#Metabaron Saga

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WHAT COMIC READ I NEXT DO:

[makiruz]

So did Jodorowsky wrote the 2015 Metabaron series yes or no? The Humanoids website and Goodreads cites him as author of "Histoire originale" "orignal story" but Jerry Frissen as the author of the script; the English version cites Jodo as "Story" and Frissen as "Writer"

I'm a bit skeptical because L'Incal : Kill Tête-de-Chien cites Moebius as author of the original work and he's you know, dead; so I'm not sure if Jodorowsky came up with the story and Jerry Frissen wrote it or if it's "inspired" by The Metabarons saga

[comicshopsaar]

Castaka: Die düsteren Ursprünge der Metabarons "Castaka" ist ein faszinierender Comic von Alexandro Jodorowsky und dem Zeichner Julio Das Pastoras, veröffentlicht vom Splitter Verlag. Dieses Werk dient als Prequel zu Jodorowskys berühmter "Metabarons"-Saga und erzählt die Ursprünge der Castaka-Familie, einem Clan von gesetzlosen Piraten auf dem Planeten Marmola. Handlung und Charaktere Die Geschichte folgt Dayal de Castaka, dem ersten Vorfahren der Metabarone, und beleuchtet die brutale und gewalttätige Vergangenheit seines Clans. Anstatt der edlen Krieger mit einem strengen Ehrenkodex, wie sie in der Metabaron-Saga dargestellt werden, zeigt "Castaka" ihre Vorfahren als rachsüchtige und treulose Piraten, die aus Kriegen und Brutalität hervorgegangen sind. Diese Erzählung bietet einen tiefen Einblick in die düsteren Anfänge der Familie und die Umstände, die sie zu den mächtigen Kriegern machten, die sie in den späteren Geschichten sind. Veröffentlichung und Inhalt Das Splitter Double, das beide Bände der "Castaka"-Reihe in einer einzigen Ausgabe vereint, präsentiert die komplette Mini-Serie erstmals vollständig in deutscher Übersetzung. Mit dieser Veröffentlichung wird der epische Science-Fiction-Kosmos von Jodorowsky weiter ausgebaut und bietet den Lesern einen umfassenden Einblick in die Ursprünge des Kriegergeschlechts der Meta-Barone. Illustrationen und visuelle Gestaltung Die Illustrationen von Das Pastoras sind bekannt für ihre lebendigen Farben und detaillierten Zeichnungen, die die brutale und zugleich faszinierende Welt der Castakas zum Leben erwecken. Die visuelle Darstellung passt hervorragend zu Jodorowskys komplexer und tiefgründiger Erzählweise. Die Kunst von Das Pastoras verleiht der Geschichte eine intensive und beeindruckende Atmosphäre, die den Leser tief in die düstere Vergangenheit der Castaka-Familie eintauchen lässt. Fazit Mit "Castaka" liefert Jodorowsky ein weiteres Meisterwerk, das die Fans der "Meta-Barone"-Reihe begeistern wird, indem es tief in die Vergangenheit des ehrwürdigen Kriegergeschlechts eintaucht und ihre ursprünglichen, weniger edlen Wurzeln enthüllt. Diese Erzählung kombiniert brutale Action mit tiefgründiger Charakterentwicklung und erweitert den epischen Science-Fiction-Kosmos von Jodorowsky um eine weitere faszinierende Facette.

[comicbookfandom]

I've always been a fan of Moebius ever since I picked up the Incal, many many years ago. Over the years that universe, called the Techno verse, expanded both literally in the number of comics and stories set in it and metaphorically, as it exploded new frontiers of scifi in my soaking-up-everything-i-can-get-my-brain-hooked-onto mind. The Metabarons saga is one of the finest pieces of literature, space opera, ever written in a comic book format. And now with my added fascination of ink pens, nibs and inks I finally have an expression of creativity that goes beyond the words and verse. I want to continue inking and sketching the things that made me pause and wonder. I hope in a small way, my amateur sketches will inspire you and others to pickup the tools of your choice and push yourself into karma. With all the love and encouragement, may the Metabarons and Moebius spark your imagination and let your creativity badoom!

[thefugitivesaint]

I just found out that the Argentine comic book artist Juan Giménez has died of complications from COVID-19. He was the co-creator of "The Metabarons" series with Alejandro Jodorowsky. Giménez made some gorgeous sci-fi art. 

[uncannyfantastic]

Happy birthday to Alejandro Jodorowsky! Jodorowsky looms large in sci-fi/fantasy comics as author of “The Incal” and “Metabarons” sagas (partly published in Heavy Metal), with art by Moebius and Gimenez. He is also known for the films he’s made, including “El Topo” and “The Holy Mountain,” and one he *didn’t* make — the failed project documented in “Jodorowsky’s Dune.” @alejandro.jodorowsky turns 92 today. . Art is Moebius’ cover illustration for “The Black Incal,” published by Humanoids. . #alejandrojodorowsky #jodorowsky #incal #metabarons #eltopo #jodorowskysdune #theholymountain #johndifool https://www.instagram.com/p/CLa9Fsqlwc9/?igshid=xdczctjrqo3z

[echoofcosmicserenity]

Aztlan Graphic Novel

A Mesoamerican Fantasy. This is the story of the Fourth Sun, of its cataclysm, and the heroes that tried to prevent it.

Aztlan Chapter 1 was released in 2017 in México and now is sold out.  Chapter 2 is 100% done! Now, we are raising funds to print both chapters in four languages: Spanish, English, French… and Nahuatl (the original language of the Nahuas).

Our goal is to share  Mesoamerican Culture to the world, from the inside out. That´s why we want to also print it in Nahuatl so we help preserve and learn their original language.

Also, we want to tell an EPIC STORY about the end of a world.

Aztlan is a Mesoamerican Fantasy / Epic adventure that is based on the legend of the five suns.  in essence the legend explains that our world has passed through four eras of creation and destruction, one per sun and that all of us live under the fifth sun.  (We give more detail of the legend at the end of this presentation, in the video section)

Aztlan is the story of the Fourth Sun, of its cataclysm, creatures, gods, and the heroes that tried to prevent it.

Perfect for:

Fans of Fantasy: Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Dune, Harry Potter, Gladiator, The Witcher, Troy, etc.

 Fans of comics like Saga, Conan, Thor, Metabarons, Thorgal

 Fans of the mesoamerican culture, of the Aztecs, Mayans, Olmecs, Mixtecs.

 Fans of Mythology.

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aztlan/aztlan-graphic-novel/description#

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https://archive.org/details/the-metabarons/mode/2up

the saga

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Thoughts on the Goon and any non superhero comics you like?

Never read the Goon, sorry anon.

Noncape comics I’ve read / enjoyed / left a big impact on me, in no particular order:

100 Bullets, and basically every other Brian Azzarello’s book. I’d have to say, he’s basically my favourite writer. Not comicbook writer, favourite writer period.

The Metabarons, obviously I’ve read the Incal and the Technopriests as well, but Metabarons is my favourite.

Sin City

Global Frequency

We3

XIII

Corto Maltese, of those I’ve read the very last story “Mu” is probably the one I like best.

Black Science, I mentioned, I got into it only recently but I’ve devoured everything published so far in a few weeks. 

Life and Time of Scrooge McDuck

Big fan of some 2000AD, obviously Judge Dredd, my favourite saga being the whole Necropolis arc. With them, Button Man and Slaine come to mind (I’ve only read Brutania so far though).

I read a lot of mangas once, now very few, I think I should still mention my favourite one being Dorohedoro. Haven’t caught up with it in a while, always planning too.

There’re plenty more I’m just forgetting. I could namedrop stuff like “Hellblazer” but that depends on arcs and writers.

[kei-yuki]

The new ones gave me Juan Giménez vibes, like in The Saga of Metabarons, and I found it a nice tribute to his work as ilustrator.

Notice that Metabarons is highly influenced by Dune (because Jodorowsky) so it's a nice way to close a circle and make a wink to the old fans.

Whether silly or stark, the Spacing Guild always have some of the most memorable costume design in Dune adaptations.

[deadendtabletop]

USURPER GODS: a Godbound dead end tabletop campaign

Source: Jack Kirby’s LORD OF LIGHT System: GODBOUND The gist:  drawing heavily off Asura's Wrath, the Lord of Light and the Metabarons saga, where the players take on the role of outrageously powerful demigods as they try to topple their celestial masters.

[fic-dreamin]

The crown jewel Even Jodorowsky's other comics masterpieces couldn't prepare me for the deranged cosmic beauty of this book. For anyone new to his work, this might be the perfect place to start, and you MUST start. The vast sci fi fantasy universe of intersecting stories Jodorowsky has created that includes the Incal, the Metabarons, and the Technopriests, is among the very greatest works of imagination ever produced. I believe it stands among titans like the Sandman, the original Star Wars movies, Dune, Lord of the Rings, etc. Metabarons could be the capstone of the Jodoverse, as the unbridled imagination of this book goes even beyond the Incal and the Technopriests. Sometimes there is a single panel, a single sentence, that you realize could have been developed into its own entire saga, and in this day and age it would have been, by someone with far less vision. In The Metabarons, mind blowing ideas are tossed out with a nonchalant regularity that is almost maddening. It is a wonder to behold. It is still more a wonder that this man's work in comics is so little known in the US. If you are here, reading this, buy this book while it is in print and relatively cheap, read it, and lend it to everyone you know who might appreciate the absurd levels of imagination on display here. Oh and the art by Juan Gimenez is exquisite as well. Go to Amazon

A Jodo Epic! Jodorowsky is pure magic and Giminez's art is unreal. The Metabarons is like an Homerian epic of Conan and Dune mixed together. Word to the wise though, do not read the intro to the last story supplement before reading The Incal by Jodorowsky and Moebius (spoilers). Other than that, loved, loved, loved this book! The Jodoverse is one of the best sci-fi universes out there, as long you have a penchant for the barbarically absurd psychedelic. :) Go to Amazon

Space Mythology Jodo and Gimenez deliver an at times laugh out loud, over the top, Greek myth Shakespearean epic of hyper-machismo, earth shattering emotional displays, implausible realities, abject cruelty, and gender dismorpho-bending even that would shock even a 25 year old David Bowie. I don't know who's more mad: Jodo for writing this scatological opera or Gimenez for hand painting every panel of its 536 pages. Go to Amazon

An epic of epics An incredible work! The art and story are moving on so many levels that its hard to encompass their prestige and mystique in a simple review. A must have for lovers of "The Incal" Go to Amazon

This book is awesome. The illustrations are baddass and Jodorowsky's stories are ... This book is awesome. The illustrations are baddass and Jodorowsky's stories are everything you wish for from the person that gave us The Holy mountain and el topo. Go to Amazon

Great collection, timeless Great collection, timeless, I only wished that the illustrations introducing each chapter were bigger as cover of the original books. Go to Amazon

Four Stars Great art. Crazy concepts. A very operatic story. Lots of bathos. Go to Amazon

If you like graphic novels like this should be top on your list. If you like graphic novels like this should be top on your list. Go to Amazon

But the art is amazing! Five Stars Sci-Fi creativity explodes from the page Five Stars Five Stars Well..., SIZE matters! super late to the game)

[lobocomicsandtoys]

BORGIAS TP

Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky Art by Milo Manara

When Pope Innocent VIII dies, the corrupt Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia schemes, murders, and seduces his way into becoming the new pope, immediately securing positions for his family and thereby ensuring a Borgia dynasty. Alejandro Jodorowsky and Milo Manara's sweeping four-part saga of sex, blood, and religion is now collected in a trade paperback edition for the first time ever! o The complete collaboration between legends Alejandro Jodorowsky (Metabarons, The Incal, Technopriests) and Milo Manara (Click!, Indian Summer)!

Available at Lobo Comics & Toys this coming Wednesday, 08/14/2019

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2018 Book Haul

So, 2018 is over and the new year sucks so far, so it’s time to take a look back at it. Was writing it since January and only now I got to finishing it XD .

I managed to rebuild most important parts of my military history/science library after selling 90% of it in 2017. 

Books that I finished reading are marked by / and books that I re-bought for my military history library are marked * .

So, when it comes to books, in 2018, I bought:

February

24 February

Hitchcock / Truffaut - Francois Truffaut.

This was after I sold some of my comic book albums - Incal, Metabaron saga and Castaka. Actually I wonder what I did with the rest of the money. Oh, I know. I bought a collector’s edition of Torment: Tides of Numenora for 1/5 of the original price. Sold them because I considered them decadent. Regretting selling Incal now.

Original post about it.

March

20 March

J.R.R. Tolkien Artist & Illustrator - Wayne G. Hammond

Got it on my birthday. That’s something that was on my to-buy list for a few years.

Here are my two posts about it. post1  post2 .

April

In April, I started the course. Also, I got my first smartphone since there was a new phone deal and my mother still haven’t started using hers from the last one so I finally got one as a part of the new deal.

April was when the contracts finally started and also the course/internship thing started for me. So, I started having some money.

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain

This book really pissed me off because it was a lot about the author showing off her privilege. For example not being subjected to psychological liquidation. So I have sold it.

19 April

The Tale of Kullervo  - J.R.R. Tolkien

May

12 May

Durer - Ruth Dangelmaier

An album and biography of Albrecht Durer. Turned out to be a horrible disappointment because the illustrations were low resolution with visible raster. Sold it immediately.

Delta Venus - Anaïs Nin

Diary 1934-1939 - Anaïs Nin

I don’t quite understand how it happened, but I bought my first Anaïs Nin diary - 1931-1934 in November 2017. I don’t remember how it happened. The era of purity has ended only on 20180426, so it makes no sense. Though maybe I bought it without intention of indulging in decadence. I remembered reading the redacted version of the diaries around 2003 and not encountering anything especially sexual there. Perhaps I bought it out of curiosity or to enjoy her writing once again. Oh, now I remember. I saw that diary on used books market. Then it got sold before I decided to buy it so I ordered it from the internet.

My first incident with damaged book this year. Sold it in used book store because I was too exhausted to report it.

Anyway, apparently I was already reading the diary 1931-1934 because I wrote this on the same day:

link

22 May

This is where I got my course stipend. My mother allowed me to keep it all. I very rarely have this kind of money (it was, like, 100$).

HTML & CSS: design and build websites   - Jon Duckett This book was very helpful for me. It’s very nice and colour and big. I could take it to coffee houses. I got it because I always ended up forgetting the basics. Unfortunately it’s a bit outdated because it was written in the early days of HTML5 and CSS3.

books webpage

Diary 1939-1944, Diary 1944-1947 - Anaïs Nin

Nicoletto Giganti’s The School of the Sword - Nicoletto Giganti

About rapier fencing.

The Flowers of Evil COMPLETE vol 1 - Shuzo Oshimi /

Finally! One of mangas that I actually found monocle got published in 2017! It’s the one after which I named the current era of my life.

June

02 June

Little Birds - Anaïs Nin

Henry and June - Anaïs Nin /

Actually have read it and it was quite messed up and made me feel much worse. Lots of lying and cheating and she was getting worse and worse ideas with every page. From what I understand, the publication of these underacted diaries in 90s made lots of readers/critics turn against her and made her fade into obscurity. I finished reading it on 01 October. My impressions were following:

“Finally finished reading it. It was very interesting, but also very sad and twisted. Anaïs Nin had some serious issues and unfortunately she ended up making some seriously evil decisions basing on twisted way of thinking. From what I understand. From one side it was like watching a trainwreck, from another it was just distasteful, but the third side was seeing the amazing inspiring relationship between two writers - Anaïs and Henry. It was a real tragedy that they couldn't just live together but she was stuck with a wagecuck banker husband, he was stuck with a woman with which they were a horrible anti-inspiration for each other. I guess it was very interesting reading this knowing who Anaïs and Henry were on level of their inherent nature and why that stuff that happened was possibly happening on level of social alchemy. Anyway could be treated as a sordid warning tale about cost of ignorance and degeneracy. Like the level of neuroticism she experienced just from not knowing the human nature, not knowing social alchemy and living in environment poisoned with sexist memes was sad. And add to that childhood trauma and degenerate ideologies by some psychoanalyst and you get a complete trainwreck. The ending was getting more and more disjointed with her getting worse and worse ideas, like every day.”

11 June

Schhneider CA, St. Chamond - Witold J. Ławrynowicz *

24 June

Emperor’s Mercy - Henry Zou /

Pretty nice Wh40k novel about an Inquisitor. Lots of brutal combat and named characters dying left and right.

26 June

Angels of Darkness - Gav Thorpe /

Enjoyed it a lot because of discussions between characters.

War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells

Armoured Platoon of Battalion Zośka - Anna Wyganowska-Eriksson

29 June

Red Tithe - Robbie Macniven /

Another very brutal Wh40k novel.

July

July is when I got my first internship stipend. I received the stipend for three months. Being able to spend 1/5 of the stipend (again about 100$ per month) for myself was what kept me going through the whole internship and allowed me to finish the Responsive Web Design Certification (300 hours) course on freeCodeCamp.

02 July

Renault FT Tank - Witold J. Ławrynowicz *

06 July

Fall of King Arthur  - J.R.R. Tolkien

Bryan Peterson's Understanding Composition Field Guide: How to See and Photograph Images with Impact - Bryan Peterson

11 July

Battle of Monte Cassino - Melchior Wańkowicz

Polish Armour in 1939 - Krzysztof M. Gaj *

This was the most precious book from my military history/science book collection. A PHD paper about organization and equipment of Polish armoured forces in 1939. Amazing stuff. The big blue book - 800 A4 pages. Ranging from detailed tables of organization and equipment prices to information about optics and gun accuracy.

Port Arthur - Tsushima 1904-1905 - Józef W. Dyskant, Andrzej Michałek *

Another precious big book. Sold both of these only because I have quit military history.

13 July

Blackwing: The Raven’s Mark Book One - Ed McDonald /

A nice dark fantasy book written by a HEMA practitioner. Awesome! Recently finished reading it.

The Flowers of Evil COMPLETE vol 2 - Shuzo Oshimi /

It’s What I Do - Lynsey Addario

An autobiography of a war photographer.

20 July

Catechism of Hate - Gav Thorpe /

A Wh40k novella. Quite nice.

28 July

Churchill Vol 1. - Leszek Moczulski

JavaScript & jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development - Jon Duckett

31 July

Iran - Iraq War 1980-1988 - Jarosław Dobrzelewski

August

04 August

Infantry Combat - Emile Allehaut

11 August

The First Tank Crews: The Lives of the Tankmen Who Fought at the Battle of Flers Courcelette 15 September 1916  - Stephen Pope

Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth - John Garth

Milton’s Paradise Lost - John Milton, illustrated by Gustave Dore

12 August

Tales of Heresy - Nick Kyme and Lyndsey Priestley

16 August

Japanese-Soviet Conflict at Khalkin Ghol River *

17 August

Tank War - Ludwik von Eimannsberger *

I remember this book especially fondly because it introduced me to the excellent Polish military history/science book publisher - NapoleonV - in 2012, I think. I was looking for new interesting books about WWI in a local history book store and saw the cover with A7V on it and immediately knew I have to have it!

I loved the theories of the author - especially that he predicted the need of massive saturation of infantry units with AT guns. He proposed giving each infantry battalion an organic AT gun company of 6 47mm infantry guns and then attaching even multiple companies of 47mm infantry guns to infantry battalions.

It’s very similar to the American tank destroyer doctrine. 

T-55AM Tank And The Derived (T-55AD-1M, T-55AD-2M, T-55AMS) - Krzysztof M. Gaj *

Another super detailed book by that author. I wish he’d publish more!

28 August

Sketchbook for the Artist - Sarah Simblet

29 August

Warhammer 40000 Rulebook 3rd and 5th editions.

Tanks in The Great War, 1914-1918 - J.F.C. Fuller *

A7V and Precursors Of German Armour - Witold J. Ławrynowicz *

September

In September I got the last payment for the internship.

04 September

Blitzkrieg Legend - Karl-Heinz Frieser *

Nuclear Weapons in Shaping of International Security - Zarychta Stanisław *

07 September

I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft - S.T. Joshi

09 September

Ways of Seeing - John Berger

Fear: A Novel of World War I - Gabriel Chevallier

Raising Churchill’s Army: The British Army and the War against Germany 1919-1945 - David French.

13 September

Mechanicum /, Thousand Sons - Graham McNeill

24 September

Outer Dark - Robbie Macniven

25 September

The Flowers of Evil COMPLETE vol 3 - Shuzo Oshimi /

27 September

Berem and Luthien  - J.R.R. Tolkien

Forever War - Marvano, Haldeman

28 September

Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling (the illustrated one)

29 September

Permanent Fortification - Karol Kleczke, Władysław Wyszyński

Tigers, Sturmeshutzes and Jagdpanthers - Daniel Koreś *

Imperator: Wrath of Ommissiah - Gav Thorpe /

30 September

Spy in a House of Love - Anaïs Nin

Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art - Susan Aberth

October

02 October

Passchendaele the Campaign in Flanders - Krzysztof Marcinek *

03 October

Handbook of WWII German Military Symbols and Abbreviations 1943-45 - Booth Terry

04 October

The Bachman Books - Richard Bachman, Stephen King

This one contains his infamous novella - Rage.

05 October

At The Mountains of Madness - Tanabe Gou /

Amazing manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s novella. I only finished reading it in March because when I first started reading it I paid way too much attention to the details of the excellent graphics. When I’ve read it in March it took me an hour or so to finish it.

10 October

Incest - Anaïs Nin

That book was basically the breaking point where I decided I just can’t continue reading that stuff. Also, a big mistake since I already was disturbed by Henry and June.

12 October

Used ebook reader with wifi and working buttons. The cover is cracked but it doesn’t seem to affect its functioning. My old reader doesn’t have wifi and apps and has malfunctioning buttons that work randomly.

It was a great purchase because it allows browsing the internet - which means reading text-heavy blogs on e-ink screen. Also, allows me to do it from bed which puts less burden on my bad back.

I installed Brave browser on it. Have read a lot of internet fiction and blog entries on it. Great stuff. Except that it’s still basically the cheapest ebook reader with wifi and touchscreen with outdated android and is somewhat crude.

I wish more websites would be designed to be ebook reader friendly, though.

18 October

Diary 1934-1939 - Anaïs Nin

25 October

Tirant lo Blanc - Joanot Martorell, Marti Joan De Galba, D.H. Rosenthal

A medieval novel about a knight.

That was the last month where I had larger amount of money because internships and work was over.

November

02 November

Nuclear Weapons and Development of Tactics. Anti-tank Warfare

An old publication of ministry of defence from 1969. Very interesting.

Flesh and Iron - Henry Zou

Blood Gorgons - Henry Zou 

05 November

Sold almost all of Anaïs Nin books I got because of how disturbing the un-redacted diaries were.

27 November

The Flowers of Evil COMPLETE vol 4 - Shuzo Oshimi /

Great manga. Wish there was more stuff like this out there.

December

04 December

T-35 Su 14 - Maksim Kołomyjec, Ilja Moszczański

07 December

Total Sell Out - Brian Michael Bendis

Wanted to see how he draws.

Yoshitaka Amano : Illustrations - Yoshitaka Amano

Another artist I wanted to check out. He seems to be somewhat dysgraphic and draws on ridiculously large formats for the amount of details he does.

He’s the reason why I tried out brush markers.

When it comes to music:

February:

Lana Del Rey - Hollywood

Tove Styrke - KIDDO

October:

Melanie Martinez - Crybaby

November:

Grimes - Art Angels

Grimes - Visions

Send Request - Perspectives

December:

The Pretty Reckless - Light Me Up

The Pretty Reckless - Who Are You Selling For

The Pretty Reckless - Going to Hell

Aurora - All My Demons Greeting Me A Friend

All used except for Kiddo, Who Are You Selling For and All My Demons Greeting Me A Friend and got pretty sweet deals on these. Got Kiddo with a 75% discount.

It’s weird to realise that books got so much less expensive here that if I’d have a minimal wage job, for like two years, I’d fill all of my shelves.

In 2008 a Wh40k novel would cost 81% of daily minimum wage I was earning cleaning in a factory. Nowadays same novel would not only be physically cheaper - the old price in bookstore after inflation would be 44pln and new price ordered and collected in a bookstore within 1 day of order would be 31pln.

So it would cost 40% of today's daily minimum wage. It’s funny how privilege works.

Anyway, when I sold the Anaïs Nin books, I got 1/7,7th of cover price for them. When I was selling my Forgotten Realms books in 2006, I got 1/3 of cover price for them. So, nowadays, selling books essentially just buys shelf space.

Even when I was selling out my military history book collection, in the beginning, I’d get 1/4-1/3 for them but then the prices just collapsed because it would be norm for books to be available for, like 1/2 of cover prices on auction sites.

Additionally, all the cheap bookstores created a bizarre situation where ebooks are more expensive than paper or even hardcover books sent from another end of Europe.

Big problem was fear of missing out due to books going out of print and disappearing from the market. Saw multiple books disappear from stores during the first half of they year, so when I got money, I was buying everything I could.

As a result, I wasted quite a lot of money on Anaïs Nin books because I got all the diaries and erotic stories instead of buying them after finishing previous ones. So, when I gave up mid-first expunged diary/in the beginning of the second unexpunged diary, it turned out I’ll have to sell whole collection. I actually saw some disappear from a local bookstore chain to never appear again and it scared me into buying the whole thing ASAP.

The threat of books disappearing from the market is a big problem with printed books. tfw ebooks are more expensive and also not the same as hardcovers.

It’s generally a big problem because I have literally, like 90 unread books.

Though I’m slowly going through the ones I have accumulated. At least I have something to enjoy when I’m broke.