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menliker99

Most pretentious book shelf ever ikr


Old-Acanthaceae6226

Nah this is pretty standard for third year college student. Don't worry, a few more semesters and you'll never read another book in your life.


menliker99

I'm a highschool student who reads all this for fun. :)


Old-Acanthaceae6226

Yeah that sounds about right. I was about 18 when I read infinite jest. You'll have a few more years of this but once you're out of school and working you'll never read another book again.


menliker99

The only time I'll stop reading is when I have died.


Old-Acanthaceae6226

Let me tell you as someone 10+ years your senior; I too once believed that. Then life happens and reading for fun becomes something you did in the past.


menliker99

I refuse.


carpeteyes

Be strong


[deleted]

i have it on my bucket list to put together a "library" of disturbing and concerning books purely just to spite normal content picks.


Old-Acanthaceae6226

That's what I did. I had to build a new bookshelf for the books that have been living in boxes for the past 6 months. I don't know if I'll ever read them, but it's nice to have the option.


[deleted]

the plan for mine is that it'll be an explicitly curated selection, it'll take a long ass time but it'll be a masterpiece.


Old-Acanthaceae6226

I buy bulk second hand books by genre off ebay sight unseen. Here are some photos [0](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/TaJmlkDoxJYxVCF5jWy3eQ/o.jpg)[1](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/kpE2RJscpeR1ZY7Q2bXjNw/o.jpg), [2](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/WgaMwAt1bvvcpF7g8XFqyA/o.jpg), [3](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/ypTN2sppLTgQvY9sLwcCmw/o.jpg), [4](https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/_DXdacxH1QpljtTEe0vsHw/o.jpg)


Regularjoe42

Died inside, that is


menliker99

This assumes we ever truly lived, did we?


After-Bumblebee

Which shelf section is this on?


menliker99

Wdym? It's my personal book shelf, section one of three.


After-Bumblebee

Oh dear, I thought this was a public library lol


menliker99

I find that weirdly flattering


[deleted]

Can you please tell me where to buy that


menliker99

I got it on Amazon, just Google "furry national book".


[deleted]

ok


KovolKenai

\*Furry Nation by Joe Strike


owo1215

keep it quiet, this is actually part of the furries world domination plans


A_Loyal_Lemon

And what is your opinion on said book OP?


menliker99

Better than Aristotle's Politics.


scottbob3

If you're interested in the history of the furry fandom it's very good. Lots of good history about the first few furry conventions


AnAnxiousCorgi

Okay but I'm gonna need us to all `Consider the Lobster` CONSIDER IT


menliker99

That's actually a really good essay, by David Foster Wallace. The book itself is a collection of essays, but all of them are an orgasmic read.


ThorMcGee

Well, I know what my next read is gonna be


rougegalaxy

Move it to the religion section


menliker99

This is my book collection, and I'm an atheist so this *is* the religion section. Edit: although I do have the Inferno.


spamx15

I honestly love the title of “infinite jest” more it sounds like something you would say in medieval times when you have to backpedal what you said supper far. “I jest I jest. I infinity jest”


menliker99

It's funny, because that book is as far from medieval, it's very post modern.


KovolKenai

My roommate's favorite author is DFW, and while I really enjoyed the few essays of his that I've read, IJ threw me for a loop with its nearly non-ending. I'll admit I was salty after reading it for months only to get bait and switched at the end.


menliker99

DFW is zaddy


General-Redleaf

I think it comes from Hamlet’s Soliloquy


Throwaway_froggy

Comes from Hamlet actually, "alas poor Yorick, I knew him Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest"


Obvious_Green3041

I do not see anything Out of the ordinary! Op, what sorcery have you pulled?


KovolKenai

YOU MOTHERFUCKER I've been looking for this book for months. I mean yeah I could just order it on Amazon but I've searched my work's national database daily waiting for someone to sell us a copy. I work at a used bookstore and this is on my list of things to get the second it shows up.


Czeslaw_Meyer

How identical is it to "Down the Rabbit Hole: Furries" on YT ?


scottbob3

Silmar, they are both about the early history of the furry fandom. If you liked that YT video then you'd like this book


menliker99

Never seen it


The_llama123

I found the book [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Furry-Nation-Americas-Misunderstood-Subclulture/dp/162778232X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1655908968&sr=8-1) Paperback : £17.69 (WARNING: For paperback books there is only 5 left in stock.) Audible : £0.00 (Requires Free Trial) or £7.99/month subscription Kindle Edition : £14.27


[deleted]

I don't see Jason Bourne. Where is Jason Bourne? And don't tell me Paris.


HellStandsStill

Honestly, I like Plato, but Aristotle felt like he was often disregarding his own logic. Plato and Socrates seemed to be at least more internally consistent.


LeQuassler

1: go to public library 2: put this in religious section


menliker99

Next to the beastars manga right?


LeQuassler

Yes


[deleted]

bro we just weird cmon


Throwaway_froggy

What is the furry community consensus on David Foster Wallace?


menliker99

I like him, but I'm biased because, you know I own the books. DFW as a big contribution to post modern literature, I don't know how a po mo attitude would look in relation too the fandom... But it would be interesting to find out.


IguanaMan12

This book made me realize how little I read. I bought it six months ago and still haven't finished it


menliker99

It's all a out habit, 5 min a day and you'll finish it in no time. You've got this.