Worst Literary Gifts

[Anonymous No.5233503]

What's the absolute worst literary gift you have received?

I got a Danish translated Atlas Shrugged (Og Verden Skælvede) for my 20th birthday. My parents even had access to a wishlist of mine consisting of over 100 books. They wanted to "surprise" me, they said.

Two years later and I haven't even opened it. It's a double-whammy of crap.

t-thanks....

[Anonymous No.5233516]

I once received Ozzy Osbournes latest cash-grab because they knew that I "liked books".

It was translated into Swedish. It's not like I was going to read it anyway.

[Anonymous No.5233532]

I can't be ungrateful to gifts. I'd feel like I'm betraying someone if in my mind I thought about gifts I didn't really enjoy or ranked them.

[Anonymous No.5233535]

>>5233503

waste of paper

[Anonymous No.5233538]

>>5233532

lying to yourself is worse

[Anonymous No.5233546]

>>5233535
You don't say. It's also a waste of space on my shelves. I don't know what to do with it.

[Anonymous No.5233554]

>>5233503
Hahahaha it's even the version that's sponsored by the right wing faggots at Saxo Bank.

Fellow Denmark fag here. Seriost, smid lortet ud.

[Anonymous No.5233556]

>>5233516

That's actually a really good biography.

[Anonymous No.5233561]

>>5233556
It is? Well, I'm not reading it in Swedish. Maybe I'll pick it up in English.

[Anonymous No.5233563]

>>5233554
Min soster arbejder i Saxo Bank. Det var hendes idé at give mig bogen.

[Anonymous No.5233572]

>>5233563
lol det har min soster også gjort i et par måneder. No joke. Hun er IT-et-eller-andet-ansvarlig for et eller andet.

Har din soster læst bogen? Min har ikke, men tror "lidt på det", som hun sagde...

[Anonymous No.5233586]

>>5233572
Jeg skifter sgu lige til engelsk så alle kan være med.

My sister has never read it (even though she believes 100% in the teachings of Ayn Rand). She has only studied the ideologies of it in school. She only reads Young Adult and genre fiction of the lowest sort. She was a massive Twilight and Harry Potter fangirl. She is currently reading some fantasy book about warrior cats or something.

She wants to be a hedge fund manager.

[Anonymous No.5233595]

>>5233503
Nothing, the ones who do give me gifts are my close friends because I only keep a small circle and they pretty well know what we all like in books, clothes and other things.

My best christmas gift was from last year: 2666 by RB.

[Anonymous No.5233608]

>>5233595
That's pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.5233628]

>>5233586
OK, fint nok.

That sounds pretty much like my sister with the exception of the YA and genre fiction - I don't think she reads at all.

At least she doesn't pretend to know or adhere to an ideology she hasn't read anything about though. She hasn't read Ayn Rand, she just believes in personal initiative, self reliance, just about any buzz word your average right wing voter could throw at you, she's all for it.

[Anonymous No.5233654]

>>5233628
I am a right wing voter. I am for personal initiative and self reliance. Things that you oppose are not buzzwords. Can't you rely on yourself? Must everything be done for you by others? Altruism is good to a certain degree, but we have gone too far in Denmark and we are running out of other people's money.

Danmark er på grænsen til at være en socialistisk stat. Og det er noget lort.

[Anonymous No.5233661]

>>5233654
I'm fine with right wing voters, I just expect them to argue for their position same way I expect left wing voters to. When left wing voters preach equally vacuous buzz words like the common good, sharing and caring, etc., I am equally suspicious of that. I have nothing against anyone voting to the right of the middle as long as they know why they do it. I was simply pointing out that my sister doesn't always know.

[Anonymous No.5233667]

>>5233661
Alright, but from your previous posts, it seemed you were heavily anti-right.

[Anonymous No.5233675]

I appreciated the thought, though.

[Anonymous No.5233685]

>>5233667
Maybe so. I'm just anti extreme right, as I'm anti extreme left. Ayn Rand and the people who believe in it would be extreme and retarded right in my opinion.

I agree with you that the altruistic aspects of Danish society have gotten out of hand. We are, however, very, very far from a socialist state, both historically and ideologically. I usually vote to the left of the middle myself. (Hvad der basalt set efterlader mig uden noget reelt valg, eftersom en moderat venstrefloj er stort set ikke-eksisterende som det ser ud nu. Der findes kun én stor hojrefloj og så en rabiat venstrefloj.)

[Anonymous No.5233687]

One of the Dune books by Brian Herbert. I haven't even read the original.

[Anonymous No.5233692]

>>5233685
Jeg stemmer liberal alliance. Men det er snart ligemeget da jeg forhåbentlig flytter til Schweiz om et par måneder.

Det eneste jeg kommer til at savne er Mikkeller...

[Anonymous No.5233694]

>>5233675
top kekking shit

>>5233687
That's not too bad.

[Anonymous No.5233711]

>>5233692
Sidst stemte jeg Radikale, partiet begge floje elsker at hade... Jeg aner ikke hvad jeg stemmer næste gang, vores politiske landskab er fucked imo.

Flytter du permanent? Jeg skal til Tyskland om et par måneder for at studere, bliver nice at komme væk.

[Anonymous No.5233716]

just anything by unknown autors that have a nice title. I'll never read this, there are thousands of already certified good books out there!

[Anonymous No.5233720]

>>5233711
Jeg håber at det er permenent. Hvis alt går vel, så behover jeg aldrig at skulle arbejde i Danmark igen.

[Anonymous No.5233725]

>>5233720
Nice. Tillykke. Mikkeller er da et meget godt sted, men måske lidt trist det er det eneste du kommer til at savne. Kan næsten gætte mig til du så også er på Vesterbro

[Anonymous No.5233730]

>>5233725
Nej, jeg bor på ude på landet mellem Ringsted og Koge. Og det er ikke baren jeg kommer til at saven, men ollet.

Måske kan jeg bestille fra deres webshop til levering i Schweiz....

[Anonymous No.5233751]

>>5233730
De må da have fantastisk ol i Schweiz også, og hvis ikke så har de vel masser af det gode tyske.

Men al held til dig både fremover og i Schweiz. Jeg skal se og hoppe af /lit/ i dag og rent faktisk se at få læst noget... Læser pic related færdig og derefter Catch-22, som jeg aldrig har fået læst.

Sorry to mods for so much Danish.

[Anonymous No.5233766]

>>5233751
Tak for samtalen. Catch-22 burde have været 300 sider kortere. Den er god, men den er overlang.

Der findes ikke noget godt tysk eller schweizisk oel desværre.

Sorry mods.

[Anonymous No.5234619]

My grandparents bought me the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy for my 20th birthday.

That's well over 1500 pages of horseshit.

That would be my pick for the worst gift I've ever received.

[Anonymous No.5234637]

>>5233751
I wonder why so much translators keep the original title of Ficciones. It's not like that word is untranslatable from Spanish.

Spanish speaker here

[Anonymous No.5234697]

I guess the worst literary gift I've received would be the only

In high school I received a "book award" from Columbia University. It was the Columbia History of Western Philosophy. While I've always wanted to finish it I just read the pre-ionian philosophers and get bored. I guess philosophy just doesn't interest me...

The book looks fuckin' rad though

[Anonymous No.5234732]

I got Perks of Being a Wallflower yesterday. I'll probably read it when college starts back up and I just want to read something mindless.

[Anonymous No.5235575]

Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

I could barely contain my laughter.

>Stephen King
>Craft

[Anonymous No.5235636]

>>5235575
>tfw I just read this and it was pretty alright

[Anonymous No.5235645]

>>5235636
Well maybe I should dig down and pull it out of the trash and give it a go then.

[Anonymous No.5235661]

>>5233503
>Has not read the book
>Still calls it crap

Welcome to /lit/

[Anonymous No.5235665]

>>5235575
Stephen King is one of the most dedicated writers out there, his books are really good if you want to learn how to write.

[Anonymous No.5235666]

>>5235661
I don't state anywhere that I haven't already read the original version.

It's crap.

[Anonymous No.5235693]

>>5235665
If you want to learn how to right inane bullshit maybe.

[Anonymous No.5235697]

>>5235693
>right

Maybe you should read about writing.

[Anonymous No.5235705]

>>5235693
>If you want to learn how to right inane bullshit maybe.
>right

Right...

[Anonymous No.5235709]

>>5235661
>Welcome to /lit/

Oh come now, you don't expect him to look at the book objectively do you? Why do that when he can have someone else make up his mind for him.

[Anonymous No.5235715]

>>5235661
>>5235709
>defending something for the sake of defending something

[Anonymous No.5235717]

>My parents even had access to a wishlist of mine consisting of over 100 books. They wanted to "surprise" me, they said.
i fucking hate this shit. i literally have a giant list of things that i am interested in. even if you want to surprise me, at least extrapolate something similar from it

my sister got me a random harry potter a few years back when i just wasn't into it at all and was burning through dostoyevsky and all that

[Anonymous No.5235719]

>>5233503
I was in advanced English in the last year of high scool and the teacher gave us all a copy of Divergent and The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer.

I threw them out both not long after starting them.

[Anonymous No.5235727]

>>5235719
Stephanie Meyer just might be the worst mainstream writer of our time.

Everything she does is just rubbish.

[Anonymous No.5235728]

>>5235697
>>5235705
Freudian slip. I was just mentally overwhelmed with how right I was.

[Anonymous No.5235731]

>>5235727
What about Dan Brown? He's passing as an intellectual with his "art books" and all.

[Anonymous No.5235733]

>>5235731
At least he has mild skill in using suspense techniques.

Stephanie Meyer has nothing of merit.

[Anonymous No.5235736]

>>5235731
maybe you're just 2pleb4them faggot

[Anonymous No.5235739]

>>5235731
I have never read that Dan Brown Books were called art books. They´re just mainstream entertainment, and they are also generally perceived as that.

[Anonymous No.5235887]

One of these, honestly can't remember which one. To be fair my mum didn't know it was based on a video game.

[Anonymous No.5235891]

Got this from my mom for last Christmas.
I'm 27 mom. I didn't invite you over to my place to meet my fiance, have dinner, and spend Christmas together so I can be gifted a voided library copy of some YA shit.

[Anonymous No.5235920]

>>5233667
It totally didn't. You're insecure in yourself and your beliefs if you're so fast to attack.

[Anonymous No.5235931]

>>5235891

The Fever Crumb stuff isn't as good as the Mortal Engines quartet, but it's not bad. Then again, that makes for a shit Christmas gift.

[Anonymous No.5236170]

>>5235891
>christmas is about the presents

you got what you deserved

[Anonymous No.5236243]

>>5233535
>>5233546
SO fucking edgy

[Anonymous No.5236258]

>>5233532
I feel the same. On Christmas or any small get-togethers, if someone gets me a gift, I act delighted no matter what. To give is such an intimate act of the heart that I'd feel horrible criticising it.

[Anonymous No.5236265]

>>5236243
I don't think you know what edgy means.

[Anonymous No.5236286]

>>5236265
it means you have a dumb opinion

[Anonymous No.5236304]

>>5235739
I had a coworker who once refereed to Dan Brown as his "favorite artist" in a conversation.

[Anonymous No.5236317]

>>5233503

Somebody gave me the first Harry Potter book. 100 or so pages later it was in the garbage. Another person gave me a Bill Oreilly book. I just sort of didn't do anything at all with it. Don't know what happened to it.

[Anonymous No.5236325]

>>5233687
>One of the Dune books by Brian Herbert. I haven't even read the original.

Do not judge the father by the excretions of his son. There is no comparison.

[Anonymous No.5236346]

I got How to Be Richer, Smarter, and Better-Looking than your parents by some interchangeable white frat boy from my grandparents. It was a thoughtful gift, but the book was easily the stupidest thing I've ever read. He regurgitates Dave Ramsey and writes obvious truisms like save your money and keep a budget, while utilizing the incredibly retarded investing advice of "park it in a mutual fund and don't look at it for 30 years", which is fine for the braying masses of the financially illiterate but not good for anyone who wants respectable return rates or control of their own money.

I still thank my grandparents for the gift though. I'm never ungrateful for gifts.

[Anonymous No.5236387]

>>5234732
it's really bad

[Anonymous No.5236397]

>>5236387
Agreed. My advice after having read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Fuck-up is never trust something published by MTV books.

[Anonymous No.5236408]

>>5235887
Assassin's Creed is a good videogame series, too bad the novelizations are shit.

[Anonymous No.5236415]

>>5236408
>Assassin's Creed is a good videogame series
yeah I like it when you're surrounded by enemies who make no attempt to attack you until you attack them

[girl !EihVUOzAKE No.5236417]

one of my friends knew I like comics/graphic novels, so he got me this book for my birthday


.....


I hardly ever read Marvel and I can honestly say I've never opened it

still tho, it's the thought that counts, right

[Anonymous No.5236436]

>>5236387
>>5236397
>lol
>it sucks cause its not infinite jest

[Anonymous No.5236452]

>>5236436
No, it sucks because it's a silly anti-drug propaganda story that doubles as a vehicle for shilling 80s alt rock.

[Anonymous No.5236485]

a truly fascinating insight into the mind of the man who says "you're fired" every now and again

[Anonymous No.5236508]

>>5234732
If I got anything at all from Perks of Being a Wallflower

It's how sexy its paper felt

I really really wish I knew what it was so I can have it for my book

[Anonymous No.5236529]

>>5236452
>>5236452
>anti-drug propaganda

not in the slightest

[Anonymous No.5236576]

>>5236452
>80s alt rock

Did we even have that in the 80s?

[Anonymous No.5236591]

>>5233561
Haha I don't much about Sweden but you sound exactly like one the girls in Fucking Amal. Condescending.

[Anonymous No.5236594]

>>5236529
>dur if I smoke pot and do acid I go into a fugue state and hallucinate forever don't do drugs kids!

Seriously, that's the message it's trying to sell. Everything else is just window dressing.

[Anonymous No.5236597]

>>5236576
I don't know what you want to call it, but if he mentioned the Smiths any more than he did, Morrissey and Marr would owe him a check.

[Anonymous No.5236627]

my aunt gave me that steve jobs biography for christmas, assuming, i suppose, that because i'm on the computer a lot i give a shit about him, his legacy, or any of his little gadgets, none of which i own.

i also got a copy of the canterbury tales, which i asked for, but it turned out it was entirely in old english, rather than the side-by-side translation that i'd hoped. that was my own fault, though. and perhaps one day i'll be able to get through it.

[Anonymous No.5236634]

>>5236597
You havent read anything by John Ajvide Lindqvist have you?

Every god damn book has morrissey/the smiths references. In his book Harbour two characters ONLY speak in Morrissey lyrics. The dude is incredibly obsessed. with that northern cunt.

[Anonymous No.5236655]

I got a huge wrapped book last Christmas from my parents and I tore it open excited about what it might be -- 1001 Books you Must Read Before You Die. Oh. Thanks Mom and Dad..

Before returning home from my parents I went to the local book store to pick up some stuff from the boxing day sale. Soon as you step foot in the door '1001 Books you Must Read Before You Die' is sitting on the "Gifts" shelf beside the chocolates and teddy bears. Sounds like they went to the bookstore and didn't feel like looking beyond the front door.

[Anonymous No.5236697]

I always get books I can't even read. When I was 16, my uncle gave me a comment on C. Baudelaire in Italian (he didn't open it, it was just written "Charles Baudelaire" on the cover so I guess he assumed it was in our tongue) and last Christmas, as I spent few years studying Japanese, my parents got me a book in fucking Chinese. I even had to fake reading it loudly.

[Anonymous No.5236704]

>>5236697
>and last Christmas, as I spent few years studying Japanese, my parents got me a book in fucking Chinese. I even had to fake reading it loudly.

holy fuck /lit/ is funny this afternoon
I can't stop laughing

[Anonymous No.5236708]

>>5236697
> I spent few years studying Japanese, my parents got me a book in fucking Chinese. I even had to fake reading it loudly.

Jesus, that's brilliant.

[Anonymous No.5236721]

>>5236697
>I even had to fake reading it loudly.
WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL THEM YOU DON'T READ CHINESE

[Anonymous No.5236726]

>>5236721
He's posting on 4chan dude, do you really think he has the ability to confront anything?

[Anonymous No.5236736]

>>5236726
>>5236721

They were smiling and looking at me with stares in their eyes. They were fucking proud, I just could not tell them. Sometimes it's better to pretend and forget.

[Anonymous No.5236752]

>>5236736
Sometimes I don't want to confront issues with my parents because if I correct them on something I'd feel like I'm undermining them for some reason.

Like a couple days ago my mother kept insisting (coincidentally on a similar topic) that sushi was a chinese cuisine.

[Anonymous No.5236773]

>>5236697
>Read it out loud for us anon!
>Uhh .. alright .. ahem ... In all one's lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with-
>No, not in English, your aunt wants to hear the funny gookspeak we've been telling her about
> ... ...alright ... uhh ... domo arigato toshiro mifune

[Anonymous No.5236782]

>>5236752
I know that feel. They also frequently mimic Japanese by saying "Ching Chong" or think Vietnamese is written with Chinese-like characters. I just... I just don't correct them anymore.

[Anonymous No.5236802]

>>5236782
Admittedly they do all just say Ching Chong, so I can understand that misconception.

[Anonymous No.5236825]

>>5236704
same
chinese weaboo bro that is fuckin funny don't even feel ashamed that's a story right there

I now know that if anyone asked me to do something like that Id just read out the lyrics for Cruel Angel's Thesis

[Anonymous No.5236837]

>>5236736
It always makes me feel awful to disappoint people when they're like that, but having to lie is so exhausting and uncomfortable I don't think it's worth it.

[Anonymous No.5236842]

>>5236752
I dont I correct them right away
I just try not to be mean about it

To me it's way more awkward if people say something wrong and everyone is like oh yeah sure because everyone wants to be nice

It's like no let's rip this bandaid off right here and now and get over it

[Anonymous No.5236873]

>>5236837
It lasts like eight minutes, I won't get PTSD from it.

[Anonymous No.5236881]

>>5233516
Might be a cash grab anon but he's had a pretty interesting life.

[Anonymous No.5236896]

>>5233667
>>5233654
Du har satme ikke meget selvtillid.

[Anonymous No.5236906]

>>5236873
I don't know if it's laziness or just that it feels too submissive, but I just can't do it. I mean if someone gives me a gift that I have no interest in, I'll feign excitement; I don't want to hurt their feelings and I always do appreciate the thought. But I'm not going to jump through fucking hoops to keep people satisfied.

[Anonymous No.5237138]

What don't you edgelords like about King anyawy?

[Anonymous No.5237180]

>>5236594
Pretty sure the message is was selling was, sexual assault is bad.

[Anonymous No.5237601]

>>5236736
>>5236697

[Anonymous No.5237687]

>>5233503
The first part of the borrible trilogy. Never finished it. RIP dear aunt that at least tried.

>>5235575
Get rekt!

[Anonymous No.5238951]

>>5237138
His writing is not very compelling.

[Anonymous No.5239638]

A collection of Tom Clancy books, five or six in total. Went straight to the charity shop with them.

[Anonymous No.5239685]

>>5233554
>Objectivism
>right wing
Please do not lump the good right with those faggots.

[Anonymous No.5239742]

>>5239638
My father loves Tom Clancy and often tells me about the awesome things that happen in the books.

I always try to smile and nod and not call him a pleb for liking drivel.

[Anonymous No.5239896]

>>5235666
>>5235715
>>5233503

Atlas Shrugged a fucking good book you illiterates.

[Anonymous No.5239908]

>>5239896
>this guy

[Anonymous No.5239959]

>>5233503
my girlfriend when i was like 10 bought me a book. i already had it and told her this, so she said she would get me another one. i already had that one too. the third time i just took it even though i had it already. i couldnt do it again to her.

yes, this is worse than all the random shite my family have bought me over the years. awful fantasy books, historical action things, christ, so many bad books.

[Anonymous No.5240008]

>>5233532
i disagree. sometimes you just know that someone bought you something because they want you to thank them instead of wanting to give them something.

my gf will always buy every discount book that is large and hardcover because it looks expensive but i know it never cost more than 5 bucks max. then she'll all happy give me "complete history of classical spanish guitars" or something because she once heard me mention i considered buying a guitar when i was 14

sometimes people are dicks by buying you stupid gifts and you know it

[Anonymous No.5241124]

>>5233503
the Eragon books

[Anonymous No.5241188]

>>5236325
>Do not judge the father by the excretions of his son.
fuck why am I laughing so hard at this?

[Anonymous No.5241213]

>>5241124
^this
Surprisingly many get these book for christmas

[Anonymous No.5241220]

>>5236417
That looks good, I'd read it.

[Anonymous No.5241479]

>>5236591
I love that movie.

[Anonymous No.5241488]

>>5234619
that's so fucking awkward, holy shit

[Anonymous No.5241519]

My aunt bought me a biography of Bob Dylan.

I hate Bob Dylan.

[Anonymous No.5241531]

>>5241519
I hate you.

[Anonymous No.5241585]

>>5236417
that doesn't look just super uninteresting or anything.

[Anonymous No.5241595]

>>5241519
>I hate good things

you're going to fit in nicely here at /lit/

[Anonymous No.5241608]

>>5239742
When my parents divorced and my dad left he left two huge Tom Clancy books that my mom was gonna get rid of.
I kept them because I was six and sad.
I've never read them but they make me nostalgic whenever I look at them so I keep them and they've reminded me to call my dad quite a few times.

I don't know why I just typed that but I did so I'm posting ti.

[Anonymous No.5241614]

>>5241519
you suck so much

[Anonymous No.5241626]

>>5235575
The whole book boils down to
>here's a bunch of interesting stuff that happened to me in my life
>you should try to have interesting shit happen to you too
>and remember the associated feelings
>also, write a hell of a lot
>also, read a hell of a lot
Just like every single other "How to Write" book which isn't a style guide.

[Anonymous No.5241640]

>>5236417
It's about how Marvel and DC in the forties conspired to form a censorship committee called the CCA to kill EC Comics and set the art form fifty years behind in America, and about how they raped the fuck out of their creators.

[Anonymous No.5241646]

>>5241519
ur a fukkin twat

[Anonymous No.5241659]

Some guy handed me a intro to the bible book today. I said thanks, dropped it on the ground and walked off.

[Anonymous No.5241672]

>>5236655

double doubles and I sympathize

[Anonymous No.5241679]

>>5241659
Whenever old guys had out their little bibles I always take a couple to make them feel better. They get a lot of abuse and I think a smile and a bit of acceptance goes a long way.

[Anonymous No.5241682]

>>5235693
All these edgy pretentious teenagers that criticize every famous author only because they want to be different are really bringing down /lit/'s value.

[Anonymous No.5242002]

Bob Dylan is the most overrated singer songwriter of all time.

I'd literally put John Frusciante ahead of him, at least he has a good singing voice.

[Anonymous No.5242025]

>>5242002
bob dylan changed pop music single handedly

without him you wouldnt have any of the music you listen to today

[Anonymous No.5242038]

>>5242025
That's a lie all the music I listen to exists because of The Grateful Dead. You faggot.

[Anonymous No.5242054]

>>5241659
*drops fedora*

[Anonymous No.5242067]

>>5241682
amen brother
this le 4dick culture is a cancer

[Anonymous No.5243002]

>>5241488
They had no idea what it was about. They just knew it was a bestseller.

I'm not even a grill.

[Anonymous No.5244550]

>>5241626
This image boils down to
>a beautiful woman is wearing latex gloves, a latex corset and fishnets
Ho-hum!

[Anonymous No.5244566]

>>5233503
>not reading atlas shrugged

what a commie basterd

[Anonymous No.5244591]

>>5236417
That book's great, give it a chance. It's about the company and creators, not the characters.

[Anonymous No.5244612]

Why would anyone want to read this shit?

[Anonymous No.5244656]

>>5244566
It's in fucking Danish.

[Anonymous No.5244658]

>>5244566
>what a commie basterd

Welcome to /lit/

[Anonymous No.5244669]

>>5244656
I assume the OP is Danish?

[Anonymous No.5244681]

>>5244669
Yes I am. I don't read literature translated from English. I am fluent in English and my mother language isn't a very beautiful or articulate one.

[Anonymous No.5244700]

>>5239685
>confusing right-wing with conservative values
>objectivism
>not for faggots

[Anonymous No.5244703]

>>5244681
What's so wrong with translations?

As a non-English speaker I read most books in my native language and most of them was as good experience as when I read it in English, I only read English books when the translated version isn't available.

[Anonymous No.5244712]

>>5244703
I can't even....

All of the authors original prose and language structure gets downgraded. I couldn't imagine reading Blood Meridian or Mason & Dixon translated into Danish. Which language are you reading in?

I will always read an authors work in the original language if possible.

[Anonymous No.5244719]

>>5244658
Is that guy for real? He looks like he should be in a comedy about an obnoxious commie teenager.

[Anonymous No.5244796]

>>5244712
Indonesian, and I get as much experience from books as when I read the English version. Well, I'm cheap too and the Indonesian version of most books that available are much cheaper.

[Anonymous No.5244812]

>>5244796
You would read Faulkner and McCarthy in Indonesian?

[Anonymous No.5244842]

>>5244612
thats what you get for playing fps video games

[Anonymous No.5244850]

Getting a pen with my name on it
It wasn't even spelled correctly

I still have it as future reference for things not to get me

[Anonymous No.5246853]

i wish i got a book as a gift
all i get are watches and wallets
watch battery lasts like ten years so i wont need another one for ten years why do you keep buying them mom?

[Anonymous No.5246878]

>nobody give gift to you

[Anonymous No.5246909]

>>5246878
:(

[Anonymous No.5246915]

>>5233503
My dad got me Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order or something last Christmas.

I do not give a fuck about that hack.

[Anonymous No.5246940]

>>5246915
Weird, I got it for last Christmas as well. It's pretty good, he's definitely grown since End of History

[Anonymous No.5247450]

>>5246915
if you have any interest in recent political philosophy I guess it's worth a read, just to give you the context of academics in the field. I agree he's a hack though