Would your bookshelf scare off the ladies?
no. women would love me. unfortunately i only have sex with men
>>25428085probably but my tsundoko stacks definitely would
>>25428085Those spines are not creased. He’s larping.
>>25428102only troglodytes break spines. it's easier not to.
>>25428085I'm a larper, so probably not.
>>25428109yeah, jesus, how many of these have you even read? why are your volumes of shakespeare not next to one another?
>>25428085This just tells me she doesn’t read at all. None of these are obscure and it’s not like it’s some based CHUD assortment. Just kinda typical first year out of college pseud shelf.
>>25428112I would guess those Harvard editions were either found at a yard sale or are hand-me-downs. But that’s not really a lot of books anon.
>>25428112>how many of these have you even read10. I mainly read on PC and Kindle>why are your volumes of Shakespeare not next to one anotherI'm lazy and don't want to risk any possible damage to the books until it's actually time to read them. Some of the spines are already fucked up from the previous owner(s).
>>25428125oh i know, i have way more than this. it all just screams decorative, except the fantasyslop
>>25428126>10>five game of thrones books>three tad williams books>the once & future kingwhat's the tenth
I mainly read phil and poetry so.....yes?
>>25428130Great Expectations and TKaM. I'm waiting to read Le Morte d'Arthur before I touch The once & future king
My wife has grown to love it.
My wife and I have a lot of overlap in our tastes, we both like poetry (mostly not pictured here) and speculative fiction.
>>25428107What's your favorite chapter in Great Gatsby?
No, actually. Be passionate about something and women will appreciate your interests.
I'm not posting my and my wife's bookshelves, but let's just say: we're a two Hegel household.
>>25428166Tell me a scary story
>>25428152>jorken>africa
>>25428085I don't know and I'll never have the chance to find out. That's okay though
>>25428193Some great tales in that one.
>>25428167>The couple everyone hopes doesn't show up to the party
>>25428085I dunno you tell me
>>25428166You do meth.
>>25428220>firearm bookscringe
>>25428223Oh well, its not your bookshelf so piss off
>>25428092>Fellow Fanon reader on 4chan>GayTake me anon
>>25428152Lord have mercy on your poor wife for being saddled with a boring fuck like you
>>25428270>he hasn’t seen my Asimov collectionApologize right now
>>25428202I don't doubt that there are! I was, thoughhoweverbeit, attempting to draw your attention to the similarities between jorkens and perhaps, if i may, the act of jorkin' it, as many here among us are wont to do.
>>25428272>AsimovOh so you're gay and your "wife" is your gal pal. That makes sense. More power to you
I think i posted my bookshelf a couple months ago but i'll do it again
>>25428274yes milord. My wife hates my book collection actually. She only loved it when I sell one but now I have aught to sell. My library is not for grabs. I only know of a few women who like such things.
>>25428232you asked to be told and you were, faggot
>>25428085Maybe but I don't really care.Also Silvey is a nonce.
>>25428085women be like hmm i want to like this guy but i also want to find any possible reason to dislike him, let me go to the internet where they will 100% lambaste him guaranteed
You tell me.
>>25428166>shitty maglites that are mogged by $10 chinkshit
>>25428220Based tech ancap/lib pseud.>>25428223Buy a gun faggot.
>>25428085He's definitely one of those guys that acts like a feminist ally, but will rape you the first time you put up any resistance to one of his weird advances.
>>25428085I know better than to post my bookshelf here
>>25428284I'm gonna tell you to turn off your computer and back away from the monitor slowly>>25428339eh, barely, I have libertarian sympathies but I'm closer to Integralism. but not quite. I don't even think a label could be applied to me honestly.
>>25428220>Tyrany of the minorityI have an inkling that "minority" here does not refer to the capitalist oligarchs who rule our world.
>>25428085Yes and I am lady
>>25428397>>>/lgbt/mtfg
>>25428166>>25428326Yeah I heard some $40 chinkshit flashlight can light up the whole forest.
i decided to stop buying most books and get them at the library instead after my experiences with philosophy textbooks written by gay ass br*zilians>>25428279is the clay pipe actually usable?i like the taste of good tobacco but don't really care about the buzz so i'm looking at smaller pipes maybe. or i'll just get cigarillos i guess.
>>25428166what's the deal with these longer ones you have lined up on the bottom? I found one recently that works but the battery corroded. worth anything realistically or just a curiosity for you?
>>25428085>10 copies of Infinite Jest, Infinite Jest companion guides, Infinite Jest study guides, Infinite Jest cliffsnotes
>>25428355>thinks he's actually anonymous on 4chan>thinks the alphabet boys are going to identify him based on his goodreadsPost bookshelf or stfu
>>25428430i think he just doesn't want to be made fun of
>>25428085Yeshttps://files.catbox.moe/11572j.png
>>25428384it was a gift, I didn't use my own money for it. also do you check underneath your bed every night for Adam Smith or something?
>>25428490>revolt against the modern world>technological slavery>javacooked shelf
>>25428490>sonichuCan any christorians tell me if CWC has ever canonically read a book?
>>25428085No because my wife is scarier than me.
>>25428085yes.
>>25428152>>25428202>>25428272>>25428280fuck off elephantfag>>25428270>>25428274his wife is a 4/10 gook
>>25428085>secretly takes a photo of his shelves to taste report to redditThe average hole is a natural spy for the state. This is their true form.
>>25428085Who cares what women think?
>>25428274>Oh so you're gay and your "wife" is your gal pal. That makes sense. More power to yousocially retarded weirdo posting fag bants>>25428280>My wife hates my book collection actually. hetero and well-adjusted
>>25428085I don't know, would it ?
>>25428490Performative
My girlfriend won't let me display my copy of Mein Kampf. Whenever people are coming around, she puts it away in a cupboard. Kinda annoying, desu.
>>25428085Redditors need to be culled.
>>25428092Holy based
>>25428279Extremely comfy shelf anon
>>25428152What the fuck does someone like that even post about? What do you discuss? Why are you here? For the yearly Dunsany thread?
>>25428130kek
>>25428490An impressive amount of effort put into a joke.
>>25428085i don't like having books on shelves, they are unnecessary to keep out. i read them and put them in a box in a cupboard. i only have the book i am reading lying around.
>>25428085>decide to visit this reddit>some wizard asking why he's been single since forever>first book I see is Infinite Jest kek
>>25428109>I'm a larperIt shows, desu.
>>25428166That's a lot of dildos.
>>25428279Are you 70, perchance?
I guess it depends on how they feel about martial arts and herbalism, since most of the books I physically own are reference books related to my hobbies. The most chud-coded books I own are meme books from internet people I find funny, like The Doll on my Balls. But if a lady can't take a joke then I probably don't want her in my house.
>>25428102It doesn't matter if he's larping, women like this are awful at communicating and they have a fatal blind spot for men they're fucking. That's why women make up 1,001 bullshit reasons to get the ick or see red flags, before they fuck. He could shut her out, cheat on her, whatever he wants, it's over for her.
>>25428085The reddit poster is not a woman it's the owner of the books.This guy just want to know what books he needs to hide to not scare women.
>>25428806>The most chud-coded books I own are meme books from internet people I find funny, like The Doll on my BallsI do need a copy of Behead All Satans for the coffee table.
>>25428818>I'm some kind of plebbit detective myself, you see.
>>25428506None that he's ever talked about. Probably in school or something.
I own many older books so there's probably 25+ books where the word nigger is used quite generously. There's also a copy of Ayn Rands The Fountainhead (I have not read it), Technological Slavery and Asa Akiras biography. My girlfriend does not seem to mind.
>>25428833You don't need to be a detective, it's obvious.Women don't write like that and they don't care about the books the guys they like read. Or if they read at all.If you can't tell that's a guy larping you're not going to make it.
>>25428321are these actually yours? Impressive if so
>>25428222Meth isn't very lit. I thought everyone did opium here.>>25428410What'd you find? Battery damage can be repaired but whether it's worth the effort depends on the light.>worth anything realistically or just a curiosity for you?The stuff I have ranges from worthless to valuable. My end goal's to make an illustrated collector's guide for the modern American police flashlight.>>25428796Anything is a sex toy if you're brave enough.
>>25428152I suddenly feel compelled to have some tea and a long midday nap
>>25428490Indian.
>>25428725>he doesn't know the lore behind elephantfagnewfag
>>25428166Can you explain the motivation? I think we all know these aren’t even good flashlights. I doubt that they’re rare or expensive.
>>25428166Has anyone ever considered how retarded it is to paint a flashlight black? You want to be able to find it in the dark. And what even is that camo one? Who thought it would be a funny idea to put camo on a flashlight that can be easily lost?
>>25428495>do you check underneath your bed every night for Adam Smith or something?No, I was just wondering if a book titled "Tyranny of the minority" would have anything meaningful to say about the minority ruling class.
>>25428109>didn't even bother to remove the price tagsyeah, no shit you're a larper
>>25428406Lol i actually havent used the clay pipe yet. Thanks for reminding me. I'll use it in the next couple days
>>25428490its been over an year and trannies still seethe about this kek
I am determined to make the most hoe-scaring bookshelf now
>>25429381What are your current plans for it?
>>25429390Many things are up to one's discretion, however, the shelf must be incomplete without this volume display cover-out on a book stand.
>>25429395>>25429381The boring part is you need shit that is so surface level offputting there's no intelligence to it. >hurr durr Hitler booksYeah wow. Hoe scaring books like "How to rape a bitch" and "I love Hitler".
>>25429408>hoe with an EYeah I respect your opinion a lot
tfw cant participate in shelf threads because you dont read in english
>>25428109hey man, if YOU'RE not reading your pygmalion nor any of those GORGEOUS harvard classics,....wouldn't hurt to give em to ME.In all seriousness, donate these books somewhere if you're not going to read them
>>25429461Wake me up when Anglos have anything as nice as Italian premium editions. Their Everyman's look entry level and their Folio look like a child's idea of quirkiness.
>>25429612>Italian premium editionsCan you post an example? I want to see how kino they're compared to Spanish books.
>>25428490>>25429461not bad for 18 year olds who just started reading last year
>>25428193Jorken my shit in the bush and other short stories
>>25429538They were $1 each at the local library. Had obviously been there for quite a while. I will read them but I have a digital backlog on my kindle at the moment and a few checked out library books which take precedence.
>>25429664Look up Millenni Einaudi, Meridiani mondadori, bompiani classici, Adelphi books, Supercoralli and so on
>>25429538> GORGEOUS harvard classicsThey’re cheap because they’re crap. Bible thin paper, horrid typesetting the goal of cramming in as much shit as possible to uniform length leads to insane material combinations.
>>25429708>Essay of Montaigne>translationGaudy baubels don't buy erudition
>>25428152>Lord Dunsany hardcover collection You must be pic related op
>>25429776i see. i really did judge by the cover
>>25429395Cover-out does not display the thickness, it doesn't have that sublime statement of a brick with a black and white swastika and a H I T L E R being just one of the books in my shelf.>>25429390It's quite easy actually. I've had a looksie at that subreddit and it's a bunch of retards making surface level assumptions on the level of "He read lolita, ew that's weird and icky" so that's a musthave. You couldn't do without the manopshere staple of "Sun and steel" and a random pick of (preferably ww2) history books. Some right wings philosophers. Evola is a scary surname but not as scary as Jordan Peterson, that damnable nazi,
>>25430022It's Hazlitt, pleb
...with the Greeks.
>>25430234I'm sorry I don't speak landscaper.
No, I don’t think so
>>25428166>and here, dear, is my life's great passion: I hoard flashlights.I hope for your sake it's AI
>>25428279>only the approved classicsget some taste
>>25430239you speak english which is a mutt language consisting of 70% french, latin and norse
>>25430240holy garish cover design
>>25430240>chuddies think this look is lit
>>25430234That's not greek, retard, that's italian.baka
Women would be OK with this right?
>>25430234feet please
>>25430326My culture is not your costume.
>>25429011They're a history nobody had cataloged when I started this, and maybe only one other person has put any effort into since. Some're pretty rare; it's l like any other collection.>>25430269It was either this or buy a shelf full of second hand Penguin Classics so I can say "I'm not like other guys" like the rest of /lit/.
where do you guys buy your books for cheap? yard sales and thrift shops only have dogshit books and mainstream stores never sell anything good where im from
>>25430482>where do you guys buy your books for cheap?Friendly Local Bookstore + Luck.
>>25430055>hardcoverNot just my friend. Pick a book on the shelf. Any book. I’ll open it up and show you what makes it unique.
My wife has no idea what half of the books on my shelves are. She doesn't need to know. She's not an intellectual.
>>25430482for thrift, if they aren't skimming in the back like goodwill, you have to go pretty much everyday and be patient. try and learn the flipper's schedules.
>>25430563I don'tunderstood how relationships like that exist. I don't mean it in a "I'm a mature intellectual and I only associate with other mature intellectuals like myself" kind of way. More like if a girl doesn't have a kind of depth to her curiosity you'll have a hard time connecting over anything that isn't superficial. I know plenty of couples are like that but I'll never get it. I've dated a few who didn't see the need to do anything together other than eating and sex.
>>25430603>flipperOn a tangent but I hate how this has become a thing. >go to second hand shop>buy shit that looks good and then resell it>somehow this is profitable enough for enough people to be doing it to ruin secondhand shopsscalpers can all DIAF.
>>25430625>has become a thingIt's always been a thing. I volunteered at a place in the pre-internet days in the '90s and people who owned antique stores would hang out in the parking lot all day trying to snag stuff as it was donated or set out.
>>25430619My wife and I do have some shared interests, but mostly we stay in our respective lanes when it comes to things like books and movies. We have a peaceful marriage but it does limit the kinds of things we can talk about somewhat.
>>25430636Depressing but at the same time cynically reassuring to know that people have been fuckheads basically forever.
>>25430625honestly idc if they're flipping retarded shit like video game strategy guides or anime shit or whatever but when they flip $5-25 dollar books someone could use to enrich their life with just because the scanner app they all use says it's worth money (they usually have no fucking clue what they're buying) i feel like slashing their tires or worse. they have no life beyond greed.a lot of the books that are like $5-10 they'll wholesale in bulk for like nothing to companies who sell them on like thrift books and abebooks etc because it's hard to sell fairly common books. you basically need a warehouse + time to move them online. really retarded.i have to deal with these people because i'm a hardcore thrifter and they'll give you tips and sometimes let you trade but i secretly hate them.
>>25430636this is true. i know a guy who's been doing this shit since 1980.
>>25430659he told me he bought a stack of NYP the day john lennon died to flip down the road lmao
>>25429776i know the 80s+ editions were not as good. mine (1930s) are fine
>>25429461Tolkieny Ci wyblakły, czy co? Moje wydanie ma inne kolory kulek.
>>25430326Based de Maistre appreciator. But why do you have English translations of French books?
>>25430489Ok show me time and the gods since I happen to have the fantasy masterworks paperback omnibus of it on my shelf
>>25430704"This book I wrote when light Appeared the hand of Time.Formidabler his might Seems as I write this rhyme."Double signed. (A pre-1910 signature, and an inscription 40 years later, nearly 3 years before his death). Contains corrections possibly in his hand throughout the book. The inscription in verse was done when he was on tour in California, staying with his close American friend Hazel Littlefield Smith. He inscribed 30 of her books with poems. Most of which were donated to university of Michigan and are still there. I have the rest (around ten). Dunsany lamenting the passage of Time, but also marveling at his fierceness.
>>25430717
>>25430717Where'd this idea come from that scribbles in a book make it valuable? The text is what matters and you can get that from any printing.
>>25430750It’s completely understandable a unique copy is not your thing anon. But that doesn’t make it less valuable.
>>25430750You really don't understand how a double signed book from a historically significant author might be more valuable?
>>25430774Let him read his project gutenberg HTML docs with 10,000 illy transcribed errors that are sourced from reprints with dropped text etc.
>>25430757>>25430774"Collecting" is for boomers. Books are to read, not try to impress your snob friends with.
>>25430801Disagree. Nothing makes you feel closer to a writer you admire than holding artifacts in your hand.
>>25430803This. I don't own very many books that would be considered collectible, and certainly nothing on the level of that Dunsany book, but I do own a copy of the Second Edition rulebook of West End Games' Star Wars RPG. It has Bill Smith's signature and a note written to someone who must have had it autographed at a convention or something. It's a small thing and probably not a very valuable book, but it is special to me.
>>25430822I have a copy of this signed by the author and inscribed "To John, Thanks for the interview!" I actually emailed him and he said he had no clue who it could have been for.
>>25430822very nice anon. no matter how big or small it is something you cherish. Another counterpoint to the other anon, my collection isn’t just inscribed books, though I have dozens and dozens. I have several dedication copies (books inscribed to the dedicatee) including his beloved illustrator, Sidney Sime. Original art work. I own manuscripts, many unpublished, even today. Letters. Photographs. Money was but a small factor. Not even the richest collector in the world could have put together even 1/5th the collection I did. I’m quite very proud of it. Many of the books I am the first collector to ever own them. That is a distinguished honor, especially since during his lifetime Dunsany was imminently famous and was collected ardently by all his many fans around the world. Much of that stuff that was collected is lost or institutionalized today. And Dunsany was a great man worthy of my respect and admiration. And I feel honored to be a caretaker of these things. I should share his first unpublished autobiography, which I own. It’s a masterpiece. In three pages.
>>25430838I'm curious, do you have a greater end goal for this collection? Like writing about it or reproducing parts for academia and other book lovers? I'm the mad flashlight collector from further up. I feel obligated to create something scholarly, since I'm the only person in the world in this position.
>>25430830I love that. It's a tiny piece of history and a great story you can tell.
>>25430848>end goalI have no idea… it quickly grew out of control. A bit of luck, a dash of dedication and relentlessness. I have met so many great people from around the world. Masters of the trade. Scholars. Befriended them all. I love it. I’ve met so many of my current friends and people I cherish to talk to through my collection. I am known worldwide for it now. They have talked about my discoveries, even as far as Japan. It’s my identity now (dunsany), and for so long as I love to do it (I think that will be forever), there will be no end. And indeed, I have also made bibliographical discoveries. For instance, a scarce 1911 publication that was not previously known to contain Dunsany… I found it. How great a feeling it is to rediscover something today! The end will probably be when I die.
>>25430838I like that you consider yourself a caretaker. You are a steward of a legitimately significant body of work. Anyone who appreciates history and literature on any level should be able to appreciate the value of that.
>>25430860You should write a comprehensive masterwork on Dunsany. It'd be like /lit/'s Katawa Shoujo. And just like that I'd want a copy to jerk off to.
>>25428166I’m sure a chick would love to hear the stories behind each one of them
>>25430869>>25430862My great discovery of the year was unearthing the lost poster for Dunsany’s 1919 lecture tour that HP Lovecraft attended in 1919. MY OWN LANDS… it was called, and it changed his life and career forever. I am only a caretaker. But I am also an archeologist. This one reached Japan! A true blessing for me as a Dunsany collector to have found what the Lovecraftians consider as gold. And I found it almost by luck. The person who had it kept no idea of what it truly was.
>>25430879I forgot the picture… attached now. And pardon my enthusiasm.
>>25430326nice carlyle reader. tennyson was a great scholar
>>25428166kek
>Mein Kampf>Inside the Third Reich>Turner Diaries>White Identity Jared Taylor>Siege >Decline of the West It would determine who is worth keeping
>>25431068Have you read any Covington or Kay?
>>25430489>>25430717>>25430838>>25430860>>25430879>>25430882Fuck off Elephantfag>>25430822>>25430848>>25430862You are responding to Elephantfag. He doesn't actually enjoy Dunsany he just collects his books for the sake of collecting and reselling them later. He did it with Tolkien before, bragging about his expensive editions saying they would last him a lifetime yet he proceeded to sell the entirety of his tolkien collection.
>>25428220I'd be embarrassed to show such a shit bookcase that's caving despite its short width.
Probably. I've been doing most of my reading digitally for a while, so my bookshelf's mostly fantasy novels I read as a teen. Harry Potter, Discworld, LotR, Hitchhikers Guide, with some slightly more respectable stuff like Murakami or Pynchon or Robert Anton Wilson sprinkled in. If a date of mine got to see it, she'd probably think I'm a manchild.
>>25430326>reddit>twitter>both chatgpt and gemeniwew
>>25430226See my original comment, monoglot amerifat.
>>25428166>the average furry's bedroom
>>25428085i see no broken/bended spine on the books so i definitely consider him as a keeper of books ,but a reader? I'm afraid not.
>>2542808599% of books on my shelves are inherited from my grandparents, I haven't read the vast majority of them. I only read pirated ebooks. That being said I don't bring women over either so there is no reason for me to be performative about it.
>>25428384You're not being oppressed by the top 1% but by the bottom 2%
