/lit/ - Literature

>>16997227
where's #3?

get some animorphs then we'll talk

>>16997227
Lol

>>16997245
the gaps in my collection will forever haunt me

>>16997227
oh lmao I thought that was a Dalkey Archive edition. The idea of Dalkey publishing Steiner is hilarious to me.

>>16997227
>bionicle
Nice
>cringe non fiction
Not nice

bookshelves that are ever exposed to the light of the sun are works of comedy

>>16997497
>wilde
>sade
>kafka
>austen
>fear and loathing
>kim jon il bio

nice

>>16997227
>the ego and his own
>not the unique and its property
OP is a phantasm.

>>16997497
why are oxford classics so soulless bros?

>>16997594
Are you a penguinfag? I have penguins too.

>>16997645
i am. they also feel better to the touch, and have more flexible spines. oxfords are however cheaper on the whole.

>>16997227
Get on my level breh

>>16997683
are those comics?

>>16997683
damn thats epic

>>16997687
Yeah, on the far right those are reprints. I’ve also got in my closet basically every Lego Club Bionicle comic from March 2003 to the end

>>16997707
Post the stack

>>16997707
neat. I loved bionicle as a boy. had probably 20 of them, and the movie, and xbox game. really got into them

>>16997683
legendary

but you're missing the absolutely essential bionicle encylopedia and bionicle encylopedia (updated)

>>16997719
Picture is kinda shitty, but here you go. It looks like I have a few gaps, but they might be mixed in with the old catalogs somewhere.
>>16997723
Yeah, they were definitely my favorite type of Lego. I have a shit ton of them. I think only my 2001 toa are assembled though right now. I also had all the movies, and went as a toa for Halloween one year, kek. Good times

>>16997760
good stuff bionicle bro.
once you had a big set, did you also try to make a Mega Toa? kek

>>16997753
I think I have the encylopedia somewhere, the cover looks super familiar, but I can’t seem to find it. When it comes to the updated version... I’ve been bested
>>16997764
Those were the best kek. Now I feel like rebuilding a lot of my stuff some day

>>16997788
he's glorious. it would take at least 5 regular toa to take him down

>>16997227
Bump

>>16997227

>>17000350
How are the first three from the left?

I've been having issues with silverfishes, even though some of my books are in drawers. I store them in a clean and dry place, but that doesn't seem to be enough. I've heard some herbs could help, anyone can chime in? How do libraries do it?

>>16997227

>>17000350
>From one of the most crowded countries in the world
>Books about loneliness
You're doing something wrong

>>17000648
Based Varg cultist

>>16997650
Penguins remind me of a girl's bedroom.

>>17000669
>bible
>bronze age mindset by le altright memey dude
>varg cultist

>>17000669
I am not one of Varg's acolytes. My hair is far too dark and my eyes too brown to be subservient to a Nordic.

>>17000513
1. very bad. this guy was a heideggerian sadposter before the internet
2. didn't start it yet, but heard it was mediocre
3. pretty good, very good introduction to the subject
4. didn't start yet
5. ok, but it's all "omg hunter gatherers lived in groups"
6. best book out of all these. It's part autobiography and six biography's of different artist inbetween. would strongly recomend

>>17000663
it's for a thesis but nonetheless, i agree anon.

>>17000648
right wing people still posting orwell what's up with that

>>17001524
Go back to twitter, gatekeeping socdem faggot

>>17001524
In high school they only show you Animal Farm and 1984 so Orwell seems like a champion of capitalism

>>17001524
>no you can't read authors that don't perfectly align with your values
This is why commies are retarded
>>17000770
>>17000787
triggered Varg cultists

Not my whole shelf but the important reads for next year.

>>16997586
>Buying translations of philosophical works
>Not reading the original language

1/3

>>17002244
2/3

>>17002257
3/3

Plus various volumes lying around the house or in my reading pile. I'm not a pseud either, just take care of my spines

>>17002244
Pretty base shelf. I need to read 2666 but it's going to be forever before I get to it.

>>16997227

>>17002231
Fuck off gate keeper

>>17002268

Very nice. Solid 10/10.

>>17002290
Bolano is super easy to read at least, when you do get round to it

>>17002207
That's a very jewish stack. Horrible stuff. I was slightly hopeful when I saw Campbell, but of course it was about Joyce too.
Nice gear though.

>>17002244
Your shelves would look much better if you sorted your books by publisher first. I feel like such a pseud for saying it but I had to.

>>17002349
Encouraging you to read the original language is the opposite of gatekeeping anon

>>17002349
>>17002410
You're both retarded, congratulations

I like how everyone has the same Dune copy

>>17002385
If only you appreciated good theory as much as you appreciate synths.

>>17002408
Maybe, but for the ease of finding what I'm looking for I like to keep it alphabetical. They're for reading and study, after all, not for show.

>>16997650

Except for the contents, dweeb.

>>17002516
I get that but you probably know your editions right? So sort them by publisher first, and then alphabetical. Best of both worlds. It's mostly Penguin, Oxford and Vintage anyway.

>>17002207
Very based

>>17000648

how is your copy of animal farm so thick

>>16997683
>rocks and figurines in front of books
Insanely based and elementary school pilled

>>17002603
Good point. Maybe I'll try it out this weekend!

>>16997645
>>16997650
Don't you find that penguins tend to fall apart after one or two readings? I'm careful with my spines but they almost always end up with white creases and other such signs of wear.

Because it includes 1984

>>17002244
>>17002257
>>17002268

Holy crap, these are the best shelves I’ve ever seen on /lit/. Almost every classic I love is there and pretty much everything on your shelf that I haven’t read is already on my list...

>>16997497
Actually good.
>>16997594
I like 'em, desu. I think they look good for paperbacks, esp. compared to Penguin.
>>17002244
Nice.

>>17003095
>>17003156
Thanks anons

1/2

>>17003220
2/2
Thanks to KonMari, I got rid of all the books that didn't spark joy.

>>16997227
Dutchfag here. Normally I have some Hölderlin on my bookcase as well, but left it at my other home

>>17002244
>>17002257
>>17002268
VERY nice, anon

>>16997227
Anyone else wish they would bring Bionicle back?

I don't know if it's just nostalgia or what it is, but I miss that franchise.

How do you guys afford all these

>>17002207
try Joyce's Book of the Dark desu

>>17003220
>>17003230
The next step is clearly to get rid of the bookshelf and store the books in the corner

>>17003753
Wait for sales and Goodwill

>>17003753
If you're an adult with a job spending a few hundred dollars a year on books isn't a big deal at all, most people spend more than that on dining out. That and used book stores.

>>16997227

>>17003258
That's a thick 'Stoner'. Does it include any other material?

>>17003907
Oh no he's a retard

>>17003840
I've never heard of that, sell me on it.

>>17003907
Great collection. Weird question but is your edition of Recognitions the same size as the other Arktos books? It seems that way but my edition is bigger than the other Arktos books, the same size as the Inner Tradition books and I always thought that was weird.
And what editions of Mask and Face, and Synthesis, and Bow and Club are those?

>>17002244
>>17002257
>>17002268
Can you post a pic of the entire bookshelf? Wanna see what they look like together

>>17003258
How is the translation of Moby Dick? I feel like it would be difficult to get right.

>>17002299
>Little Fire Trucks Big Day
This book was a bit much. I didn't expect its big day to be quelling race riots in Birmingham in the 60s. Those hoses did a lot of damage to the black protesters

>>17004107
Sure

>>17004148

Ok, so comment on your collection some more.

What portion have you read, what are your favorites, what ones changed your mind the most, what/who got you into reading.

I ask because I have a lot of those on my to read list, so our interests are very similar.

>>17004075
The Bow and the Club is from Arktos. Here are some links from where I bought Synthesis and Mask and Face:
https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/julius-evola/synthesis-of-the-doctrine-of-race/paperback/product-g9vejv.html
https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/julius-evola/the-mask-and-face-of-contemporary-spiritualism/paperback/product-rwm4pz.html

>>17004465
Well, I've frequented /lit/ for 3 years ish, so my taste is partly influenced by being on here. However, I maintain that /lit/ actually does have a good taste in many respects, since you find much of the Western Canon on here.

I've always been a reader, but when I began reading again 'properly' it coincided with a religious awakening I was undergoing. The books that affect me most tend to be ones that influence my faith in some way. I read a lot of Dostoevsky, although it's memed a lot here The Brothers Karamazov profoundly influenced my faith and worldview and I still think of it semi-regularly. In terms of affecting my life and thoughts, other fiction works with the biggest impact include Bernanos' Diary of a Country Priest and The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

Over time, partly due to my studies, I sort of gradually exposed myself to the Greeks-- I always knew of the Iliad and Odyssey, but reading Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes really gave me a good grounding to go onto reading Dante, Milton, Cervantes, Shakespeare and the other greats. You pick up on progressions of themes, ideas and influences in a way that I find incredibly rich and rewarding. It's like a colossal puzzle with little pieces fitting into place. With the novel I enjoyed moving onto Flaubert, Proust, Henry James, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, Goethe and Mann, etc.

In terms of sheer enjoyment I've kind of grown into Tolstoy for my fave at the moment. In terms of sheer prose aesthetics, it has to be Joyce or Nabokov. Woolf has some really beautiful imagery in her prose at times, too.

Philosophy is slightly different, after familiarising myself with Plato and Aristotle I progressed to Augustine and other early Christian thinkers, and then Aquinas. I tend to balance my reading of fiction with spiritual books, rather than philosophy, these days.

Don't know if that has answered any of your questions anon, I'd be happy to give you more detail for specific questions

>>17002672
It has 1984 too.

>>17000648
Is The Coming Race any good? I dowloaded the EPUB a few day ago, but haven't opened it yet.

>>17001927
I much prefer Keep the Aspidistra Flying, and really resonated with Gordon Comstock's aversion to commodification; but teachers are much more interested in using Animal Farm as Cold War propaganda.

>>17004719

>>17004719
>You pick up on progressions of themes, ideas and influences in a way that I find incredibly rich and rewarding. It's like a colossal puzzle with little pieces fitting into place.

Very much agree.

That was a nice summary, thanks.

>>17004791
It's very good, I love the prose.

>>17003445
Every fan of bionicle does anon. It's such an appalling travesty that they've ignored the very line that saved them back in the 2000s. We wait in hope still though.

First time posting my bookshelf.
>tfw put away nearly half my books, like Cornwell

First time posting my bookshelf.
>tfw put away nearly half my books, like Cornwell