new bookshelf thread
post your shelves and discuss other shelves
post em if you got em
>>7482919
More of the OP shelf? I like those multiple Ovids.
>man without qualities
luv u senpai
its pretty pleb but im gonna pick up Stoner soon, super hyped for that
>>7482950
>that shitty ass volume of the """Basic writings""" of Kant
makes me want to throw up in my mouth
burn that piece of shit
buy the cambridge editions of Kant's works or do not buy any Kant at all
>>7482950
Which Dosto is your favorite?
>>7482919
get real, senpai.
>>7482960
i didnt know where to start with Kant. thanks for the rec
>>7482969
Can we have one thread where you weirdos don't cross-post shitty shelves from /r/bookshelf?
>>7482963
definitely Demons
I posted in the other thread, but the books were in height order. Is there a point to having them in name order if I don't own that many books?
The shelf above it is filled with less "literary" books.
>>7482970
oh mah nigga I didnt know
good broad views of his work are "Bounds of Sense" by P F Strawson, "Kant's Transcendental Idealism" by Henry Allison, and the much more simplistic "Kant" by Paul Guyer.for primary sources his most highly rated works are the three critiques, which you can pick up in the sexy and cheap new Hackett editions translated by Pluhar if you're a poor/not-that-obsessed-with-kant-and-looking-for-a-smooth-not-literal-translationfag
if you want to actually study him then def. buy as much of the cambridge editions of his works as you can, particularly "Critique of Pure Reason", "Practical Philosophy (which contains ALL his ethical writings, not just the Critique of Practical Reason but groundwork for the metaphysics of morals and others)", "Critique of the Power of Judgement", "Anthropology, History, and Education" for texts dealing with his general understanding of human nature, and "Theoretical Philosophy After 1781" if you're deadset on ACTUALLY studying the Critique of Pure Reason (a daunting task, many people skirt by it and only read summaries of his work) it contains many works that deal with the COPR by both summarizing/exegesizing or polemicly debating.
Ignore the Stephen King, I bought them when I was 12 and used bookstores aren't interested. Open space in the middle for future classics and meme books
>>7482919
>>7483009
what books are next to tom wolfe/nabokov/danielewski?
>>7483008
ill definitely pick up those cambridge editions
thanks guy!
Just moved/unpacked recently, here's some
>>7483023
>the greeks and a few of the memers
nice one frand
>letting ayn rand touch actual literature on each side
p-p-please m-move rand away from those books s-senpai
>>7483013
Which ones?
>>7483033
>infinite jest
>actual literature
pick one you stupid fuck
>>7483035
there are books on every shelf down the right hand side that are obscured from the picture
>>7483033
hating on rand is just as much of a meme as reading her now.
i don't agree with everything she says and honestly didnt like atlas shrugged at all, fountainhead had some good stuff.
>>7483033
>opinions different than mine are bad
Let him read what he wants. If he agrees with that political philosophy then he should let the books stay.
>>7483041
that original poster here
I genuinely enjoyed fountainhead, it reads as a near perfect kunstlerroman
shrugged just tired me out and bored me. too many mary sues with her political views stitched conveniently in
so you genuinely liked fountainhead but told me to move it away from other lit, coming across as if you hated rand? i don't understand you
>>7483023
some of my art books
>>7483071
yes.
I was having a chuckle with what I thought was a m8
I was having a meme with you
I was makin' frands
I guess I thought wrong
:'(
>>7483099
What's in the Leonardo da Vinci and Michaelangelo books? Just their art or other stuff?
>>7483104
hard to tell since hating rand is so prevalent on /lit/.
but i agree with you, anon. i liked fountainhead, didn't like atlas shrugged. we can be friends now.
the important thing is that we read lit, and it's ok if we didn't like it in the end because now we can discuss it with others.
>>7483109
their complete works. it's a very large format. 12x18 inches and weighs over 20 lbs. provides analysis of each work and incredibly detailed photography. you can read more on taschen's website about them. they have been reprinted but in smaller formats.
if you want an example i can show you
>>7483132
So they aren't actual books right? If you could take a picture of one of the Leonardo da Vinci one that'd be great, thanks.
>>7483138
yes they are 'books' in the technical sense... if you mean are they novels or something, no.
it's a catalogue raisonné, biography, analysis all rolled into one. imagine something like pic related for all of his work, sketches, etc. like i said, check it out on taschen's website.
>>7483160
Ah, I see. I'll check out the website, these look interesting.
I saw that they were in cardboard boxes, and to me it seemed as though you described them as if they were just leafs of images and with information, so I thought they weren't actual books bound together.
>>7482919
>Plato next to Ovid
>everything else blurred to hide how shit it is, probably
whoever shot this photo is pleb as fuck
>>7483165
ah ok. yes most of taschen's large books are shipped in boxes like this to protect them. most of them weigh over 20 lbs, so they can be a bitch to move. these all have carrying handles to make things easy when it comes to storage/moving.
>>7483169
sorry, i don't really take a lot of pictures, the flash was a bit bright. if you look at it in full resolution it's not that hard to make out. it's sophocles - theban plays, aeschylus - oresteia, euripides - bacchae, hesiod - works and days/theogony. not shit imo :^)
One of these days I'm gunna get organezized
>>7483217
My apologies for the sideways picture, friends.
>>7483217
>all that penguin
>>7483224
Clearly you don't know how cheap you can get penguin books from old women that have died in the U.K.
I posted the Franklin Library and Easton Press books on the shitty Ikea bookshelves in the last thread.
>>7483265
>>7483269
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>>7483225
Also those are almost all books that were originally written in English, so there's no reason to avoid Penguin...
>>7483283
Thank you anon. Also a reason I have so many.
>>7483309
Yeah man the blanket hate for Penguin gets pretty annoying, especially considering their recent (last ~20 years) efforts at bringing out some great translations. Great intros and solid translations to classics like Don Quixote; literally the only in-print unabridged version of the Count of Monte Cristo; the P&V translation of Anna Karenina, etc. People love to circlejerk, and in their blind hate for Penguin end up being just as stupid as people who blindly love Penguin.
Personally I love them and their prices; it's to Penguin and Oxford that I always first turn when looking for copies of something. My Penguin copy of the Count of Monte Cristo was like 8 fucking bucks for a 1200 page book.
>>7483321
what translation of don quixote do they use?
>>7483321
It's true. They've always existed to be cheap and allow people to read classics when they wouldn't have been able to otherwise. It's exactly what they do and exactly what I use them for. The only other cheap option in the UK is buying Wordsworth classics which are awful in comparison. Oxford are really hard to get here which is a shame because the few that I have are excellent.
>>7483339
John Rutherford. It was my first taste of "real" lit and I didn't appreciate at the time the significance of the translator making an effort to bring back to the text the goofy humor that was apparently lost in most earlier English translations.
>>7483340
You can't get Oxford even online? That sucks, but admittedly there are relatively few books in which I've noticed a significant superiority in Oxford over Penguin.
>>7483350
Not familiar with Rutherford. I've read the Smollett translation, which I really like. It also has humor as well as a feeling of epic adventure about it.
I also read the Putnam translation which is pretty common. It's not bad but I think it's lacking some of the fun as well.
How is the Buss translation of Count of Monte Cristo? (from Penguin)
>>7483350
It's possible online but they tend to be more expensive and 50% of the time they send a different edition to the one specified. Its worth doing sometimes, I did it with all the Zola I've read but for a lot of other books It just too much hassle.
>>7482998
organize by publisher looks 100x better
>>7483369
By publisher?
Should organize the publishers by name, or by something else.
>>7483353
To be fair I haven't read other translations of Quixote, but had enough of a blast reading Rutherford that I ended up having doubts that older translations could hold up to it. I might try Smollett for a re-read, though. Would you think it worthwhile?
Buss for Monte Cristo was absolutely amazing. Like I said above, it's the only in-print edition (of which I'm aware) that's totally unabridged and uncensored, and it's phenomenal. It immediately became my favorite book once I read it, and even though it's been over a year since I read it (actually aiming to re-read this week), I still think about it and get chills sometimes. I've never read the original French, but Buss' translation paints a striking picture of the Count, and does a great job of ranging from dry humor to bone-chilling severity, all with beautiful prose.
Here are a few different examples from some of my favorite passages:
>"But I think you said I have nothing to do. Now, Monsieur, I ask you, do you imagine you have anything to do? Or, to put it more clearly, do you believe that what you do deserves to be called something?"
>"Trees only give us pleasure because they give shade, and shade itself only pleases us because it is full of reveries and visions."
>“Did you experience your father’s death in your absence? Did you see the woman you loved hold out her hand to your rival, while you were croaking in the depths of the abyss?”
Undoubtedly the single greatest adventure story I've ever read. And like I said, the Penguin edition is almost criminally inexpensive; I've given away two copies as gifts already just because they're so good, and so cheap to replace.
>>7483364
Sorry to hear that dude! At least you can enjoy those Wordsworth Classics :^)
>>7483371
Organize by alphabetical publisher, then within each publisher organize the books by that publisher into alphabetical order
>>7483391
Alright, I'll try that. Thanks anon.
>>7483391
How's this?
>>7483380
If you enjoyed Don Quixote enough that you want to read it again in the future, keep Smollett in mind. I don't think it warrants running out and getting it asap though considering you enjoyed Rutherford so much already. Had you disliked it, then maybe I'd say give Smollett a chance sooner.
Nice to hear. I haven't read Monte Cristo in over 10 years now, so I'll keep the Buss in mind. Although I do believe the newest 2008 Oxford edition is complete. The older ones were abridged. They use the older translation, but they re-added the missing text as far as I'm aware.
>>7483400
Still doesn't look right, try organising them by the date the were published, earliest first.
>>7483409
Is there an advantage to organizing them like this?
I can't tell if you're fucking with me or not.
>>7483400
nah, i like grouping by category better. like classics together, contemporary fiction together, philosophy, etc.
>mein kampf next to the quran
>dostoevsky next to bret easton ellis
nooo
>>7483008
If you're serious about studying Kant you grow a set of balls and actually learn German, you fucking pansy.
>>7483406
I added Smollett to my amazon wishlist to keep in mind for a re-read, and thanks for the heads up on the new Oxford Monte Cristo; I may check it out just for the introduction if nothing else--although I just checked my copy against the amazon page for the Oxford copy (2008 print), and it looks like Oxford has ~140 fewer pages; I'm not sure how much of that can be imputed to formatting difference.
Hope you enjoy the Buss translation if you end up giving it a shot! Cheers!
>>7483409
kek
>>7483412
I'm 99% sure he's fucking with you.
>>7483412
It gives you the advantage when you get girls round. Girls like it when guys have old books first, think about it.
>>7483217
>I organise my books by publisher and line
Jesus fucking Christ, see a doctor and get some medication to deal with that autism.
>>7483413
Oh, okay. I don't have any philosophical books (I think), I guess I could probably be able to group them by categories. Yeah, that seems like a nice way to order them, thanks anon.
>>7483418
>I'm 99% sure he's fucking with you.
Yeah, I thought so.
>>7483422
You're right, my imaginary girlfriend would love to see my books in date order. Thanks.
>>7483424
>no books
i noticed, was just an example.
>>7483423
The big bulk of vintage on the right is actually just Dickens (my parents bought my his complete works for Christmas one year) and the penguin are mainly in bulk because they're the ones where I have multiple books from the same author. There is very little organisation other than that. It's a none permenant place for my books which is probably pretty obvious from how they are stacked.
>organising books by anything but how they look together
>>7483350
oxford are usually more expensive
>>7483445
>not having different shelves for different genres, with the contents of each shelf sorted chronologically according to when you read them
>>7483451
Tbh I already sort-of do that, I have all my Greeks (As in Ancient Greek literature, secondary sources, historical fiction) together, and my Romans, but everything else just goes by how it looks
These threads are fucking terrible.
Why are you even on /lit/?
No one cares how many fucking books you own or how nice your bookshelf looks.
Go post this shit on your Tumblr you fucking faggots.
I bet most of you barely fucking read at all.
>>7483458
Let's see your bookshelf, faggot.
>>7483224
hmmm?
1 of 9 need to re-sort really as i've had to start an overflow shelf for the classics.
almost everything is from charity shots, second hand bookshops and carboot sales.
>>7483837
2 of 9
general fiction (mostly, and now in need of ordering again with overflow onto other side of the room …)
>>7483225
Tom Hardy writes books too?
>>7483844
3 of 9
poetry, ww2, random small hardback stuff, and some old OUP Trollope i'll probably never read.
>>7483851
4 of 9
old OUP
>>7483853
5 of 9
mostly oversize military history and other reference
>>7483856
6 of 9
overview of other 'stuff'
includes fiction overflow, some scifi, typography and printing history reference
>>7483863
detail of previous
7 of 9
>>7483867
8 of 9
more detail
>>7483872
9 of 9
until next year
>>7483896
>How long have you been collecting them for?
depends. Military history phase was when I was in my mid-to-late teens 10–12 years ago. Classic collecting started the same time, as i was reading Tacitus, Livy, Suetonius, Thucydides etc. back then.
Printing and typography books last 7 years or so.
/lit/ sort of literature last 4–5 years.
I probably acquire ~100 or so books a year, but only read 40–60 a year. As some of those read are borrowed from the library I obtain at least twice as much as I read in a year, just because I might want to read it at some point, so I get it while it's cheap
>>7483948
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>>7483954
3
Got a new shelf of conservative lit.: Kirk, Nisbet, Babbitt, Weaver etc. If anyone is interested I will post it
To the anon last thread who thought I was using my little brother's shelf: Nope, I live alone.
>always want to attack people in these threads for having pleblit
>look over my own shelves and realize how many books I still have from when I was but a meager youngin'
>>7482960
>>7483008
Have you studied philosophy because I can't imagine anyone reading Kant for fun. Seriously, COPR is such a long and impenetrable book. It's also so dense and old fashioned that you'd have to read it a few times to understand what he's even saying. Then, on top of all that, it's not like his stuff is even that relevant to today's philosophy. He's a hugely important figure in the history of philosophy so knowing his stuff will help you understand what a lot of newer stuff is based on but is it really worth all that pain and effort for a bit of historical context?!
I'm not having a go I just find it hard to believe that people read this kind of stuff for any other reason than 1. they have to for a degree in it or 2. so they can sound clever. If you genuinely enjoy reading proper academic stuff like Guyer, Strawson and the original Kant then massive respect to you
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>>7483936
People should only ever read ~10% of the books they buy in their lifetime. They are there for when the mood strikes.
>>7484403
Please do!
>>7484543
ive never studied philosophy academically, i just genuinely love that shit. its definitely hard to understand sometimes but the more i read the easier it gets
>>7484449
>EVE novel
why dude.
why.
>>7484683
Fair enough, you absolute maniac
What other philosophers do you read?
>>7484691
Got them for Christmas one year, my parents are die hard Christians and thought they were religious books.
>>7485144
4/5 fooled me at first
sorta related question:
>World as Will and Representation
is arriving tomorrow but I don't know how thick of a book it is, how many pages does it have?
>>7482950
Hey is that complete chronicles of Conan book well made? I really wanna buy one of those big black books, but don't know if I wanna pay so much tbqhfam
>>7484665
1/?
Shit quality I know too drunk to do any better
>>7485204
2/?
>>7484449
So patrician
>>7485208
last one
>>7485218
Clearer photo of the top shelf
1/2
Work shelf
>>7485230
2/2
Home shelf
(Sorry for he re-post, senpai)
>>7485204
Clearer pic of the top half of this pic
>>7485227
Bloody hell, looks like the bookshelf of a future nazi
Just kidding mate, I just bought the Broken Compass (or Cameron Delusion as my version is called) is it any good?
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>>7485239
>look at all the books I've collected, guys
>I haven't even actually read most of them
>look how smart I am
>(owns a copy of infinite jest)
>please accept me, guys
>I just want to f-f-fit in
These threads are fucking cancerous.
>>7485322
well memed
>>7485322
>implying there's something wrong with archiving worthwhile pieces of literature, so they don't get burnt/thrown out by stupid fucking pleb-tier op shops/tip shops who think no one buys books anymore.
>>7485305
Its quite good. The Abolition of Britain is really his best. Broken Compass details how the conservative party failed to offer opposition to the left wing policies of Labour in the latter part of the twentieth century and early 21st century. But I feel that Hitchens has a very limited view of conservatism. He's always entertaining and provocative to read though.
>>7485322
>i dont actually read
>i shitpost about kindles
>tfw parents won't buy me books
>please accept me, guys
>I just want to f-f-fit in
Fuck you.
Upvotes to the left.
>>7485238
>greeks
>DFW DeLillo Pynchon Vonnegut
>novels later made into movies
>sci-fi fantasy
what the fuck dude
>>7485546
>Greeks
Yes -- I fell for the 'start with the Greeks meme
>DFW DeLillo Pynchon Vonnegut
Meme'd again (though actually enjoyed this stuff, so jokes on you, /lit/)
>Novels later turned into movies
Huh?
>Sci-Fi fantasy
You caught me. I was into genre fiction as a kid (I actually collected different editions of the Hobbit)
>>7485322
possibly the most triggered post up on /lit/ right now.
>>7484697
just Sartre, Kierkegaard and Kant
>>7485322
Tbf I was just hoping someone would want to talk about Marcel Proust.
>>7485171
yeah it is, i got it used for like 3 dollars though so i cant complain tbqhfam
>>7484449
this is great
what's wrong with you faggots?
post shelves!
>>7485322
Come on now, youngin
>>7485900
>Sartre
>philosopher
Pick one.
Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty can save you, anon.
ITT: tsundoku desu senapi
>>7484403
Where is your copy of Babbitt? I found a 1950s copy in a used book store early this year. So surprised to find it. The smell of an old book is awesome... Way better than new
