>>25316172 I like the random woman books like Danielle Steel and Princess in the Spotlight. This is the type of bookcase you wish is just a result from sharing with mom/sister and dad's old programming shit.
I need to get a complete edition of Melville's poetry, among other poets; other than that, I think this is pretty well-rounded, though maybe a bit too America-centric
>>25316172 >actually buying basic math Ouch that must have cost a lot. Math books are so expensive its a reason I haven't pursued it much after undergrad
>>25316280 >Math books are so expensive Uni bookstores basically give old editions away. Same with the used book circuit. I always take a round at the end of the semesters to pick up some textbooks for nothing.
>>25318370 It was one of the first books I got in grad school, about 20 years ago. I met him before he died. Dark, menacing, sad guy at Chicago. Aso met hayden white, was a jerk.
>>25318509 Damn, wish i could get my hands on the actual books of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. They only published the portable Gibbon edition in my country
>>25318673 Thats one of the books i enjoy collecting, I even have a first, with shit binding, 12 volume edition. It's only partially a first as he revised portions from the release of the sixth as he published the others.
>>25319450 Maybe I should have guessed that from the welsh book. You have a lot of stuff from the American curriculum and a lot of Irish stuff among the heavy hitters so that’s why I guessed it
>>25319585 Lol this. Like where the hell did this notion of "your books MUST have scratches, stains, cracks and yellow pages or else you're not reading them" came from?
I wanna preserve my books for as long as possible, thank you very much. Just because YOU don't know how to read without damaging your books, doesn't mean everyone else has to follow your example
>>25319376 >>25319394 We have the habitat for humanity in the US, and they sell salvage at the restore. You wouldn't believe the finds. I het davis cabinet company, sherril and henredon for nothing. My standing desk from pottery barn was $25.
We also got a 1940s maple 6 piece dining table fro. Ethan allen for $125.
>>25320165 >pseud can’t even post a picture of his own shelf. If you actually had ever read a book, you’d have known those topics are as deep as it gets.
>>25320165 I prefer the editors of everyman's tell me what to read. Otherwise i might not be able to articulate my disdain for women and noneuropean writers.
>>25321418 And bottom of the first shelf with some magazines and books that are too big to fit elsewhere. Bummer for the Roger Dean books, I’d like them somewhere visible but they don’t fit anywhere
Bought all of these for close to dirt cheap Only started actually buying books just over a month ago Currently waiting for the mort/reaper man/soul music three-in-one hardbound and his collection of short stories to arrive which I ordered from amazon that cost me a quarter of my monthly filipino wage. Thank god both books had free shipping or it would've cost me half. Gonna buy the original Harper Collins publication of A Series of Unfortunate Events hardbound next payday. There's a local seller but it doesn't come with the box the set is suppsed to have. Might need another clear box for it.
>>25323369 It takes relevant information about it's own brand of zombies from its own fictional history, debunks myths and provides practical solutions which is then compiled into the survival guide. It's very matter of fact and takes the situation seriously. I first read it back in high school, It's was a fun read then and I still enjoy it now.
>>25322276 No air conditioning, dry cleaning was prohibitively expensive or nonexistent, everyone smoked. I think people just had a higher stank tolerance back then
>>25316850 i just got the harvard classics library the 'five foot shelf' first ed set today for a real good steal. i realized i do not have room when i got home and here i thought i wanted to start the loeb trek i already have stacks and stacks on the floor
>>25316796 it's good just very detailed. There are a few parts that drag when it comes to the taxes and economics (which are important for some of the choices the English had in the beginning stages of the war).
>>25324908 That China Mieville is good, but he's trying very much to be experimental and innovative. But the story about the secret playing cards is still with me. That one is worth the whole book.
>>25324918 Yeah that's how I treat most short story collections - I mark the few ones I like, then throw out the book. From Mieville so far I liked Familiar. Eventually I will self-publish collected short stories.
>>25316172 here's my small library. have a bunch of loebs as well: complete plato, plotinus, some aristotle, greek and roman poetry, eusebias, pausanias, augustine, etc. but they're not in this small bookcase.
>>25327076 i like the overall feel, the cover, the look, the pages, i like the font and i like the translation unfortunately, i haven't gotten that much into it, i started out strong with reading it after it came in, but doomscrolling is just a habit that's (for now) too strong to get rid of i read the first book of the Republic earlier though, looking forward to read the rest of them when the time is right
>>25327076 It's very good. Only possible complaint is that the pages are quite thin, and some might not like this. (I'm fine with it, though still prefer the thicker pages of the Aristotle duology which is normally posted.)
If you're going to get a complete modern Plato edition, this is the one to get.
>>25327077 You can't just skip to The Republic! Literally everyone mentions this. You have to read it last, after literally everything else.
>>25325408 >>25318573 >>25316850 Loeb anons, is it worth it? I want to collect them all but at the same time I'm no scholar nor do I have a drive to learn ancient greek and latin. Is it one of those things you get the ones you want and kinda leave it at that, or would I be missing significant pieces by just buying only a few. I am autistic if that sways your answer. I also own a harvard classics library first edition alumni versions already. I've also heard the I tatti and dumbarton oaks are actually semi worth it overall, but have heard mixed things about loeb if you aren't a scholar nor do you want to learn ancient greek/latin.
>>25327171 figured as much, but I genuinely have an interest in a significant portion of what's published. any recommendations on certain publishers who can appease this autism?
>>25327160 >Loeb anons, is it worth it? I want to collect them all but at the same time I'm no scholar No. The english translations are sometimes pretty old. Plotinus was well done. If you don't read greek or latin there's not much reason to have them. At least you recognize your impulse to complete a set instead of studying them in the original language. You'd be better off getting a nice modern critical edition of what you want to study in particular. I'm autistically studying ancient greek theology and can read it in the original language, so I don't mind if its a bit crusty sometimes in english.
>>25327322 yes but it's this weird room in the back that's like walk in closet sized just has these shelves and a desk that i use to paint minis or whatever
>>25327160 I am the middle anon in your reply. I would only recommend them if you are learning Greek or Latin/both. For learners they are useful, I usually will read the left pages using a sheet of paper to cover the English and only reveal it if I get stuck on something. The translations, as the other anon pointed out are not always great. In the case of A.T Murray's translation of the Iliad, it is fairly literal prose, which is useful, but not particularly good to read for pleasure. I have heard lots of Loeb translations are not literal enough and thus are rendered pointless for using as a learning tool beyond the fact that it is a copy of the book with 50% of it in the original language. They are usually ridiculously expensive both new and used but I managed to get my Iliad Vol I & II for £8 each at my favourite bookshop on earth: Books For All in Harrogate. The other Greek is Epic Fragments which was a Christmas present from my Mother the year I went to Uni to study The Classics. I am really only a novice in Latina and the Petronius I bought solely because I needed it for studies (of the content not the language) and it was the only copy in Waterstones. I would love to own them all but I know that impulse is silly really, I'll probably get a handful more on my learning journey but when I am proficient enough I would like to buy nice copies of solely the original texts.
1. Brooklyn Follies — Paul Auster 2. The New York Trilogy — Paul Auster 3. Silk — Alessandro Baricco 4. The Way of the World — Nicolas Bouvier 6. Tommaso and the Blind Photographer — Gesualdo Bufalino 7. Factotum — Charles Bukowski 8. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love — Raymond Carver 9. The First Third — Neal Cassady 10. The Hunter's Gunshots — Rafael Chirbes 11. The House of Sleep — Jonathan Coe 12. The Road to Los Angeles — John Fante 13. 1933 Was a Bad Year — John Fante 14. Wait Until Spring, Bandini — John Fante 15. Angels — Denis Johnson 16. On the Road / The Subterraneans / The Dharma Bums — Jack Kerouac 17. Desolation Angels — Jack Kerouac 18. Big Sur — Jack Kerouac 19. Lonesome Traveler — Jack Kerouac 20. The Hour of the Star — Clarice Lispector 21. Under the Volcano — Malcolm Lowry 22. Story of My Life — Jay McInerney 23. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories — Carson McCullers 24. The Colossus of Maroussi — Henry Miller 25. Tropic of Cancer — Henry Miller 26. Tropic of Capricorn — Henry Miller 27. Sexus — Henry Miller 28. Terrace in Rome — Pascal Quignard 29. Hell’s Angels — Hunter S. Thompson 30. The Rum Diary — Hunter S. Thompson 31. The Great Shark Hunt — Hunter S. Thompson 32. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Hunter S. Thompson 33. Motel Chronicles — Sam Shepard 34. The Big Dream of Heaven — Sam Shepard 35. States of Shock / Far North / Silent Tongue — Sam Shepard 36. Fool for Love — Sam Shepard 37. Hawk Moon — Sam Shepard 38. Stoner — John Williams 39. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test — Tom Wolfe 40. The Bonfire of the Vanities — Tom Wolfe 41. The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby — Tom Wolfe
Currently reading: The Sheltering Sky — Paul Bowles
Some of you might remember my shelf posted here years ago, I'm the Brazilian anon with a shit ton of books precariously hanging above my head while I slept. Well, things improved a lot in the previous years; I finally have a decent place to put my books, I bought a car, published my book, and I was promoted in my job. Here is one section - the non-fictional one - from my collection.
>>25327687 >I'm the Brazilian anon with a shit ton of books precariously hanging above my head while I slept kek i actually do remember you. i'm glad you found your success. i wonder what oxfordanon is doing, and if he found his english rose gf
>>25328233 referring to in english. if it's "only useful" for showing off, then he clearly isn't using them to their full potential and ostensibly the purpose that puts them ahead of reading in translation.
>>25327687 >try to take a book at the bottom out >have to move a bunch of books in the way >attempt to remove book >the whole book pile falls over onto me and the floor inefficient book storage.
>>25328535 >black shooting a white >something something reparations >something something oppression >It's okay because he is white and being punished for it is just proof of oppression and more reparations are needed >start from above again. Literally magic has become a parody of not only itself but of irl politics.
>>25319697 it is a woman thing really. It's not enough to have read a book, you must display your having read it to those around you, in fact... that's the whole point.