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No plebs allowed

>> No.8181327

>It took him two tries to get the image rotated correctly
>not a pleb

>> No.8181330

>Phoneposter
>Not a pleb

>> No.8181338

>>8181330
Posting on a phone is pretty sophisticated actually. Much more elegant than sitting in front of a computer. You can do it at a fancy party for rich people.

>> No.8181346

Max Stirner, Kim Kardashian, and Adolf Hitler walk into a bar. Max Stirner orders vodka. Kim Kardashian orders a cosmopolitan. Adolf Hitler orders them both killed for publishing degenerate literature.

>> No.8181348

Already a thread >>8177048

>> No.8181355

>>8181338
So you carry “Mein Kampf”, “The Ego and His Own” and Kim Kardashian's selfies to parties? You sure must be interesting.

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>>8181355
Thanks.

>> No.8181374

>>8181318
Share Kim pics.

>> No.8181388

We already have a thread for this.
And had one 3 days ago.

>> No.8181405

>>8181374
i think she's unattractive desu

>> No.8181415

>>8181405
Do it anyway.

>> No.8181418

>>8181415
nah

>> No.8181422

>>8181418
Fuck you.

>> No.8181426

>>8181422
choke on that shit taste boi

>> No.8181438

>>8181318

Lel so rendumb xD

>> No.8181502

>pleb/patrician spook

You get the same out of every book. The only difference between what you consider superior books and inferior books is that your superior books have words and descriptions developed over 150 years for what you are getting out of them and Sanderson books do not.

I think being exposed to someone else's reality with 3 different forms of magic based around metals puts more in my brain, if not the same, than your "superior" books.

It may not be layered or nuanced (OH, but if anyone is it is Sanderson plots), but the fresh concept and new ideas in Sci-fi and Fantasy have just as much to change the way you see things.

Yes, there are 3. Read on if you want. Allomancy isn't the only system in those books.

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Gonna probably start in on this at work tonight.

>> No.8181526

>>8181502
2/10
Try harder

>> No.8181583
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Repost coming trough

The english ones are new.

Kafka book conatins both "The Trial" and "The Castle"
English title of the Faulkner is "The Hamlet"
A yankee in king Arthur's court by Mark Twain
Two Women of China
Farewell, Gulsary! by Chinghiz Aitmatov
Ikarus in Pest

Also got the Reclam edition of Der Einzige und sein Eigentum in the mail a few days ago.
And a copy of the Tao te Ching.

>> No.8181766

>no plebs aloud
>makes a recent purchase thread

Easy there Zeno

>> No.8182001

>>8181583
>DFW nonfiction
Unaskedfor advice: skip it, it's awful.

>> No.8182113

Les Miserable-Victor Hugo
God Emperor of Dune-Frank Herbert
Skylark-Dezso Kosztolyany
The Engineer of Human Souls-Skvorecky
Life and Fate-Grossman
Freedom-Jonathan Franzen
The Black Prince-Irish Murdoch

>> No.8182174

>>8181346
Surely Max would order milk.

Step up your meme game, son.

>> No.8182460

>>8181583

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again is a good entry into DFW's works and essays, I really love reading the Lynch chapter.

>> No.8182469

>>8181318
Somehoe those books look really good together.

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I'm about 50 pages into Sabbath's Theater and holy shit is it good

>> No.8182488

>>8182476
>Henning Mankell

>> No.8182496

>>8182488
What about him? Bought it on a whim, never read a word of his work.

>> No.8182508

>>8182496
>What about him?
Nothing but a standard swecrime slog with the standard muh social criticism.

>> No.8182537

>>8182508
Sounds kinda cool, after I finish Roth I'm gonna read it and there's nothing you can do to stop me anon

>> No.8182548

>>8181318

I hope for your sake that you did not burchase your Mein Kampf using anything other than cash.

>> No.8182572

The selfie photography of Kim Kardashian, featuring many never-before-seen personal images from one of the most recognizable and iconic celebrities in the world. From her early beginnings as a wardrobe stylist, Kim Kardashian has catapulted herself into becoming one of the most recognizable celebrities in Hollywood. Hailed by many (including Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci) as the modern-day personification of Marilyn Monroe, Kim has become a true American icon. With her curvaceous style, successful reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, DASH clothing store, makeup and perfume lines, she has acquired a massive fan following in the multi-millions. Through social media (Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook), Kim connects with her fans on a daily basis, sharing details of her life with her selfie photography. Widely regarded as a trailblazer of the "selfie movement"--a modern-day self-portrait of the digital age--Kim has mastered the art of taking flattering and highly personal photos of oneself. For the first time in print, this book presents some of Kim's favorite selfies in one volume--from her favorite throwback images to current ultra-sexy glam shots--and provides readers with a behind-the-scenes look into this larger-than-life star.

>> No.8182593

>>8182001
I liked what I have read so far.

>> No.8182606

>>8181318
>Wasting money on the Kim K selfie book when the Taschen Gisele book is out

Pleb.

>> No.8182611

>>8182113

I forgot Franz Kafka's America, lso how is Hoffman's translation since it is the one I have? I enjoyed Underwoods The Castle but Hoffman seems alright.

>> No.8182833

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/reviews/0789329204/ref=cm_cr_dp_mb_see_rcnt?ie=UTF8&s=sd

>> No.8182976

>>8182833
>I loved the book! Grandma loved it also. Thanks

>> No.8183134

>>8181318
>picturebook
How old are you?

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sup m8

>> No.8183165

>>8181318
>>8183158
What is this Kim book I see floating?

>> No.8183184

>>8183165
Time capsule of folk art of our century. Once you will get a big picture, then you'll see it as a milestone.

>> No.8183190

>>8182174
I'm guessing Stirner ordered Vodka in order to make a white russian, since he brought his own milk.

>> No.8183195

>>8183184
>being too middle class to admit it's for wanking

>> No.8183199

>>8183165
Book of selfies from Kim. Fap material.

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>>8183195
I'm from old money my friend. I have no such a needs.

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>>8183221
Oops wrong pic.

>> No.8183237

>>8183221
How rich?

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Was reading this on kindle, bought a physical copy because referencing earlier parts was annoying.

Only when I held it in my hand did I realize the guys on front had their cocks out.

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>>8183244
>Only when I held it in my hand did I realize the guys on front had their cocks out.
Congratulations, now you're gay

>> No.8183261
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>>8183237
Just enough to let you take a shower with my girlfriend without any threat from you.

>> No.8183262

>>8182460
it's entertaining and cool as a piece of writing, but keep in mind dfw was a total idiot about movies/music so take his commentaries w/r/t those areas with more than a grain of salt

>> No.8183267

>>8183261
Doesn't that simply reveal that she's not worth it?

Do you do anything? Work-wise. Age too and all that.

>> No.8183586

https://youtube.com/watch?v=290ElM2BIHM

>> No.8183609

>>8183586
Good stuff.

>> No.8183650

>>8183199
I checked out what it costs at an online bookstore and they suggested I might also like the diary of Anne Frank.

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>> No.8183846

The republic and two other volumes of Plato.

>> No.8184138

I've read Moby Dick twice, but I hear the notes and critical apparatuses on these editions are top notch.
Read a few passages from Thoreau's journal online and excited to read. I've always failed at keeping a journal myself. And Matthiessen to continue the transcendentalist streak I have going.
Picked up Céline, Rabelais, Sterne for a dollar each.

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>>8184138
I forgot pic.

>> No.8184547

>>8183846
And some other stuff.

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>>8184547
Oops.

>> No.8184589

>>8181374
>>8183586
I got even more than I asked for. Thanks anon.

>> No.8184607

Don't have it yet but yesterday I ordered the folio society edition of On the Origin of Species, I'm kinda excited.

>> No.8184609

>>8184607
Does it come with a free trilby?

>> No.8184623

>>8181405
are you attracted to men?
you know what, even if you were attracted to men, it's hard to deny kim's attractiveness

are you even human?

>> No.8184626

>>8183658
Light in August is fucking great
so is Ray Carver.

>> No.8184679

>>8183184
Once upon a time bestsellers were books of great literary worth, contemporary insight, and timeless beauty. Today, bestsellers are books that guarantee a gullible public the same level of excitement that pornographic websites and erotic photographs do.

Quote:

"Why anybody would pay money for these selfies when they could just go on Instagram for free is beyond me. I guess if you’re a fan of the Kardashians you probably aren’t very smart." - PHIL NYE

The mainstream media and the Junk press catapulted her to international stardom by showcasing her every pout, selfie pose, amorous exploit, relationship flip-flop, fashion razzmatazz, wardrobe malfunction, and even her staged family row. Now, they have raved her to bestselling author status. And that, without doubt, is a very curious step-up.

Not surprisingly, TIME magazine refers to her as "The First Lady of Fame - the 100 most influential people."


In spite of the hoopla, the truth is that the publication of her book of selfie photography, "Selfish," highlights the paradox of the publishing industry, which essence is the enrichment of society with inspiring literary creations and yet finds itself often robbing society of its integrity by churning out celebrity trash for reasons that are not exactly noble.

>> No.8184820

>>8181405
Then why would you buy the book?

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Posted a similar photo in the "stacks" thread already, but oh well. How'd I do, /lit/? Bought these today.

>> No.8184845

>>8184623
i just don't like her face
>>8184820
i didn't buy it you just thought i was OP

>> No.8184933

>>8184679
>not exactly noble
In what times do you think yo live m8?

>> No.8184985

>>8184933
>m8
Is that how commoners talk nowadays? Frankly ertocovian I should say.

>> No.8184990

Last year, when I wrote about Kim and Kanye, I said I was "struck dumb" by the "collective cultural fracturing" that they actually seemed to be engineering, and doing it with the blatant biraciality of their combined meme, and with grandiosity, sincerity, kitsch, irony, theater, and ideas of spectacle, privacy, fact, and fiction. All that had compressed into some new essence, an essence that they seemed to be shaping as surely and strangely as Andy Warhol once formed his. As with Warhol, this shaping simultaneously shines, shields, and spawns knee-jerk criticisms of crassness, shallow opportunism, and surface-only illusion. But it makes people look at the same time.

>> No.8185008

>>8184990
She started taking selfies in the mid-1980s with pre-digital cameras, and many of the genre's formal earmarks are already present in her pictures: the odd angles, arm holding the camera visible, peeks behind scenes, the fish-eyed distortion in the depth of field, the urge to create reality by documenting it. The irretrievability of passing moments.

She was enamored of her own form. We don't even discuss how unconventional her form is and was at the time, given the rigid strictures of female beauty defined by society!

Selfish is a kind of American My Struggle — that’s Karl Ove Knausgaard's epic, not Hitler’s. I mean, a chorus of one, written in a personal language of compassion, infinite theater, stage sets, setpieces, ceremony, shallowness, despairs, self-awareness, sexuality, unable to curtail one's selfishness and obsession with one's own image. Extras enter and leave the stage, but photography, rather than writing, as homeopathic medicament, remedy, used to relieve and express painful malaise.

>> No.8185624

>>8183158
I mean two of those books look åretty patrish, but IJ?

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>>8181318
i mostly pirate

>> No.8185774

>>8182476
Sabbath's Theatre and American Pastoral are hugely under discussed here. Basically two reviews of how a well crafted normie life crumbles.

>> No.8185798

>>8183244
what's this book about?

>> No.8186030

>>8181346
Topkek sir

>> No.8186527

>>8181318
>>8183158
Please be the same person.

>> No.8187025

>>8185798
Probably tylo be chillin

>> No.8187569

>>8186527
Why?

>> No.8189172

>>8183586
i don't know where to begin criticizing this waste of paper

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>>8182548

>> No.8189233

>>8182548

Bought it on amazon desu

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>>8181318
1/2

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>>8181318
2/2

>> No.8189373

cranking your neck and trying to decipher the book titles in extremely poor photographs before you shitpost is half the fun

>> No.8189771

>>8187569
Otherwise there's two people here who bought the kim book.

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This is my summer reading. Got a nice mix of Greeks, non-fiction, fiction, and poetry.

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Here's all my hauls from last weekend. One stack's from Half Price Books, one from Thrift Books and one from a local independent bookstore.

>> No.8190462

I bought a sex slave.

>> No.8190499

Hmm some books..

>> No.8190501

>>8183586
This actually got me aroused..

>> No.8190510

>>8190501
Me2. Would buy if I was richer.

>> No.8190889

posted in the other thread
r8?
>>8190134

>> No.8190893

>>8190889
7

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>this thread

>> No.8190907

>>8190904
What about it?

>> No.8191193

>>8189233

ON THE LIST YOU GO!

>> No.8191206

>>8190501
As it should.

>> No.8191223

>>8183658
>falling for the Gass meme

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>>8190413
Are you the guy with these shelves?

>> No.8192555

>>8191944
No I just look like him.

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>>8191944
I am! Neat that you could recognize them. I figured it's better to take haul pictures with books as a backdrop, vs. cream-colored apartment wall.

Relevant to thread, here's a picture of some of my grandparents' books I got and am sorting through right now. Such winners as The Magic Squirrel, Super Charge Your Sex Life, The Faith of George W. Bush and fuckloads of Grace Livingston Hill.

>> No.8192804

>>8181583
Not interested in reading Faulkner in English?

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My summer novel acquisitions.
No bullying plz.
I'm probably not gonna read War and peace or the Ilyad anytime soon though.

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$1 first edition barth. busted as fuck
$1 flann

good day

>> No.8193107

>>8192881
lmao

>> No.8193214

>>8193107
You must be shook to be answering me like that m8. I oughta flick ya nappers bruv.

>> No.8193228

>>8193214
in English please.

>> No.8194651

Bump.

>> No.8194658

>>8182476
i picked it up in an old bookstore once, and there was a sketchy fucking bug crawling on it

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>> No.8194956

>>8194658
What kind of bug?

>> No.8194957

>>8194956
A sketchy fucking one.

>> No.8194962

>>8194957
Don't you mean masturbating if it was only one?

>> No.8194964

>>8194962
It was fucking the book.

>> No.8194980

>>8194964
Ah. Hot.

>> No.8194984

>>8194956
A sketchy one.

>> No.8195080

>>8189172
What? It's good.

>> No.8195146

>>8192804
I bought it because I came across it for ridicoulusly cheap

>> No.8195400

Came in the post today, lads.

Still waiting on Volume II.

Need to force myself to the end of 'Last Days of Socrates'. At least I have Dubliners and Faust to read on the side.

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>>8195400

Forgot to post pic.

>> No.8195411

>>8181583
Honest question, how the FUCK would Faulkner be read/written in non-English?

>>8182001
DFW's essays are as good as, if not better than, his fiction.

>> No.8195415

>>8195411
>DFW's essays are as good as, if not better than, his fiction.
That doesn't contradict what he said though.

>> No.8195418

>>8195415
HEY-OH

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>>8195410

That's a lot of reading, lad.

Both volumes are huge.

>> No.8195443

>>8184552
>Athena Farrokhzad
Nej.

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>> No.8195529

>>8193102
patrician AF

>> No.8195543

>>8194663
>The Idiot
>Wordsworth Edition

Holy shit, please post the cover.

>> No.8195590

>>8195410

Only good purchase ITT.

>> No.8195920

>>8195411
I don't know,but I will check it for you.

>> No.8195956

>>8192881
Six of Crows is great

>> No.8196001

>>8181318
I legit want Kim K's book and think it is an important cultural artifact.

>> No.8196068

>>8181583
>Don Quijote
... pls, don't tell me you're actually reading it.

>> No.8196093

>>8189272
>>8189275
I do not understand how you fucks take these pictures. Books should be arranged so titles go left to right or top to bottom. This bottom to top shit has gotta stop.

>> No.8196110

>>8196093
...
...
...

>> No.8196885

>>8195543
2nded
>>8196001
Ye

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