Bookshelf thread

[Anonymous No.16774340]

Time to show your shelfs boy!

[Anonymous No.16774381]

>funko pops
>harry potter

[Anonymous No.16774522]

>>16774381
wait wait wait... are you actually saying that Funko Fops are lame? and are you actually saying that Harry Potter is... b-bad?

Oh, you do not understand what you have written. You do not understand what you claim to dislike. If there is one thing that is redeemable in this world, it is Funko Pops. Those little funny toys make me laugh and smile and giggle

every.
single.
time.

I dream of owning them all. They are so simple, yet they are so elegant and complex. Unlike most people on this board, I am not a virgin. Thanks to whom? A slut? no no no no... A man? no no no no no... Thanks to Funko Pops?... YES YES YES...I lost my virginity to the Funko Pop Dumbledore.

One eventful evening I was contemplating suicide because there was no sexual activity in my miserable life. I was reaching for the gun, but then I saw him - Funko Pop Dumbledore was looking at me with his huge horny black eyes. My pants fell and Dumbledore flew into my anus. It felt so great that I started to see colors again, I started to hear music in everything. It felt so very wonderful that I just pushed him deeper and deeper, and then... Dumbledore disappeared- I pushed him too far up my ass.

He is still there.

That is why I love Funko Pops and Harry Potter. Both of them are part of me.

[Anonymous No.16774535]

>>16774340
Great taste, OP! Here's my modest collection!

[Anonymous No.16774543]

>>16774340
Fuck. Normies are awake. Here come the shit threads

[Anonymous No.16774554]

>>16774340
Nigga, I'm reading.

[Anonymous No.16774564]

>>16774340
those Barnes and Nobel leatherbound books are super fucking ugly, and I don't know why. Maybe its because they all look the same with all the bright colors and wacky fonts. This is why I don't like buying my books in the same edition or series, if you're going to buy physical books then they should all look nice and different on the shelf, not all the same.

There's this question that's been at the back of my mind for awhile: what's the difference between buying funko pops and collecting books? At the end of the day its all just CONSOOOM, isn't it. What's the difference between "OMG [RARE PRINTING OR EDITION] by [FAMOUS or RESPECTED AUTHOR] IM GONNA CONSOOOOOM" and "OMG [POPULAR CHARACTER] from [FRANCHISE] IM GONNA CONSOOOOOOM"

[Anonymous No.16774626]

>>16774522
>read this post
>heh
>look at the pic
>look at that hat

[Anonymous No.16774635]

>>16774554
bullshit. not a single spine is cracked, and they're all new, matching editions you fucking liar. Did you just go down a list?

[Anonymous No.16774645]

>>16774522
the virgin funko pop vs the chad lego minifigure

[Anonymous No.16774672]

>>16774635
Nigga, I'm taking a shit.

[Anonymous No.16774809]

>>16774535
i have literally no idea who any of those funko things are supposed to be and i'm quite happy about that
wait is one of them spider man? dammit

[Anonymous No.16774813]

>>16774340
Most of the books are bought as furniture, not for actual reading. Too many garbage stuff there and I'm not talking about books, they're fine, mostly. I'm glad publishers make pretty spines for classics, so people who buy books for decorating their shelves actually buy good books. Maybe they'll even read them one day.
>>16774535
These shelves look more real, but again too many these big headed toys. Are you girls (you are girls, right?) really like them?

[Anonymous No.16774831]

>>16774564
Idk about the second bit but I have the Hitchhikers Guide collection in that style I got in high school, it's a convenient one that has all five books in it. It feels nice in my hands, but the pages are obscenely thin like bible pages.

[Anonymous No.16774838]

>>16774672
oh hey it's japanon

[Anonymous No.16774858]

>>16774340

[Anonymous No.16774866]

>>16774672
nice lamp fren

[Anonymous No.16774913]

[Anonymous No.16774979]

things that make a bookshelf look unaesthetic and cringe:
>too uniform - too many books in the same edition
>too colorful
>too neat
>manga/comic books in general
>fantasy
>barnes and noble hardcovers
>funko pops
>anime figures
>no vertically stacked books
>no worn books

[Anonymous No.16775061]

>>16774340
1/2

[Anonymous No.16775076]

>>16774340
2/2

[Anonymous No.16775082]

>>16775061
>>16775076
One bookshelf would suffice in this case, there's so much empty space.

[Anonymous No.16775150]

>>16774340
This pic is fucking bait, right?

[Anonymous No.16775152]

>>16775082
It might, but I actually like it organised this way, with each section having room to brief.

It also gives you something to work towards, filling those blanks in.

[Anonymous No.16775219]

>>16774564
Jesus Christ dude, what is the issue with buying things you enjoy? I get over consumerism but the idea that a hobby is CONSOOOMING has always felt forced and cringe or maybe that it just conflates a hobby with rabid over consumption. I don’t get these pop things. I like books though. They shit on us, we shit on them but honestly stop caring about what others think so much

[Anonymous No.16775294]

>>16775219
Look it these things I bought! Look! Lookit em! Instead of discussing why I like em let's fetishize the products I consoooooooooooooooooooome

That's why. Now go take more pictures of shit you own to brag about online. You'll have plenty of company.
I mean you could buy a $5,000 rare hardback signed by the author and take lots of HD pictures to post online before putting it on a shelf to collect dust. But it won't get you any closer to the *meaning and message* of a book that a free EPUB from LIBGEN. It's fetishizing consumption. Which is the very definition of the consoomer.

[Anonymous No.16775323]

[Anonymous No.16775337]

>>16775323
>Truman in cold capote blood

[Anonymous No.16775352]

>>16775294
Physical books are nice tho, anon.
ebooks are convenient but pressing buttons isn't the same as turning a page

[Anonymous No.16775561]

>>16775294
It's really weird to see the anti-bugman "der consoomer" type arguments brought to conclusion with "download books on your electronic device instead". Do you not see the contradiction or just don't care?

[Anonymous No.16775580]

>>16774340
> mfw running out of shelf
just cleared another small niche for my books. that's one of 4 fully stuffed bookshelves/closets in the house but here the outer row of books on each shelf is mine

[Anonymous No.16775611]

>>16774913
i wonder how much those whole shelves of the same edition costed.. must be a set
>>16775082
yeah but he has more space for new books unlike me kek
>>16775076 neat.
>>16775323
BASED secondhand buyer

[Anonymous No.16775615]

>>16774340
>>16774535
Oh my fucking god, I'm not used to these levels of cringe

[Anonymous No.16775637]

>>16774913
...Denko?

[Anonymous No.16775643]

[Anonymous No.16775764]

>>16775643
Nice, too bad that I'm shitting my intestines out.

[Anonymous No.16775781]

>>16775580
Me too.

[Anonymous No.16775828]

>>16775781
based de Sade reader. he's such a shit writer but i still have a little section of his books just for the edge

[Anonymous No.16775832]

>>16775637
no, but another youtuber

[Anonymous No.16775836]

>>16775781
How is THE MAGUS? What do you think of John Fowles? I once had a copy of THE COLLECTOR that I sold without having read.

[Anonymous No.16775840]

>>16775294
>t. poorfag

cope harder

[Anonymous No.16775845]

anyone here just put his books in a box?

[Anonymous No.16775852]

>>16775781
I'll buy that hardcover of the Magus off you.

[Anonymous No.16775864]

>>16775845
I keep my books in a closed wardrobe.

[Anonymous No.16775878]

>>16774340
This is a philosophy board

[Anonymous No.16775887]

>>16775836
I found it by chance in a bookstore a few days ago. I'll read it soon.
>>16775828
I really like him, I also have The Crimes of Love, Justine (second edition) and I'm waiting for an anthology of short stories that also includes the first edition of Justine.

[Anonymous No.16775895]

>>16774340
cringing so hard at this bookcase, im glad ure not my friend

[Anonymous No.16775904]

>>16774340
Based. Fuck the h8ers

[Anonymous No.16775957]

>>16774522
Great post anon, I see a true man of culture ;)

[Anonymous No.16776069]

>>16775781
Absolutely based Fowles. French Lieutenant's Woman was the first good book I've read.

[Anonymous No.16776178]

>>16774554
god these faux fancy covers are so ugly

[Anonymous No.16776230]

Not much but all worth a read imo

[Anonymous No.16776262]

>>16776230
For the love of god pull off the stickers you monster

[Anonymous No.16776273]

>>16774340
>>16774535
I'm not against consumerism, but I really don't get Funko pops. Buying a realistic model of Thor or Daenerys, etc. I can understand, but these look like chibi caricatures.

[Anonymous No.16776312]

>>16774340
>>16774554
Can someone tell me where people get these tacky faux-ornate looking covers? Is it an American thing by any chance?

[Anonymous No.16776325]

[Anonymous No.16776326]

>>16776312
Barnes And Noble sells them

[Anonymous No.16776378]

>>16776325
Are you me?

[Anonymous No.16776435]

>>16776325
>>16776378
Almost willing to put money on that you two work for the Big 4.

[Anonymous No.16776448]

>>16775294
Downloading and reading a free book is still consooming. The only way out is to not read.

[Anonymous No.16776813]

>>16774626
lmao

[Anonymous No.16777006]

>>16774554
fake and gay, your Dunes are out of order

[Anonymous No.16777009]

>>16776435
Not yet, still just a student

[Anonymous No.16777056]

>>16775836
I've dug what few Fowles I've read. One of the best novelists of his eras. Will go through him one of these days.

[Anonymous No.16777071]

>>16776325
They look unbalanced, how do you keep them from toppling over?

[Anonymous No.16777074]

>>16774340
>shelfs

[Anonymous No.16777089]

>>16774554
Bottom shelf is based.

[Anonymous No.16777111]

>>16776325
I like this

[Anonymous No.16777213]

>>16776378
You post yours yet?

[Anonymous No.16777215]

>>16775076
>>16775061
Must be German, no one else reads Die Zwerge

[Anonymous No.16777307]

>>16774672
very nice, happy to see jerusalem on some anons' shelves, an underrated/read book

[Anonymous No.16777332]

>>16775323
The man who was thursday is my favorite book of all time, it's nice to see someone else has it

[Anonymous No.16777352]

>>16777009
>not yet
Don't do it anon, have some self-respect

[Anonymous No.16777393]

>>16776230
Fear and loathing is my favorite book i don't give a fuck. Always have a good laugh reading it

[Anonymous No.16777461]

>>16776230
........where is inferno?

[Anonymous No.16777481]

>>16777307
It's not even the most underrated Jerusalem

[Anonymous No.16777491]

>>16777352
I mean, I’ve already mostly sold my soul at this point

[Anonymous No.16777562]

>>16774635
>not a single spine is cracked
DONT YOU FREAKING RETARDS KNOW THAT:

ONE: It is impossible to "crack the spine" of a real well-made hardcover book. I don't know the proper terminology but basically the outer spine part pops out, and the paper spine folds up and there's a gap, while the covers fold along those indented fold bits. Just look at pic related. You can literally open and shut the book 180+ degrees continuously all day and it will leave absolutely zero recognizable trace whatsoever.

TWO: When you are reading a paperback, you aren't supposed to fold it open like a barbarian, you should "tilt" it open and peak inside. It's obviously a much worse experience than with a hardback you can open flat (which is why actual readers are willing to spend more for quality sewn-bound, hardback books). But it prevents creases in the spine, which will inevitably lead to pages falling out down the road when the glue brittles and you have pages on the edge of the crease not properly attached anymore.

[Anonymous No.16777662]

>>16777562
I'm not talking about hardcovers, idiot.
>you should "tilt" it open and peak inside
What the fuck am I doing, watching my neighbor taking a shower? Fuck that and fuck you. How can you possibly be absorbing what you're reading if you're constantly aware of how your hands are positioned like you're in some kind of beginners course for smug assholes? You can hold it as nice as you please, but eventually, you're going to absently readjust your grip, flatten the pages, and bend further over the text. If you're reading a book, actually reading it, you're going to read it, and you're going to crack the spine.

[Anonymous No.16777675]

>>16774340
I imagine a cute girl owns this collection

[Anonymous No.16777953]

>>16777215
well, duh.

[Anonymous No.16777982]

>>16774672
Even though its all genreshit, its based genreshit.

[Anonymous No.16777990]

>>16777562
I used to tilt my softcovers.
I used to be an idiot.
Break that shit open, I want reading comfort.
>which is why actual readers are willing to spend more for quality sewn-bound, hardback books
real readers get their books as cheap as possible so they can amasse a ridiculously large backcatalog, and because an used book with browning pages is a thousand times better than some virgin untouched shit.

[Anonymous No.16778076]

>They still buy books

[Anonymous No.16778116]

>>16774979
Imagine looking for aesthetics in a bookshelf outside of the beauty that derives from the books being organised by author in alphabetical order

[Anonymous No.16778291]

>>16777393
Not OP but it’s a pretty good book.

The funniest scene imo are the bits with the teen hitchhiker.

[Anonymous No.16778315]

>>16775323
Do you like Henry James, perchance?

[Anonymous No.16778359]

[Anonymous No.16778370]

>>16778359

[Anonymous No.16778375]

>>16777990
I agree with much of what you say in principle but NO, I don't prefer my books to be BROWN.

[Anonymous No.16778381]

>>16778370

[Anonymous No.16778386]

>>16778381

[Anonymous No.16778391]

>>16778386

[Anonymous No.16778398]

>>16778391

[Anonymous No.16778410]

>>16778398

[Anonymous No.16778414]

>>16778398
Beautiful shelves, can you tell me about "The Master of Go"? Title (and length, for a nigga who clearly reads omnibi) intrigues me for some reason. Also ironic to me that you only own Starting Point, as I only own its follow-up.

[Anonymous No.16778452]

>>16778414
It's one of the best novels Japanese literature produced to my knowledge.
The story itself is a fictionalised version of a Go-game between an old master who's the last of his line and an up and coming champion.
Basically all of this is a giant analogy for the battle of old and new that's been going on in Japan since the Meiji-era.

I love this book. Read it three times.
You should read it if you have the chance, since it's not very long. ~220 pages with a large typeset.
(It doesn't matter if you know nothing about go, it's still enjoyable.)

[Anonymous No.16778481]

>>16778452
Definitely going to pick it up, thanks for the rec. While we're on the subject of Jap lit, what do you think of Tale of Genji? And any other major recs? (Quality Eng translation a must.)

[Anonymous No.16778523]

>>16777461
Lent it to friend before the pandemic hit and I had to leave state. It's a shame but I'll get it back one day

[Anonymous No.16778635]

really find it weird how you guys dont have more dictionaries.

>>16775061 well damn, would you look at all those Springers! a whole damn shelf! im jelly af!
>>16775781 pisses me off the fact they put a monkey on top of crichton's congo and spoiled 2/3 the whole boock

[Anonymous No.16778822]

>>16774340

[Anonymous No.16778951]

>>16774913
Matt?

[Anonymous No.16779172]

i have more books than you all combined on me amazon kindle

[Anonymous No.16779185]

>>16774913
pretty good but i think a wall of assorted manga pages would really complete it

[Anonymous No.16779193]

have only read half because i keep reading vns instead

[Anonymous No.16779202]

>>16779193
best place to order from outside japan?

[Anonymous No.16779218]

>>16779202
i get my books from ebay cost only 2 eur each

[Anonymous No.16779237]

How much money did you anons have to pay for your books?

How do you afford it?

[Anonymous No.16779255]

>>16778398
>ROTK
my fucking nigga

[Anonymous No.16779381]

>>16776312
Mine are Easton Press, I find then by chance on Yahoo Auctions front time to time. Some are worth a lot, but I always pay between 1000 and 1500 yens.

[Anonymous No.16779403]

>>16775845
>>16775864
I put my books in a box and the box in the wardrobe.

[Anonymous No.16779437]

>>16777089
Thanks.

[Anonymous No.16779467]

>>16779237
By getting a job?

[Anonymous No.16779501]

>>16777562
>When you are reading a paperback, you aren't supposed to fold it open like a barbarian, you should "tilt" it open and peak inside. It's obviously a much worse experience than with a hardback you can open flat (which is why actual readers are willing to spend more for quality sewn-bound, hardback books). But it prevents creases in the spine, which will inevitably lead to pages falling out down the road when the glue brittles and you have pages on the edge of the crease not properly attached anymore.
When you purchase cheap paperback with a glued, non sewn, spine,(also known as “Perfect” binding.
(or any book really),
You’re supposed to slowly “fold” the book
Out, so the pages and binding are “prestretched”, so the binding is unlikely to crack.
The way you do this, is by putting the book down on a hard flat surface like a desk or table, spine down,
Then you open the book by both the front and back covers, and stretch those down gentle do that they close to flat on the table,
Then you fold down a few more pages from both the front and back of the book simultaneously, like you did with the covers,
You continue doing this front and back a few pages at a time, till you reach the center of the book.
Do it gently with just basic finger and hand pressure.
Then let go of the book and close it up.
This relaxes the glue binding a bit, and causes all the pages to naturally fan out a bit.
It also helps prevent a single area from getting too stretched out.
It’s also nice yo do with sewn bindings, since those are additionally glued as well, but it’s not as necessary.

[Anonymous No.16779575]

>>16779237
Second hand

[Anonymous No.16780278]

You guys HAVE read your books, right?

[Anonymous No.16780511]

I have ran out of shelf space and just pile books up around my apartment.

[Anonymous No.16780577]

i want dis

[Anonymous No.16780585]

[Anonymous No.16780588]

>>16774979
>no vertically stacked books
you're just an autist, faggot.

[Anonymous No.16780628]

>>16780577
Buy this edition, it's better.

[Anonymous No.16780642]

>>16780628
it doesn't have notes :(

[Anonymous No.16781083]

>>16779237
i think none of my books were over 500rub ($7) most were 1-3$, i buy secondhand and from sites equivalent to ebay (look for people getting rid of home libraries)
i want to buy Guyotat's Tomb for 1500 (20$) tho, as an exception

[Anonymous No.16781092]

>>16777662
we're not all hamfisted barbarians, anon.

[Anonymous No.16782093]

Bump

[Anonymous No.16782135]

Oxford

[Anonymous No.16782139]

>>16777662
>If you're reading a book, actually reading it, you're going to read it, and you're going to crack the spine.
i have read over 100 paperbacks and cracked not a single spine

[Anonymous No.16782149]

>>16782139
loser

[Anonymous No.16782151]

>>16780628
>MOORCOCK

[Anonymous No.16782156]

>>16782149
Crack one of these.

[Anonymous No.16782195]

>>16778481
I haven't read ToG, only looked at the firs few chapters. I liked this slightly solemn style Roall Tyler used in his translation and the Penguin Deluxe edition is actually really well annotated and illustrated.

>And any other major recs?
Kawabata. Everything you can get your hands on. /lit/ creams their pants over Mishima, but Kawabata is where it's at.
I also enjoyed Soseki's "The Gate". Hated Botchan because it reminded me of the dysfunctionality of my own school.

[Anonymous No.16782491]

>>16779237
i buy used books of good quality. i got 6 books for 10 euros last week.

[Anonymous No.16782551]

>>16779237
>How much money did you anons have to pay for your books?
I don't want to think about this.

>How do you afford it?
I'd usually spend the equivalent of 1-2 dollars of my lunch money on buying 1-2 books on the street on the way home during HS.
If I had some sort of job at hand then I shelled out on buying special shit or English language books.

[Anonymous No.16782557]

>>16774340
I almost vomited looking at that bookshelf

[Anonymous No.16782636]

>>16779237
Today's haul. Total spent: 1330 yens (Sade's biography costed me 710 yens, the others 200 and 110).
Second hand books tend to be cheap.

[Anonymous No.16783984]

[Anonymous No.16784253]

>>16782135
you're missing one lad

[Anonymous No.16784385]

>>16776312
Easton Press, Franklin Library. They're American and mostly for looking at. Used bookstores are full of them. $15--$40.

[Anonymous No.16784627]

just built this
next step is to get a gf

[Anonymous No.16784649]

>>16780577
They look so nice. Too bad the quality is ass :(

[Anonymous No.16784672]

>>16782156
They’d glow akin to cracking a glow stick

[Anonymous No.16784692]

>>16784627
based
2021 is the year of the gf, it has to be

[Anonymous No.16784703]

>>16784627
Clean setup. I like it. Good luck, anon.

[Anonymous No.16784940]

>>16781083
Which sites? I’m using ozon and chitai-gorod rn but good editions cost fortune and it’s almost impossible to find Pynchon, McCarty and other meme authors in Russian/English. Delivery alone is pricey as fuck.

[Anonymous No.16785309]

>>16784627
Show more of your room

[Anonymous No.16785617]

>>16785309
here you go anon

[Anonymous No.16785641]

>>16783984
Not even into raves/rave music but I love books like I imagine that Rave Flyers collection is there

[Anonymous No.16785761]

>>16785617
Fucking comfy. I love it. I hope you find a great gf.

[Anonymous No.16785862]

bragging about my recent haul from a used book fair here. Paid about $100 AUD plus was given the Hare Krishna books on my way home.

[Anonymous No.16785863]

i only have bad camera phone but it doesn't matter since any thread i post in dies.

[Anonymous No.16785892]

>>16784627
Where did you buy your statues anon? i really like them.

[Anonymous No.16785897]

>>16785863
why would you share this lol, clean your room bucko

[Anonymous No.16785908]

>>16785897
what's wrong with it

[Anonymous No.16785995]

>>16785761
Thanks. I've put work into it to make it /comfy/.
>>16785862
is that Sam Hyde?
>>16785892
I buy them on Etsy. The shelves too. I like supporting small time artisans.

[Anonymous No.16786020]

>>16785908
bro...

[Anonymous No.16786035]

>>16786020
doesn't answer my question

[Anonymous No.16786091]

>>16785995
If you have sellers you'll recommend please share :)

[Anonymous No.16786115]

>>16786091
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarbleCast

https://www.etsy.com/shop/greekartifact

https://www.etsy.com/shop/NirvanasEdge

[Anonymous No.16786116]

>>16785862
Wow, that dentists' waiting room has a great selection.

[Anonymous No.16786134]

>>16782195
Thanks. But can you actually read Japanese? Or are you a filthy monolingual fetishizing a translation that you can't actually qualify.

[Anonymous No.16786181]

>>16786115
Thank you :)

[Anonymous No.16786219]

>>16778315
don't care for most of his work really

[Anonymous No.16786230]

>>16779437
If Milton Babbitt then based, if some fantasy shit then gay

[Anonymous No.16786236]

Sonia Castaño
Justine Diane Pullen

[Anonymous No.16786247]

>>16782491
Where from eurobro?

[Anonymous No.16786248]

>>16779501
gay

[Anonymous No.16786268]

>>16784627
these statues are basciallc just glorified funko pops and you know it

[Anonymous No.16786299]

>>16786268
Literally what

[Anonymous No.16786320]

>>16786230
Babbitt is a Sinclair Lewis book. Early 20th c. American writer.

[Anonymous No.16786330]

>>16786268
correct

[Anonymous No.16786347]

>>16786134
No I can't, I can read Hungarian, English and German.
I'm studying Chinese and Japanese as an extra language was an option, but I went with Greek instead.

[Anonymous No.16786494]

>>16786347
Noted. Translation opinions discarded. Thanks for your help all the same.

[Anonymous No.16786524]

>>16786494
Have you ever been told that you're an ass?

[Anonymous No.16786548]

heres some of it

[Anonymous No.16786592]

Anybody willing to share their history bookshelves?

[Anonymous No.16786596]

>>16786268
Yea and if my mom had wheels she would basically be a glorified bicycle

[Anonymous No.16786607]

>>16786548
>>>/r/eddit

[Anonymous No.16786655]

>all these self help books
>still posting on 4chan
Really makes you ponder

[Anonymous No.16786693]

>>16775076
>Schaun das Schaf

Mein Neger

[Anonymous No.16786695]

>>16786655
mte

[Anonymous No.16787008]

>>16786268
If you had eyes you would basciallc be able to see the difference

[Anonymous No.16787021]

>>16786592
How about some disgusting FRENCH history?

[Anonymous No.16787587]

18, just started buying books a couple moths ago. Hows the bookshelf looking fellas

[Anonymous No.16787594]

>>16787587
no need to add your gucci glock to the picture kid

[Anonymous No.16787602]

>>16787594
how else am i going to show my 4chan friends I'm cool

[Anonymous No.16787620]

>>16774522
Uhhh funko bros?

[Anonymous No.16787624]

>>16786607
Shut the hell up butt hole!!!!

[Anonymous No.16787648]

>>16787602
all good
look heres my glock 48 I just bought last week. Plan on getting my ccw soon.

[Anonymous No.16787676]

>>16774979
>manga/comic books in general
Thank you, please keep these on another shelf entirerly otherwise you do not respect them. YOU WILL BUY AN ENTIRELY NEW $100 DOLLAR BOOK SHELF JUST BECAUSE I TOLD YOU SO.

[Anonymous No.16787694]

>>16787587
>>16787648
Based retard Zoomer

[Anonymous No.16787818]

these are the only books i own, and i haven't read them, only other editions of the same works.
from the top left: a psalm book from 1856, an original copy of ibsen's when we dead awaken from 1899, a psalm book from 1741
bottom: a couple of short story collections of allan poe from 1908, and a bible from 1854
all in norwegian/danish
i live right next to the library and i live in a small space so i don't bother with building a collection, this is just furniture

[Anonymous No.16787852]

>>16775561
the point is that it's the same content FOR FREE just without the conspicuous consumption aspect

[Anonymous No.16787866]

>>16787648
Why do you have an e-whore as your background

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>>16787866
What do you mean

[Anonymous No.16787937]

>>16777662
Get some medication for that ADHD dogbrain faggot

[Anonymous No.16787964]

>>16787892
Your background picture

[Anonymous No.16787985]

My closet has a window in it (not pictured) so i turned it into a mini study.. much to the chagrin of my girlfriend

[Anonymous No.16788001]

>>16787852
Sometimes free things are not as good as things you pay money for believe it or not

[Anonymous No.16788011]

>>16787985
How the fuck can you just mention a closet window and not picture it?
>Haha yeah guys I've got a girlfriend (not pictured)

[Anonymous No.16788039]

>>16788011
>>16787985

its not an impressive window because, again, its in a closet. But here it is.

>Also notice my girlfriend’s (not pictured) belongings (pictured).

[Anonymous No.16788053]

>>16787964
Yea what about it

[Anonymous No.16788082]

Gentlemen.

[Anonymous No.16788375]

>>16785862
What state? That's pretty good Aus prices, folio societys alone are usually $25+ near me.

>>16784253
I'm about 150 pages into this. It's not bad but pretty repetitive so far, I can't imagine reading the unabridged version.

[Anonymous No.16788502]

>>16774672
What is the font size in the Asimov book? Geesh

[Anonymous No.16788547]

>>16788039
>>16787985
>>16788011

shit my bad. i forgot to include the window

[Anonymous No.16788569]

>>16788502
Right: The Foundation Trilogy
Left: Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov

[Anonymous No.16788586]

>>16787985
>>16788547
You read in that closet? That looks really cosy and private.

[Anonymous No.16788587]

>>16788547
>FBI
Anon, that's not your girlfriend...

[Anonymous No.16788601]

>>16788547
Sorry but I'll have to run you over.

[Anonymous No.16788642]

>>16788586
I do but not nearly as much as I should

>>16788587
Who is she?

>>16788601
Why?

[Anonymous No.16788810]

>>16778635
Allow me to dictionary post. Out on my coffee table because I have to keep it out when I read Lovecraft because I'm a dumbfuck.

[Anonymous No.16788824]

>>16788810
Forgot the pic as if to drive the point home.

[Anonymous No.16789131]

Read most of these at work when I used to have a factory job so not in the best condition, while my next shelf is mostly newer books that I haven't read yet and the ones I have where read at home.

[Anonymous No.16789163]

>>16789131
Roughly only read 1/4 of these, but all are from this year. Have alot more free time to read now.

[Anonymous No.16789250]

>>16789163
Would your hobby happen to be collecting cringe books?

[Anonymous No.16789263]

Away from my main shelf atm but this is what I'm working with

[Anonymous No.16789270]

>>16787886
very nice

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[Anonymous No.16790105]

>>16788375
regional NSW, Armidale, uni town. Local Rotary club does the book fair every year and they typically put 10-20 on the folios, 2-5 on everything else.

[Anonymous No.16790122]

>>16777491
Imagine willingly studying ((("Finance")))

[Anonymous No.16790136]

>>16779237
Library book sales & thrift stores. I have an art book worth $150 that I got for $.50

[Anonymous No.16790138]

>>16780278
Yes but I have forgotten some of them. I don't really have time to read these days.

[Anonymous No.16790139]

>>16779237
each book is 10-25CND, and i think i have spent over $300 on books in the last 4-5 months. i have large savings i use to buy nonsense. but, still, i think i will get a job and set a budget. i don't want to spend so much money.

[Anonymous No.16790142]

>>16779237
Paperbacks are very cheap

[Anonymous No.16790150]

>>16787587
You need less nihilism and more classics.

[Anonymous No.16790224]

>>16786592
Where's the anon with the pith helmet? He's got a really nice history collection.

[Anonymous No.16790275]

>>16775643
Conan sucks. It is not even interesting in the slightest.

[Anonymous No.16790305]

>>16786592

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>>16786247
The Netherlands. But my example is more an exception than the norm :D

[Anonymous No.16790437]

>>16789250
this. harari wtf

[Anonymous No.16790462]

Most of these shelfs are full of books in english, but are you people from english speaking countries? I'm not.

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[Anonymous No.16790590]

>>16774554
i don't like you

[Anonymous No.16790654]

About 15 books there that I've still yet to read. Going to read them first before I start buying again.

[Anonymous No.16790669]

>>16790590
Why? Give me a kiss.

[Anonymous No.16790684]

>>16790654
>flashman
Is it good?

[Anonymous No.16790755]

>>16790684
They're entertaining enough, can get a bit repetitive though.

[Anonymous No.16790985]

>>16787886

Organized in this order: Greek, Medieval, early English, English lit, American lit, and Novels

[Anonymous No.16791005]

>>16785617
very peng.

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>>16790684
Yes

[Anonymous No.16791067]

>>16774913
I like the desk set-up and if you can read Japanese you'd be pretty based.
If you cant, then it's cringe.

[Anonymous No.16791168]

>>16776230
I really liked Amerika but really wasn't that keen on The Castle. Any reason you like it?

[Anonymous No.16791175]

>>16777071
kek

[Anonymous No.16791521]

>>16791066
>>16790654
Based flashie

[Anonymous No.16791690]

>that's a lot of books anon
>what are the all about?

how do you respond?

[Anonymous No.16791778]

>>16791690
>Well, they're mostly ab- ... why am I responding to the voices in my head again? Goddamnit, shut up!

[Anonymous No.16791917]

>>16774340
>entire shelf dedicated to transphobic propaganda
our girl

[Anonymous No.16791927]

>>16774554
>sorting by cover type instead of author
i'm triggered

[Anonymous No.16792215]

>>16774340
Cute

[Anonymous No.16792261]

>>16774535
You unnironically have to be 18 to post here

[Anonymous No.16792631]

>>16790575
Hmmm one of the spines really pops I wonder which one

[Anonymous No.16793148]

>>16790305

Very nice, thanks.

[Anonymous No.16793231]

>>16789163
You give me british vibes

[Anonymous No.16793262]

>>16790575
Why the gay ass open books on top of the shelf?

[Anonymous No.16793271]

Everyone quick hide your Harry Potter copies

[Anonymous No.16793306]

>>16774913
Use a coaster god damnit

[Anonymous No.16793650]

>>16774554
hyperion is so sick
reccommend anything else by Dan?

[Anonymous No.16793659]

>>16777215
i cant stop laughing at the big star wars book

[Anonymous No.16793664]

>>16787648
when are you going to go out murdering people?

[Anonymous No.16794051]

>>16790150
You’re probably right any recs?

[Anonymous No.16794053]

>>16791042
Is that you Peterson?

[Anonymous No.16794274]

>>16790684
There are some Flashman that's better than others. I like the one that focuses on India, The Great Game and Mountain of Light

[Anonymous No.16795691]

>>16793231
Australia

[Anonymous No.16795743]

>>16775294
Reading tons of pdfs and epubs for post-grad really put me off reading anything besides articles and brief essays on a screen. Also, when you're working with screens most of the day, it's way nicer to read paper for leisure or personal interest.

Physical books are just simply lindy.

[Anonymous No.16796142]

First babby bookshelf ( I know, is a mess and the photo is crap too).

[Anonymous No.16796178]

>>16786268
>>16786330

At a certain point the obsession with calling out materialism becomes a tiresome bore. Calling out funko pops is fine of course, because at their core they are nothing but celebrations of pop culture that boil down to pure 100% consoomerism.

But small reproductions of busts or statues? They're fine. They're still consumption, but at least there is something else that they represent besides purely vacuous consumer culture. If anon likes the aesthetics of them, or they remind him of a philosopher or classical artist, then they're fine. There is more to life than asceticism and minimalism. Nobody gives anybody shit for having a houseplant; I don't see how anon's statuary affectation is any worse than that.

[Anonymous No.16797292]

>>16786592

[Anonymous No.16797306]

>>16796142
I'm having trouble understanding the structure of this bookshelf

[Anonymous No.16797380]

>>16786592

[Anonymous No.16797493]

>>16796178
Well said anon

[Anonymous No.16797757]

>>16784627
I don't know what those things are made of or how much they weigh, but I'd be extremely careful when moving books or rearranging them because they might topple over. I recently broke a vase and a half full bottle of Malibu for being careless.

[Anonymous No.16797790]

>>16790654
>three languages
jelly, is english your native tongue?

[Anonymous No.16797797]

Do you prefer keeping your books at the front of your shelves or do you push them all the way back? I'm going to try and move them to the front, see if any magic happens.

[Anonymous No.16797934]

>>16797797
Front.

[Anonymous No.16798047]

>>16787852
Money has no value in designating consumption. You are a consumer, you consume information, but you also seem to love consuming the idea of getting things for free - which still takes up space in your harddrive, takes up space in your mind, in the collective consciousness, in the eyes of God, in the unfolding of history, it takes energy from something and dilutes it into something else,

[Anonymous No.16798078]

>>16774522

[Anonymous No.16798212]

>>16797797
Pretty autistic but I push the deepest book to the back of the shelf and then align all other books on that row with the front of that book

[Anonymous No.16798316]

>>16797306
It's a disaster, I know

[Anonymous No.16798331]

>>16787818
probably a larp but what a based larp indeed

[Anonymous No.16798377]

>>16787886
kino

[Anonymous No.16798401]

>>16798212
Youre not autistic, I actually think thats a good idea.

[Anonymous No.16798414]

>>16774381
>>16774522
samefag
how long did that take you to write?

[Anonymous No.16798419]

>>16797380
have sex

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[Anonymous No.16798628]

>>16798568
¿Cuál es el nombre de la editorial con el logo que parece una "A"?

[Anonymous No.16798642]

>>16798628
Terramar

[Anonymous No.16798701]

>>16798555
Cortázar and Mika Waltari

[Anonymous No.16798729]

>>16778452
Also recommend this one.

[Anonymous No.16798735]

>>16774522
Go back to your virgin cave, you fucking troglodyte.

[Anonymous No.16798898]

>>16788642
This is very cozy and good. Congratulations.

[Anonymous No.16799294]

>>16790575
holy based, i love you

[Anonymous No.16799386]

>>16797380
Always nice to see that my office corner is appreciated, though you can't really see too much of my actual shelves from that picture. At some point I'll do pictures of my books again, though I am out of shelf space and the stacks of unshelved books continue to grow.

>>16798419
Not sure the reasoning behind this, or if it's directed towards the anon who posted the picture or the anon whose setup that is (i.e. me). If the latter, don't worry; I have sex with my wife regularly.

[Anonymous No.16799446]

>>16786347
Is your name Zoltan?

[Anonymous No.16800742]

>>16798047
You're largely right here (consumption is consumption, regardless of whether money has changed hands), but I also think you're missing part of what the 'download it all for free!' anon said. He specified *conspicuous* consumption in his post. And he's not entirely wrong.

I am not going to stop buying physical books, as I do prefer them to ebooks (for a variety of reasons: aesthetic, functional, sentimental, et al; my home library is somewhere around 1,000 volumes so I am by no means looking down on anyone who buys books). But there can certainly be something uncomfortably performative about taking pictures of your shelves and posting them on shelf threads that suggests the conspicuous part of conspicuous consumption.

Despite that, I still participate on these threads a few times a year. I like to think that participation is more out of a desire to share than to show off (as I've found interesting works on other anons' shelves that I would otherwise be unaware of, I hope that others can find similar books on mine). But there's an uncomfortable tension there too, as on occasion I see others post my pictures too and I get small thrill from it, the same way that seeing a (you) shoots off a few pleasant endorphins in the lower parts of my brain. Ultimately when it comes down to it I'm not immune to things of which I'm critical.

In general I don't give it too much thought, but now and then it does give me pause.

[Anonymous No.16801009]

>>16799386
based