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Dec 22nd, 2008 12:35 AM
Fathom Zero I bought a book by someone called Davis Bunn, The Lazarus Trap, that's supposed to have won a lot of awards from Christian associations and has a lot of religious connotations, but either I'm fucking blind and they're stupid because it's just another crime novel to me.

I bring this up because it makes me feel weird reading it and I don't know whether I want to finish it or not and just put it on my bookshelf. I read every book I own, unless they're just given to me, like A Perfect Storm or Contact, which I have no interest in.
Dec 21st, 2008 08:54 PM
kahljorn i got this awesome hardbound copy that has like 8 of his short stories and essays for 14 dollars ;o it has most of his famous stuff except the stranger.
Dec 21st, 2008 09:30 AM
Zhukov Of course I would always like to read everything I buy, but there's not always time... and there's always other things that keep popping up.

It doesn't hurt to collect them. You all make me feel like a poser. I've read most of them god damn it.

Kahl. I saw a few collections by Camus about a week ago and I think one by one I will put them on my shelf. Not only will they be awesome to read one day, but they will make me look super smart.

Oh, and I wish I had some Asterix books.
Dec 21st, 2008 12:56 AM
pac-man
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My dad used to fill the shelves on the dresser in the living room with books he never intended on reading. He didn't go for quality though. He picked them by size and spine color.
That's probably what I would do if I were to make myself a pretty bookcase. The amount of books show intellect while the uniformity says type a personality.
Dec 20th, 2008 09:56 PM
ZeldaQueen My parents buy me a lot of books for Christmas or my birthday. I mean to read them, but I never get around to it.

My violin instructer filled his bookcase with stuff just to "look smart" (or so he told me). They had pretty weird titles too. I'd always read the titles when I got bored during the lesson. Some of them were "All Politics is Local", "Acupuncture without Needles", "Fire in the Belly", a large number of Yoga/fitness for Dummies books, and quite a few books by Faith Popcorn. I'd always wonder what on earth was in some of those books.
Dec 20th, 2008 01:15 AM
Tadao My dad used to fill the shelves on the dresser in the living room with books he never intended on reading. He didn't go for quality though. He picked them by size and spine color.
Dec 20th, 2008 12:56 AM
pac-man I had to think before I responded, but I can honestly say I've never bought a book that I didn't intend to read (and subequently read) unless I bought it as a gift for someone else. My bookshelf will be shitty and consist mostly of graphic novels
Dec 19th, 2008 11:48 PM
10,000 Volt Ghost Just uh....pretend it's not. Yep.
Dec 19th, 2008 11:15 PM
Tadao If only it wasn't Wiki
Dec 19th, 2008 10:56 PM
10,000 Volt Ghost http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
Dec 19th, 2008 10:43 PM
Tadao Yeah, they should make an online Encyclopedia where you hit a random button and it brings up something.
Dec 19th, 2008 10:32 PM
10,000 Volt Ghost I remember doing that when I was 7 or 8 after all the dirty words were looked up.
Dec 19th, 2008 09:51 PM
Tadao When I was a kid I used to just pull a book down from our encyclopedia collection and flip through it learning random things.
Dec 19th, 2008 09:41 PM
10,000 Volt Ghost except the encyclopedia of numbers. http://timanderic.com/cinco.html
Dec 19th, 2008 09:31 PM
Tadao I doubt many people buy encyclopedias anymore.
Dec 19th, 2008 09:22 PM
kahljorn i dunno ;/ I have a lot of books but my favorites are by camus, dosteovsky, nietzsche, Phillip K Dick and Vonneguht.
Dec 19th, 2008 03:10 PM
Grislygus My bookshelf has Cannery Row, Dante's Inferno, Grapes of Wrath, Night, High Treason, and one Garfield book (it was a gift, I didn't buy it ) squeezed between the shitty horror rows and the Hunter S. Thompson section, both of which are squeezed between Asterix books and every Calvin and Hobbes/Far Side collection ever made

I'm a motherfucking intellectual
Dec 19th, 2008 12:23 AM
executioneer i think the closest i get is "name of the rose" by umberto eco
Dec 18th, 2008 05:33 PM
Asila Sherlock Hooooolmes.

Some of my Doyles are actually the only books on my shelf I haven't read, since I collect antique Holmes and prefer to read the cheap paperback versions.
Dec 18th, 2008 05:28 PM
Esuohlim I always buy and never borrow books from a library because I intend on having a nice bookshelf someday, but I'll never buy a book I don't plan on reading.
Dec 18th, 2008 04:31 PM
Tadao Inferno is great, purgatory is ok, heaven sucks and is soooo fucking boring
Dec 18th, 2008 03:40 PM
10,000 Volt Ghost I'll start with the inferno. I have the unabridged translation of Don quixote so some parts drag.
Dec 18th, 2008 03:10 PM
Tadao I read both Do Quixote and 1001 nights. Great books. You should add to your shelf The collection of Sherlock Holmes and all 3 of Dante's Divine Comedy. You'll look even smarter.
Dec 18th, 2008 01:51 PM
10,000 Volt Ghost I buy books that look interesting and will eventully read. I've had Faust part one for 4 years now and still haven't gotten a chance to read it. Sometime when Don Quixote is done I'll read it. Then onto 1001 nights.
Dec 18th, 2008 11:54 AM
Tadao Just don't burn them and all's cool
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