#Terrible book

[falseandrealultravival]

Books that sell at secondhand bookstores are the valuable ones (Essay)

Nipping Disasters in the Buds

At one time, I was interested in the hippie lifestyle and was working hard to build up that kind of network. I fell in love with a woman I met then, but it broke up, and she chose another man and started a hippie lifestyle in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. She used to work at a publishing company and edited a memorial collection of essays for a fellow hippie who had died at that time.

I also bought a copy of that book, "Dirt on My Feet," but it was a terrible book, just a collection of miscellaneous writings by hippies who admired the man. I wrote her a letter: "This book doesn't deserve to be called a book. I admit that he seems to be a good guy, but it can't be called an objective book unless it can appeal to society about his achievements. What did you learn in the publishing industry?" She was extremely indignant about this letter.

At the very least, "Dirt on My Feet" would not sell for a price at a secondhand bookstore. It has no objectivity or generality. In other words, It’s appropriate that it was published for self-satisfaction, and it would have been good to share it as an internal document among colleagues. Incidentally, I also published a book around that time, and that book, "Nipping Disasters in the Buds" is selling for 30 times its original selling price at second-hand bookstores.

Rei Morishita

2024.06.10

古本屋で値段の付く本こそ価値がある（エッセイ）

私は一時期、ヒッピー的生活に憧れ、その種の人脈作りに励んでいた。その頃知り合った女性と恋愛関係に陥ったが破綻し、彼女は別の男を選んで、日本の長野県の山奥でヒッピー生活を始めた。出版社に勤めていたことのある彼女は、そのころ死んだヒッピー仲間の追悼文集の編集を行った。

私もその本「足に土」を一冊買ったが、出来は散々で、その男を慕うヒッピーたちの雑文を寄せ集めただけの本だった。私は彼女に手紙を書いた：「こんな本は、本と呼ぶに値しない。彼が優れているらしいことは認めるが、どんな業績かを社会に訴えることが書けなくては客観的な本とは言えない。貴女は、出版業界で何を学んだのか？」と。彼女はこの手紙にこの上なく憤慨していた。

少なくとも、「足に土」は、古本屋では値段が付くまい。客観性・一般性が皆無だからだ。つまりは自己満足のための出版で、仲間内で見せ合う内部資料にするのが妥当だったと言える。ちなみにその時期、私も本を出版したが、その本「災害の芽を摘む」は、古本屋で当初の売値の３０倍の値段が付いている。

[heyybeach]

Growing up is actually just enjoying the exact same things you enjoyed at 14 years old, but in a more gay way

[dr-rato]

THE FEELS Inspired by this scene in the Journal, which has not left my mind since i first read it:

Specifically, this part!

[bears-wolves-dragons]

This is technically a failed review. It was THAT bad.

Thankfully, I got some books I actually want to read to make up for this, so I can finish the Dunton series finally.

[astraldraco]

My (late) contribution for Make A Terrible Comic Day! I've been going to the library more often lately so this has been coming up a lot, cause I want something to read but have had trouble finding anything that I'm comfortable with.

If anyone has recommendations please please let me know because I am struggling.

[thebadchoicemachine]

This is such a good video

[knockknockwhosthereartistism]

Revelations

[jesse-pinko]

Fiddlestan is objectively the best and funniest ship bc imagine you’re Ford finally back in your home dimension after thirty years and not only has your twin brother stolen your identity and committed multiple felonies under your name he’s also happily married to your research assistant who used to be madly in love with you but you took him for granted lmao get humbled loser

[demigod-shenanigans]

Leo. Genuine question. How much time did you spend staring at Jason’s lips to figure that one out?

[unremarkablelunacy]

by tolkien.house on Instagram, I think

[kartoonatic]

Yes Ford is a monster fucker and yes Bill is even more of a monster fucker but just how much more is like, hard to process.

Bill is fucking with a creature which, from his perspective, has:

Infinite sides (euclidians are basic geometry)

Infinite sides that branch off into smaller extremities (do you think he realized at first the difference between a neck and a finger)

Is made out of several unique compounds (like what's the difference between flesh and bone and spit to him)

And he convinced that thing to do exactly what he wanted for the better part of it's natural life span. At one point had that thing hanging on his every word. Like I kinda get the hubris. If I successfully convinced an existential horror like that to do my bidding you couldn't talk me down from that high. And he says he likes me. Maybe like-likes me. I kinda get it.

You can argue that Bill likely came into contact with much stranger shit than humans during the entire period between meeting Ford and destroying his own home world, and you'd be right. But also I think while manipulating/romancing horrible space creatures might not be a completely new experience I also don't see how you could get bored of it.

[egophiliac]

What do you like about the Diasomnia boys if I may ask?

I always love hearing about the different reasons people enjoy characters.

I mean, c'mon. he has split custody over Sebek okay

also, Lilia in particular has maybe the best timeskip character development of all time

[systlin]

Me, age 14, at the library; the cover of this has cool art I want to check it out

My mom, glancing over; ....honey. Atlas Shrugged is one of the worst things ever written.

Me, 14 and stubborn; I WANNA READ IT

Mom; okay

Me 1 day later; wow this is literally unreadable

[simplyjustagirlsblog]

franz kafka i love you

[cerealsnail]

reading this page broke me

[blondie-drawings]

Good lord this tomb is full of shitposts 😳😳 pt 1/pt 2