288, 1375642096629.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5046557 YOU PUSHED YOUR FUCKING LUCK, SIMEEOONNNN

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:03:29 2014 No.5046570 >>5046566 He said, from the computer the NSA can monitor his every activity and entire life from. Yet somehow, Anon the Luddite is unwilling to purchase an electronic device to read literature.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:05:56 2014 No.5046578 File: 25 KB, 553x484, 1373227683226.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5046570 Joke's on you m8, I stole this computer and I'm going to trash it the second I finish replying to you. Retard.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:13:24 2014 No.5046590 >>5046557 >>5046568 legit lold. ty guys

>>	& !iPPJNUVL2g Mon Jun 23 01:27:03 2014 No.5046632 >>5046566 I like you

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:30:08 2014 No.5046638 File: 113 KB, 296x500, 1387941758546.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5046632 I'll remember you. No matter what you're arguing or with whom, I'll agree with you. I love you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:30:56 2014 No.5046642 >>5046568 Fair play dude, fair play.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:31:58 2014 No.5046646 >>5046512 Well now you've met one. The only thing that I used mine for was public domain works. It sits on my shelf, surrounded by my paperbacks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 01:33:35 2014 No.5046650 >>5046398 Why are all the copies of The Fire Within by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle like 80 bucks

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 02:20:16 2014 No.5046776 File: 12 KB, 261x193, eddybs.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5046512 I like the Kindle but it sure as HECK doesn't beat paper.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 03:23:01 2014 No.5046956 >>5046511 >stealing from a library >not appreciating nothing that comes to you free

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 03:24:48 2014 No.5046960 >>5046406 >movie poster cover Unless they loaded up a bunch of those before Kubrick kicked it, I don't think those exist.

Anonymous Mon Jun 23 03:30:23 2014 No.5046972

>>5046776
Maybe not "paper"
but
>being able to read with with one hand without folding the book over and not being able to hold it comfortably for half of the pages
>having all your highlights saved in plaintext and collected neatly
>Never paying for books
>Great backlight (Paperwhite)

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 03:57:04 2014 No.5047019 >>5046511 Cool story, bro.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 04:00:12 2014 No.5047028 >>5046972 >few font choices >less selection >uncorrected ocrs

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 04:07:22 2014 No.5047044 I have a hardcover copy of Vineland that I bought from a library sale that I could use a couple bucks for, if you want.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 08:32:20 2014 No.5047428 >>5046398 In This Thread: high-quality containment

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 23 11:05:21 2014 No.5047805 >>5046398 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thomas-Pynchon-Gravitys-Rainbow-First-Edition-/251565215902?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item3a9274909e There you go.

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