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The Best Nonrequired Reading is a great series.
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 at the typography on the Chandlers.
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Apr 4, 2016 13:39
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We finally got all this poo poo out of boxes and onto shelves. I like books but I like them less every time I have to move them all. I like how all the "real literature" has very small typography so you can't see it very well but all the lovely airport fiction and fantasy novels are written in huge embarrassing letters. 
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Apr 4, 2016 13:59
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Jerry Cotton posted:
Yeah dude, it's out of control. Stories are great though.
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Apr 4, 2016 14:32
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A Strange Aeon posted:I feel like you're too young to own a Megadeth compact disc. also i own three Megadeth compact discs, thank you
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Apr 4, 2016 18:38
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 I recommend the jack chick book and the duck book.
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Apr 4, 2016 22:27
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Apr 5, 2016 21:35
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AFewBricksShy posted:
can't really recognize any of the books but this is probably the classiest shelf posted
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Apr 5, 2016 21:51
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Kindle so... https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/23872535?shelf=read 
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Apr 5, 2016 21:58
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thathonkey posted:can't really recognize any of the books but this is probably the classiest shelf posted Thanks. I wish I could take credit but the previous owner built it. 
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Apr 5, 2016 22:02
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A Strange Aeon posted:I think V is pretty good, but the Crying, despite being short, never left much of an impression on me. Gravity's Rainbow might be the Infinite Jest of an older generation. V, Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon, and Against the day are all amazing 10/10 masterpieces and Crying and the rest of the stuff he's written... really isn't.
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Apr 5, 2016 22:12
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AFewBricksShy posted:
Whose flag?
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Apr 5, 2016 22:15
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AFewBricksShy posted:
C&H buddy 4 Life! 
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Apr 5, 2016 22:15
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Applewhite posted:Whose flag? Not a casket flag actually. There's 2 flags in that case. One was flown over the American hq in Iraq by my brother, the other was flown in an rc135 over Afghanistan by my friend. I took some closer pictures of the shelves that I'll post tomorrow. If I post them from my phone they'll be huge.
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Apr 6, 2016 01:39
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Mel Mudkiper posted:This is so impossibly full of poo poo you are wrong, but i'll take it under consideration.
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Apr 6, 2016 01:46
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AFewBricksShy posted:Thanks. I wish I could take credit but the previous owner built it. aah thats better its like a magic seeing eye pic
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Apr 6, 2016 01:50
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Mel Mudkiper posted:More like Boringes if you want "realistic and interesting people" borges is not where to turn. that isn't his project. there is more to heart than psychology.
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Apr 6, 2016 02:00
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Nanomashoes posted:V, Gravity's Rainbow, Mason & Dixon, and Against the day are all amazing 10/10 masterpieces and Crying and the rest of the stuff he's written... really isn't. crying should be erased. pynchon hates it. it's a self parody in the worst way. vineland is one of the most excruciating, beautiful, and accurate books on recent america imaginable. if you wanna understand what's happening today, that book will tell you. i liked bleeding edge but it wasn't amazing. it retains his incredible ability to evoke a total social atmosphere... new york just before 9/11. wow. haven't read against the day or inherent vice.
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Apr 6, 2016 02:03
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thathonkey posted:can't really recognize any of the books but this is probably the classiest shelf posted Classy? Bookshelves used to store anything but books looks super tacky imo.
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opus111 posted:Classy? Bookshelves used to store anything but books looks super tacky imo. Um ok i while dont 100% endorse your opinion i was actually talking about the quality and apparent craftsmanship of the shelves themselves not their contents
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Apr 6, 2016 07:09
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nomadologique posted:crying should be erased. pynchon hates it. it's a self parody in the worst way. I actually haven't read Vineland yet, it's the last book of his I haven't read.
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Apr 6, 2016 11:08
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Apr 6, 2016 11:34
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The only book you need right there.
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Apr 6, 2016 11:35
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Excuse me, that is technically a book sill.
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Apr 6, 2016 13:01
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nomadologique posted:if you want "realistic and interesting people" borges is not where to turn. If you want good books Borges is not for you - nomadologique, 2016
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Apr 6, 2016 13:45
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Only children prefer realistic and interesting characters over a good plot and/or interesting ideas.
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Apr 6, 2016 13:56
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lol. at least you're sticking to your guns. i can respect that you only like one thing from books. me, for movies: i really only like fast cars and explosions. literature all day, but can't stand art films.
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Apr 6, 2016 14:07
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nomadologique posted:lol. at least you're sticking to your guns. i can respect that you only like one thing from books. I mean, I can respect Borges as literature it's just profoundly outside the scope of my enjoyment. Something like The Aleph or Book of Sand is certainly philosophically interesting and imaginative, but put it against something like Gilead by Marilynne Robinson and it just doesn't compete.
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Apr 6, 2016 14:19
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Science Book shelf: (missing Bad Astronomy) Comics:   Random Fiction     Reference/random stuff  Short Stories   Autobiographies/random stuff  Fantasy/Scifi series   Self Help/My wife apparently really liked chicken soup books, and I have anger issues, and everyone has a bible apparently.  The sun was hitting the classics/stuff my kids will have to read in high school shelf so I'll get a picture of that later. AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Apr 6, 2016 |
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Apr 6, 2016 14:34
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AFewBricksShy posted:
I didn't know If Chins Could Kill was a real book, I thought it was just a joke in the foreword of Danger Girl. Is it any good? Also, was Supreme Power volume 2 worth it? I bought and read volume one and was like "ehhh."
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Applewhite posted:I didn't know If Chins Could Kill was a real book, I thought it was just a joke in the foreword of Danger Girl. Is it any good? If chins could kill is very good (much better than Make Love). It's the story of how he came up and making the Evil Dead movies, as well as his thoughts on being "that guy" in Hollywood. I haven't read Supreme Power in a while, but I liked the series. If you didn't like the first volume I'd say it probably wouldn't be worth it.
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Apr 6, 2016 14:55
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AFewBricksShy posted:
any collection of autobiographies that doesn't include this wheel's on fire by levon helm is poo poo by definition
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Apr 6, 2016 15:30
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Are those the second ravage and smokescreen?
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kizudarake posted:Are those the second ravage and smokescreen? Good eye, the first is just a 1:24 Maserati, but I'm pretty sure the WRX is BT01 Smokescreen. I also have Hound and Lambor (BT04 and 02) but they were too plasticy The WRX usually passes as just another model. I gave those to my kid, who promptly destroyed them. AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Apr 6, 2016 |
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Apr 6, 2016 16:04
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At least this many more stored away in boxes or in stacks in another room. Pretty much all sci-fi / fantasy / Clancy type stuff.
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The Locator posted:At least this many more stored away in boxes or in stacks in another room. Pretty much all sci-fi / fantasy / Clancy type stuff. I see you, too, own a red faux-leather edition of Lotr.
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People who own the Watchmen and the Sandman but not Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run confuse me. Also, nomadologique, I'm glad we agree about Borges now and your weird opinion earlier that prompted all this was merely a miscommunication. Re: Pynchon, should I read Gravity's Rainbow or Infinite Jest first if I want a big modern novel?
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Apr 6, 2016 20:13
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A Strange Aeon posted:People who own the Watchmen and the Sandman but not Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run confuse me. both at the same time, alternating between the books every time you finish a page
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A Strange Aeon posted:Re: Pynchon, should I read Gravity's Rainbow or Infinite Jest first if I want a big modern novel? Oh man this is gonna be a fun derail read Infinite Jest and skip the footnotes The Locator posted:At least this many more stored away in boxes or in stacks in another room. Pretty much all sci-fi / fantasy / Clancy type stuff. Nice every used bookstore I have ever been in
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A Strange Aeon posted:People who own the Watchmen and the Sandman but not Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run confuse me. Neither, read Savage Detectives or 2666
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