My flatmate left the house recently, and so I got around to unpacking my books. The house, for the first time since the Bangalore hiatus, has begun to resemble something akin to a habitable place. The DVDs got unpacked just last week, after I bought a cupboard specifically for them. And I need to catalogue my stuff soon. ( Had it not been for a traitorous backstabber, I would have been able to do so this month). The comics aren’t part of the display – the ones I am reading now are in shortboxes right next to my bed, and the ones that are archived are stored in cardboard boxes and are accessed on demand.
You can see a couple of GNs here. Akira, that I love reading every now and then. Samurai Executioner 1-7, which deserve a seperate post of their own. One of the cardboard boxes contain all of the Robert Heinlein paperbacks I have, and I think that’s all the books he’s ever written. The other has some signed books, I think.
Pah, I need to arrange this stuff. Keeps getting scattered every other day, because I keep pulling out this or that.
So, like ’em?
Great pictures! With all of those books, I am surprised that you ever leave the house. ;) And is that a copy of Stephen King’s “Froma A Buick 8” that I see there? :p
Yes, that sure is! Long story – I had given away the book to a friend who travelled to the States two years ago. The lad sent me a pile of comics recently, and included the book in the lot. You will notice that the Buick book is lying somewhat seperately from the rest. :)
One of those HP hard bounds is mine.. mine.. Mine.. MINE!!!
Ooops.. Vasu and I are, I think, supposed to play this MINE-MINE game.
Also, what is that Betadine doing there? ;-)
Vandi, if you are reading this, that Lakshya you see there (if you could spot it) is yours. Feel free to claim it. I left it with our (er!) ever depandable. :)
Dude, did you actually go through every book in those photos?? :-O
Actually, two of those HP books
wereare yours. ;-)futurama is coming back.
13 new episodes for now.
YES! I heard it on the community. YES YES YES!
*wild jig*
What would it take to get myself into your will, Beatzo-san?
First you’ll have to deal with inconveniences like me who on the pretext of wandering by sneak ahead in line.
*Best Keanu Reeves impression*
There is…no line!
Yep, no line, but I have keys to your fortune.
Ace ventura laughter……epepepepe!
He’s on to us. Run! Run by the comic book store, it’ll distract him!
Dude, I show off and you begin to wish I were dead? Not fair!
Hey, don’t look at me. I’m not first in line.
Beatzos don’t die. They just trade away…
You shall burn in hell for causing much jealousy this early in the morning..
Btw,how long did it take to build such an empire??
Four years. Almost all of this was bought after I passed out of college.
Great googly-moogly! That’s a serious media collection! Did you read The Historian? If so, what’d you think? Also, what’s the thing that appears to be a box labeled “American Gods” that’s resting on top of American Gods in paperback?
I quite liked The HIstorian, slightly slow in parts but exactly what I expected. I am a sucker for vampire stories!
That box is actually a book! It’s the author’s preferred text version of American Gods, which a friend gave me recently. There’s also a hardcover first edition of American Gods that you’ll see in the same picture as The Historian. :-)
and what was their fate at recw?
Almost all of this was bought *after* I passed out of RECW. I used to carry the books I bought during a semester back home to Guwahati during the semester break. They’re still there!
So much precious, irrecoverable reading time wasted on mindless, senseless matter!!
Hah! This from a guy who told me wistfully that he would like to have chicken-pox in my room? ;-)
FYI, I just gasped and fainted.
But that was the intention anyway, no?
The intention was to be vulgar. :-D
The sight of so many bks makes my heart flutter!O-man,lucky u!Am J now!Drat!
Heh heh.
>One of the cardboard boxes contain all of the Robert Heinlein paperbacks I have, and I think that’s all the books he’s ever
Monster. And I suppose your salary also goes towards purchasing conflict diamonds?
Just curious, how many of the “Masterworks”(SF or Fantasy) do you have?
I have a couple of the Fantasy Masterworks – Moorcock’s Elric, both of Lord Dunsany, and some others that I can’t remember offhand. I do remember missing out on the Conan Masterworks, still can’t find them anywhere, and there is a new “Complete Conan” collection that sells for 800 Rs, waaah!
Yeah, I noticed Dunsany in that pile, which is why I asked. I don’t like Elric that much myself. Moorcock’s written better stuff and his send up of the ETernal Champion in Dancers at the End of Time is hilarious. The Crime Masterworks series is, imo, better than the SF &F series.
Complete Conan? Who’s the publisher?
And vulgar is right. Sigh.
Well, this a man who buys books like oestro…sorry, Eragon. It took me 10 minutes to read that book. I’d read all the other ones, you see, the ones that had been internalised.
Well, when you win book coupons aplenty, and you run out of options, that’s the point you begin to experiment. I am glad I didn’t have to pay any money for Eragon. :-D
Bah. Estragon in a fantasy library is like Rincewind in the Unseen University: when you burn it, the quality of your collection will go up by a small but significant fraction.
All right, I *am* jealous- of the book coupon thing. I’ve been in all the wrong places for incentive-based quizzing over the last 8 years or so.
One needs to indulge in a little vulgarity now and then.
Never thought anyone else would have a copy of “Flappers 2 Rappers”! But then, there is hardly anything that isn’t there in these pictures.
Ah, but Flappers 2 Rappers is a very common book among quizzers in Bangalore, heh. That’s because you keep getting it cheap at all these book-sales.
GOOD FREAKIN’ LORD!!!!!
*sigh* … these remind me of my collection. I have four huge cardboard boxes full of books like these that I had to leave beind in Bangalore. The entire Alistair Maclean collection, the entire Frank Herbert collection, Tolkein collection, Stephen king collection… the list goes on.
You have made me nostalgic. I miss my books !
I do know a bunch of people who can take care of your books. ;-) Let me know if your books need a bit of loving, outside of those cardboard boxes.
I bet this ‘bunch of people’ include primarily you and all your alter-egos, right?
*Looks at alter-egoes innocently*
Who? Us? Of COURSE NOT!
I am so going to believe you.
NOT !!!
gimme gimme
dude, this vulgarity is something i’ve partaken of and will be only TOO happy to do again&again in the future.
btw, am checking mail at work and 2 of my colleagues (laydies!!!) wanna “befriend” you. i wonder what that’s all about ;o)
u game?
Re: gimme gimme
Befriend me? Befriend ME? You can pass them the Visitor Q DVD. We shall then see if they still want to befriend me. *evil laughter*
Re: gimme gimme
good lord!!! you ARE evil arent u? why do u wanna screw with their paavam minds via visitor Q? it’s different with me, i was in a MOOD and asked for it. and please rest assured you knocked it outta me for good with mr.Q!
cant promise i wont hit U on the head with a brick when you arent looking….
hee hee
Give me four years and then we’ll talk, but for now mere paas maa hai ;)
mere paas maa hai ;)
And that’s so way cooler than all of this!!!
*faints in envy*
Oh-my-fucking-God-WOW!
*bows*
Remaining completely unfazed by goodies on display. Must say, i like your taste in bookshelves. Are they beech/maple/birch? Very nice assay.
You *should* be unfazed by my paltry collection. The Boss‘s stuff gives me fluttery insides everytime I lay my eyes on them.
Dunno about the bookcases, they are all part of the house. They’re meant to store clothes and other mundane things.
Attention whore. Well, you can add another 90 lb odd of comics to it. Shipped.
Siiiiiinging in the Rain, I’m siiiiiinging in the rain. Matter of fact, I am just singing. Tra la la.
So, where do you plan to stay after stacking all these books? ;-)
The books are already stacked. And I am staying in the same place!
I can actually recognize a few of those titles! Wow! :-) You should start a library once you have indexed :-)
I guess that would make it the first look-but-don’t-touch library in the world. :-D
:D Neat
Thank you! :)
good friggin ****!!
where do u live? so that just in case i decide to turn a book thief i know where to start.
damn my keyboards wet from all that drool.
Re: good friggin ****!!
I live in Hyderabad. And if you decide to turn a book thief, I suggest you start here
Whew! Amazing, extraordinary, and a little crazy too!
Enjoy :)
:-) Thank you. I am!
OMG look at all of them!! i envy u
That looks like a dream. How much behind are you on your reading?
Well, it’s been a four-year long dream. And I am quite behind, trust me. I am prioritising things my way. :-)
…Wow. This is like porn, but better.
Heh heh. Definitely better. :)
A vulgar display of your precious? :)
Yes! :)
I keep pulling out this or that.
I know.
Urm?
I’m overwhelmed enough to admit that I have never been this overwhelmed by such things before. These are one of the most beautiful shelves I’ve ever seen in my life!!! (I’m overwhelmed enough to pass the chance of writing racks and cracking a bad joke there)
Coming back to the more mundane details of life. Would be writing to you shortly about this quiz at MICA… yada yada yada…
Sarika.
http://pleiades.blurty.com
PS: I’m also very very jealous! :$
PS: I’m also very very jealous! :$
Well, that was the intention of the post. ;-)
No problemo about the MICA quiz, just so long as you don’t tell me a week before it’s due and cause panic-attacks. :-P
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*speechless*
Gaurav
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Go ahead, da, kuch toh bolo. :)
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This is my response. Lal Salaam!
Gaurav
Be
statzo Book Stall!!Overwhelming…Amazing…Wondrous.
I pity your brain surgeon!!
Arigato Gozaimas, sir! And you do see the pride of place your contribution has taken? :)
Sarika sent me a link to this page and I must’ve gaped at it open mouthed for some 10 minutes.
*Had* to de-lurk to say Oh.My.God!!!
Your collection is unreal. Prettify it some and stick it in a big room with a comfy chair and you’ve got my picture of heaven.
Much envy, sir.
Lakshana
Thanks, Lakshana! I already have a comfy futon and a couple of beanbags – quite sufficient for my piece of heaven.
And to think I haven’t shown off the comics yet. ;-)