Stack thread

[Anonymous No.11133854]

Please go easy on me

[Anonymous No.11133861]

>>11133854
Braarp

[Anonymous No.11133869]

I will fuck you with no lube

[Anonymous No.11133874]

>>11133854
Why would you want to read those old books

[Anonymous No.11133881]

>>11133854
Not posting a picture.
>"Infinite Jest"
>"Butcher's Crossing"
>"The Stranger"
>"The Sound of Waves"
t. mathfag who lost touch with the English language over the years.

[Anonymous No.11133882]

>>11133854
Points for having old Penguins.

[Anonymous No.11133889]

>>11133854
you'll enjoy house of the dead. that dosto piece doesn't get too much recognition in my opinion. Try to get familiar with Siberia just a bit beforehand so you can get an image of what dostoyevky's describing. lots of documentaries online.

[Anonymous No.11133917]

>>11133889
I’ve read C&P before but I found these hard covers in a second hand book store for only $3 each so I had to pick them up.
>Try to get familiar with Siberia just a bit beforehand so you can get an image of what dostoyevky's describing
Any particular phrase I should look up? Or just a general doucmentary about Siberia?
I’ll probably read
>House of the Dead
>The Idiot
>Crime and Punishment

[Anonymous No.11133947]

are you enjoying what you're reading anon? it is okay to be different than the /lit/ boys anon. make sure to read stuff that catches your eye on the shelf at the book store too! even contemporary best-sellers have value to offer (:

[Anonymous No.11134020]

>>11133947
Is this satire? If not, then yes, I am enjoying what I’m reading.

[Anonymous No.11134028]

Pretty solid stack. I can't post a picture but my stack is
>Bible (KJV)
>Quran
>Meditations
>Beowulf
>Medea

[Anonymous No.11134082]

$35.74

[Anonymous No.11134173]

>>11133917
just a general documentary about Siberian prison, i mean i saw this one, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya2RFtzfAnI.. I know it's not the same but it helped me get sort of an idea of what it could have been for him. but whatever floats your boat.

[Anonymous No.11134179]

>>11134173
Cool thanks, my dude.

[Anonymous No.11134198]

>>11134082
>That shit-tier Leaves of Grass
Otherwise pretty nice

[Anonymous No.11134202]

>>11134082
why do american books look so bad

[Anonymous No.11134299]

>>11134028
Nice stack. I’m wanting to read Beowulf and Marcus’ Meditations.
What’s the Quran like? Is it really as bad as /pol/ says?

[Anonymous No.11134320]

>>11134299
I'm only about half way through it but it definitely isn't a piece of extremist propaganda or anything like that. The entire thing is very open to interpretation, so if you are looking for something negative in it you will probably be able to find it. The best advice I could give for anybody looking to read it is don't go in expecting to find something in particular. If you are unfamiliar with religious scripture it might be a bit difficult to read as well.

[Anonymous No.11134333]

>>11134320
Only problem with it is that because it claims to be the ultimate set of rules, you can't really interpret it in different ways

[Anonymous No.11134336]

>>11134082
lol at faulkner's face

[Anonymous No.11134337]

[Anonymous No.11134341]

>>11134337
FUUUUUUCK why is it upside down
just turn your heads over

[Anonymous No.11134380]

>>11134337
Portrait, Dubliners. Complete Kafka. Williams' Butcher's Crosing and Augustus. Complete Aristotle.

[Anonymous No.11134395]

>>11134333
I don't feel comfortable arguing because I'm still very ignorant when it comes to Islam. Maybe my opinion will change when I have studied it some more.

[Anonymous No.11134438]

>>11134333
Yeah but don’t all religions claim to be the “ultimate set of rules” in their own right? I would like to try and read all of the primary texts of the major religions some day but it seems ridiculous that only one has the right to profess itself as the absolute truth. I believe that all of them contain a greater immutable truth which is hidden behind its exoteric shell

[Anonymous No.11134440]

>>11134337
>>11134341
>>11134380
Pretty good for an Aussie

[Anonymous No.11134532]

>>11134440
why'd u reply to me i just typed out this dudes stack. shit jokes aside i AM from aus tho.

[Anonymous No.11134539]

[Anonymous No.11134546]

>>11134539
nice

[Anonymous No.11134548]

>>11134532
Seems like there is heaps of aussies on lit (I am also)

[Anonymous No.11134554]

>>11134548
where u based son

[Anonymous No.11134555]

>>11134548
Australians are the master race that's why (different person, also Australian)

[Anonymous No.11134617]

>>11134539
What are Solzhenitsyn’s works like? My local bookshop have several of his books and I’m wondering if I should get a few. His books are non-fiction but based on his experiences in Soviet Russia right?

[Anonymous No.11134622]

>>11134548
>>11134554
>>11134555
Ahh so this is why /lit/ is constantly riddled with sh*tposts

[Anonymous No.11134637]

read more!
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>>11134617
Day in the Life is fiction based on his experience. Gulag is narrative but its based on his experience and first hand accounts.

[Anonymous No.11134742]

>>11134637
>read more!
Fugg you're right I need to stop shitposting. I'm off to read in bed

[Anonymous No.11134965]

>>11134617
Very readable, despite the horrible subject matter. Pick up One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and give it a go. It's technically fiction, but very much based on his own experiences.

[Anonymous No.11134990]

>>11133854
your edition of Herodotus' histories seems a little thin

[Anonymous No.11134993]

>>11134742
I copied it from someone else. Seems like it's working o:

[Anonymous No.11134997]

>>11133854
the spines always come off on those red russian novels. Annoys the fuck out of me

[Anonymous No.11135086]

It was a -dare i say- great day

[Anonymous No.11135300]

Inferior physical stacks bow down

[Anonymous No.11135320]

I feel I'm only one of a few with this hobby so I've decided as of right now to blog a bit about it, and where better than within the textual body of recurring /stack/ threads. I collect books, see, but here's the tickle. I will actively seek out, and yes indeed also procure books if they were or are published within a particular series I find aesthetically pleasurable. Most of these find themselves in the realm of the oft reviled mass paperback pulp. I'll quietly deviate from this main topic and show an example. Here we have the Vintage Classics line from Random House. Now there does seem to be a red cover line, but an older line and alternative lines exist. I'll admit I haven't researched too far into this series, however suffice to say, whenever I see a Vintage Classic book I'll immediately purchase it. Another thing to remember is that I buy all my books secondhand, the majority in a store where every paperback is $2, textbook is $3 and hardcover is $4.

[Anonymous No.11135331]

Another fun series to collect is this faber and faber line. I prefer series like this that have common characteristics such as mostly the same colour theme, titles, authors and logos generally in similar locations and similar design. This is in contrast with say the red spined Vintage Classics line. This is very rigid, so if you have a book within the that doesn't follow this, it sticks out like a sore thumb. I'll say an example, those red spines aren't all the exact same red. Now I admit I haven't researched too far into it but I haven't seen any kind of uniformity, for example rich bright red for Vintage Hemingway, softer almost burgundy for Vintage Williams. Here are the faber and faber I have, only William Golding books currently.

[Anonymous No.11135332]

So you can surmise most are within that mass paperback pulp realm, however I'll also pick up an Everyman's Library hardcover if I find it. I probably won't ever try to get all of these as I don't find them that attractive, but I don't mind having those lengthy tomes be in hardcover form so why not as an Everyman's Library. I have fond memories of an EL book I owned as a teenager, Things Fall Apart so I'll try and buy that again some day. Again this isn't a series I have researched much into so I don't know why some are white and black spined, and others black and red with gold theme.

[Anonymous No.11135337]

Now this is one of my all time favourite series to collect. Puffin Classics, the older style from the 1980s. This right here is how to make a fun series that strange people like me would get a kick out of collecting. Lots of different colours, however uniform enough that you can instantly recognize it as an older Puffin Classic either from the cover or the spine. Books contain illustrations and different illustrators do different covers which is often fun to research what else a particular illustrator has done. Illustrators don't get nearly as much recognition as they deserve. Apparently I'm what's known as a nostalgia collector, and if this is true than I'm thankful to the people that made these books memorable and recognizable. There was later a restyle of Puffin Classics and they look absolutely terrible in my opinion. Yes these are children's books, often abridged, not worth much money, often in bad shape but damn do I love collecting these bad boys.

[Anonymous No.11135341]

I don't exclusively get books only as part of a series. More often than not, I buy books because I want a particular edition. This sometimes leads me down the rabbit hole of noticing that it is itself part of a series which I'll earmark and then be on the lookout for in the future. The Brothers Karamazov is part of yet another different style of Vintage Classics.

[Anonymous No.11135349]

Continuing on. I really like seeing box sets of books. Here is one I found in great condition and from a publisher I enjoy, Lions. Normally this would have cost $10 but the seller seems to recognise me and gave it to me for $6. An almost new collection from 1980s complete with its cardboard slipcase.

[Anonymous No.11135354]

This was another boxset I found. $2 for this one and it really is brand new. Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

[Anonymous No.11135370]

Patricians:
Alright blokes:
>>11134028
>>11134082
>>11134539
>>11135320

Newreaders (newfags):
>>11133854
>>11133881
>>11134337
>>11135086
Irredeemable pseuds:

[Anonymous No.11135413]

>>11133854
Great stack

[Anonymous No.11135434]

To this day no substantial justification has been provided by you books buying faggots.
Other than showing off your new buys on these pityful threads of course and stacking them on your shelves for visitors to see how educated you are.

Despicable.

[Anonymous No.11135482]

>>11135434
American public libraries are absolute garbage, especially in rural areas. You'll be lucky to find Plato. There's nothing wrong with buying books, but showing them off like this is pretentious

[Anonymous No.11135610]

>>11134198
>>11134198
I’m guessing that’s the Penguin reprint of the Viking/Compass edition of the original Leaves of Grass edited and with commentary by Malcolm Cowley. It’s the one preferred by people who want to include Whitman in the American Renaissance instead of using the final version which he edited and amended throughout his life.

[Anonymous No.11135631]

>>11135434
me on the left

[Anonymous No.11135642]

>>11133854
It amazes me how many of you are just now getting Homer. Or are you all just buying new editions

[Anonymous No.11135681]

>>11135642
It's probably because 'start with the Greeks' and lots of new faces.
I've been reading one stack in particular every now and then for a number of years and have read the Iliad to the point where it's falling apart. I should probably buy a new one though.
Stack is:
>Poetics, Aristotle
>The Republic, Plato
>The Iliad, Homer

[Anonymous No.11135781]

>>11135681
Boy, that's one messed up Iliad

[Anonymous No.11135852]

>>11135642
>It amazes me how many of you are just now getting Homer.
I read Homer 30 years ago. That is probably higher than the average age of this board. You have to allow for new blood to come up to speed. Not everyone is on your timeline.

[Anonymous No.11135884]

>>11135610
So, is the Penguin reprint even worth reading?

[Anonymous No.11135890]

>>11134337
>>11135320
Augustus is so great. Loved that book.

[Anonymous No.11135895]

>>11133854
>stacking philosophy with works of fiction
hedonist

[Anonymous No.11135935]

>>11133854
$3 stack

[Anonymous No.11135945]

>>11135935
4chan remove image size limit REEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.11135949]

>>11135935
my neck hurts

[Anonymous No.11135959]

>>11135949
If I rotate it it becomes too large to post

[Anonymous No.11136130]

>>11134333
Islam isn’t a set of rules. There is an Islamic legal tradition but it’s not spelled out like the Jewish legal tradition is. The concepts of Sharia and Fiqh are often conflated. Sharia is an ideal, God’s law which is unknowable to man. It doesn’t actually exist. Fiqh refers to man-made jurisprudence and that’s why you have different sects of Islam.

[Anonymous No.11136141]

>>11135354
I've seen you around here before, the Swan packs make an iconic marker of your photos.

[Anonymous No.11136147]

>>11135482
>county library has 0 good books
>go to library book sale
>all of the classics, philosophy, etc
What the fuck

[Anonymous No.11136424]

>>11136141
they're my favourite, extra slim, easy to roll, makes the cig nice and snug, easy to fit in the mouth

[Anonymous No.11136600]

It's huge. On the right are all the books university tore me away from over the years. Thank fuck it's mostly poetry.

[Anonymous No.11136917]

>>11134997
I know.. they’re quite nice versions as well. My copy of House of the dead is starting to crack along the spine :(

[Anonymous No.11136924]

>>11134965
You’ve convinced me, thanks anon. I’m going into town today so I’ll try and look for it

[Anonymous No.11136961]

>>11134990
The font is minuscule, I’ll probably go blind reading it

[Anonymous No.11137356]

[Anonymous No.11137386]

>>11137356
marxists leave

[Anonymous No.11137520]

I found a brand new folio society edition of Augustine’s Confessions in a slipcase for 2.35

[Anonymous No.11137537]

why do you post classical books that you should have read 10 years ago at least? it makes you look like pretentious uncult imbeciles

[Anonymous No.11137620]

>>11137537
why do you post anime screenshots that you should have grown out of 10 years ago at least? it makes you look like pretentious uncult imbeciles

[Anonymous No.11137639]

>>11137620
You don't outgrow art.
You outgrow pretentiousness and faggotry, though.

[Anonymous No.11137657]

>>11137537
>why isn't everyone old like me
lmao get fucked gramps

[Anonymous No.11137664]

>>11137657
it's not about age
it's about something crucial you should have done at the beginning

[Anonymous No.11137719]

>>11137537
Not all of us are in our 50s dickhead

[Anonymous No.11137900]

>>11137664
better now than never

[Anonymous No.11137910]

>>11137386
t. peterson groupie

[Anonymous No.11137920]

>>11135349
If you had a blog I'd definitely read it, also those books are really pretty. I'm going to add The Chronicles of Prydain to my reading list, even if it is a story for kids

[Anonymous No.11137935]

[Anonymous No.11137936]

>>11136600
which wittgenstein ?

[Anonymous No.11137965]

>>11137910
holy shit my sides. yes anyone who dislikes marxism is a peterson cultist...????????????????

[Anonymous No.11138053]

>>11137936
philosophical investigations
sadly it's not parallel-text.. that would be a neat way to learn some german. am having some fun with the Borges atm, I only have GCSE spanish but translating his stuff is getting the language into my head faster than any other method. also makes it obvious that translations a shit, but never mind..

[Anonymous No.11138623]

>>11137965
No, but anyone who thinks reading Benjamin or Derrida makes you a Marxist is. The only other excuse is that you’re illiterate

[Anonymous No.11138676]

>>11133854
Damn it I was gonna buy those Russian books from the same place I assume you got yours

[Anonymous No.11138717]

>>11138676
>from the same place I assume you got yours
I highly doubt it. They're quite common

[Anonymous No.11138779]

>>11137639
>the classics aren't works of art

[Anonymous No.11138783]

Posted this in a stack thread a few days ago. Add Dubliners, Dark Avenues and Leviathan

[Anonymous No.11138818]

>>11134617
There is a moment in One Day that has stayed with me for a long time as being a perfect example of how to build tense situations. It comes out of nowhere as much of the book is about prison drudgery, and took me by surprise. Its well crafted stuff.

[Anonymous No.11138874]

sup

[Anonymous No.11138896]

>>11138874
Oh look, it's the guy that binds his own books again or something like that, neat

[Anonymous No.11138994]

>>11133854
How can anyone pay full price for books? Stoner has a $15 sticker on the back but only cost me $5.50

[Anonymous No.11139092]

>>11138994
>How can anyone pay full price for books?
Because they're bourgeoisie scum. I get all of mine at second hand stores. If you pay anymore that $15 for a book you should be sent to the gulags.
Also nice classic penguins

[Anonymous No.11139108]

>>11134320
Al baqarah was literally a whole book ranting about how the Jews suck. It's no surprise then that Muslims hate them so much.

[Anonymous No.11139119]

>>11139092
It's ridiculous spending such a huge amount of money on one book when a used bookstore you could get 5/10 for that price
Besides, used bookstores have a better range

[Anonymous No.11139124]

>>11139092
>tfw bag-o- books-for-2-dollars-library-sale
Anyone on /lit/ who gives business to Barnes and Noble is, to be considered by me, an enemy.

[Anonymous No.11139126]

>>11135884
It's still great but it doesn't have as much rich creamy bearded Whitman goodness

[Anonymous No.11139129]

>>11139119
>Besides, used bookstores have a better range
This, without a slither of a doubt. Anything sold in modern bookstores are usually shite

[Anonymous No.11139138]

>>11139108
wtf I love muslims now

[Anonymous No.11139186]

>>11139129
The two main bookstore chains here in Aus don't even have philosophy sections in store, they have 'classics' but that is usually like one shelf trying to jam the entire western canon in it

[Anonymous No.11139198]

>>11139186
Dymocks has a philosophy section

[Anonymous No.11139204]

>>11139198
The Dymocks closest to me doesn't have one that I know of, maybe it's just a smaller store

[Anonymous No.11139223]

>>11139186
Same deal in New Zealand but I don't even know if they have a 'classics' section. Whereas, the second-hand bookshop's 'literature' section is the entire rear end of the store.

It's also super comfy: https://www.hardtofind.co.nz/gallery/album/5/Inside-the-Onehunga-shop

[Anonymous No.11139237]

>>11139223
Is that Bloom?

[Anonymous No.11139250]

>>11139223
It always surprises me how garbage the selection is, I suppose goes to show though how much genre fiction/YA sells in comparison to actual literature

[Anonymous No.11139412]

>>11135300
>Carlton Mallick III
nice

[Anonymous No.11139489]

>>11138994
I can't stand the smell of old books. Makes me heave. Can't deal with the greasy finger stains from past owner(s).

[Anonymous No.11139539]

>>11139489
>Can't deal with the greasy finger stains from past owner(s).
No matter how much you try to avoid it your daily activities will remain rife with all sorts of germ laden nastiness. Best get over this complex while you're young.

[Anonymous No.11139554]

>>11139539
I'm not germophobic. It's aesthetics.

And I'm 42 years old.

[Anonymous No.11139558]

My last stack picture. Currently reading Joseph and His Brothers, only 200 pages in but I have to say its incredible so far. W&P is Maude translation, copped it for $15.

[Anonymous No.11139560]

>>11139554
>I'm not germophobic. It's aesthetics.
There are some books that can only be found second hand, and if you're lucky at that. It is literally impossible to buy them new if you're looking to get a physical copy of them.
>And I'm 42 years old.
You're a pleb is what you are.

[Anonymous No.11139566]

>>11139560
>There are some books that can only be found second hand

There are many books out there and I'm sure I won't be able to read all of them before I croak. You're a pleb you millennial shit.

[Anonymous No.11139571]

>>11139566
>You're a pleb you millennial shit.
I'm in my 30s. If every book you're looking to own can always be found new without fault then you are quite literally a pleb and your literary purview needs serious work. Simple facts of the matter. Don't get mad, just get good.

[Anonymous No.11139575]

>>11139571
A great deal of books can be had NOS if you are willing to pay.

[Anonymous No.11139582]

>>11139575
>A great deal
Some can, but only some. Believe me. I know. But this exchange has probably run its course anyway. Feels dumb to get heated over such an innocuous topic.

[Anonymous No.11139586]

>>11139582
Good chat, have a nice day friend.

[Anonymous No.11139588]

>>11139586
Likewise, mate.

[Anonymous No.11139630]

>>11139186
Get into Readings if you've got one near you, pretty decent philosophy section.

[Anonymous No.11139689]

>>11138779
>your pictures of those classics are certainly art
you pretending that you read them is some kind of art

[Anonymous No.11139693]

>all those entry level classics
pseud central

[Anonymous No.11141069]

>>11133861
First post best post.

[Anonymous No.11141445]

Harvard Ma library book sale

[Anonymous No.11142027]

>>11139558
>3 volumes of war and peace
If I get a physically copy I would prefer to have it split up like this. I saw a huge single print copy in a second hand bookstore the other day and it was fucking massive. The font size was so tiny as well.. it would be pretty annoying to read. The more people post everyman’s Library stuff the more I like the look of them. Where’d you get W&P from?

[Anonymous No.11142315]

>>11142027
https://www.bookdepository.com/War-Peace-Leo-Tolstoy/9780679405733

[Anonymous No.11142607]

>>11142315
>$92
Jesus

[Anonymous No.11142627]

>>11141445
ouch my neck

[Anonymous No.11142963]

Got all of these for $5 at a library booksale

[Anonymous No.11143077]

>>11142963
WOW, very nice

[Anonymous No.11143122]

[Anonymous No.11143413]

>>11143122

how does it feel being so alpha what the absolute HECK

[Anonymous No.11143866]

>>11142027
>>11142607
>>11142315
Well honestly I wouldn't shop from BD so often because they're generally higher priced than Amazon. Often not much more than a dollar, but at least for W&P Amazon(.ca) only charges $45-60 (and that's CAD so USD about 25% less. But although I got mine from Amazon I caught it on what I can only ascribe was some sort of flash mis-listing where it was up for only $15. I didn't hesitate there because, versus a THREE (3)-volume hardcover set, even a single-volume paperback new goes for between $20-$30.

[Anonymous No.11144439]

>>11143866
In mainland Europe, bookdepository is cheaper than amazon.