Bookshelf

You will notice now on the front-page of this diary, I have added a link to my bookshelf. This contains a selection of my books, not all of them, but pretty much all of my children’s books. There are quite a few I haven’t included as they’re less important to my literary construct, but I may add them in the future should I feel so inclined. The danger with some of those omitted them is I may feel the need to justify why I read and own them as on the surface they may seem to be perhaps not the best literature the fiction world has to offer, yet my reasons are detailed and I feel, very justified. It can be difficult though to prove a purely subjective point to people who more often than not are incapable of understanding that theirs is not the only perception and interpretation of the world, so generally these days I don’t bother. That being said, things like William Gibson’s books simply had to be added, and if you don’t like them that’s fine, but don’t expect me to explain it to you unless you prove yourself to be genuinely receptive to what I may have to say. I may be an elitist cunt at times, but I still respect people’s right to identify with things that I don’t.

I’ve set it to sort by author and to be viewed by book-cover, though I’m not entirely sure that it will turn out that way when you visit the hotlink. When I use it, of-course I’m still logged in so it reads my cookies. I could try logging out of LibraryThing and going to the link, but I can’t be bothered, you can tell me all about it when you go. In any case, you should be able to change the view as required.

A few notes:

– The very first book is the Haibane Renmei Art Book by Yoshitoshi ABe.
– The one with no text on the cover is The Red Shoes that I mentioned earlier.
– I know that those covers for the Neuromancer series aren’t the best, but to be honest, I don’t think I liked any of them ever.
– I actually don’t mind this edition of covers for the Virtual Light series.
– Yes I’m missing the middle Dinotopia book, The World Beneath, yes I know I should look for it, and yes, these two that I have are in hardcover. I also haven’t read Journey to Chandara yet as I’m waiting for the mood to strike me, the same as I do with music and film.
– The Red Tree by Shaun Tan, as you may remember, I think the term is the best… book… evar…
– The Arrival by Shaun Tan has absolutely no text.
– I’ve not yet read Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan.
– Hopefully very soon you will see the cover of Looking for Atlantis by Colin Thompson appear on the bookshelf when it arrives from the U.K., courtesy of freckles., whom you may remember found it for me.

I know you may get excited, I know you’ll be tempted to recommend books, but do so at your own peril; I most likely will not read them as I tend not to read novels any-more, however if I do try it I will most likely not enjoy it. I have an extremely refined taste now, and that is not at all to say that books outside my styles (rather than genres) are bad, it just means they’re not to my taste – it’s important for you to be able to make that distinction. As you can see, and it likely makes a lot of sense as I am somewhat a minimalist, I tend to favour children’s books. Quote all the Lewis Carol you like at me, I shouldn’t have to explain to you what lies beneath the deceptively simple text and imagery of children’s books. It’s my flavour, I like it, and I don’t require you to understand it for validation.