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Clearly this is someone who actually reads their books. Given that they are mass market paperbacks… I have no problem with this. If I were an author I would much rather someone does this to my work and actually reads it and enjoys it to someone keeping a pristine copy unopened on their shelf forever.
infinite jest is half footnotes, which are at the back of the book, which is part of the “joke” of the book, being based around extreme academia.
There’s no objective reason that this is wrong, but still, take that shit far far away from me
this is so wrong.
you’re supposed to cut them in half so you can fit each side in the pockets of your cargo shorts.
That’s why I cut mine in half through the middle of the cover; top and bottom halves. Sure, makes it a little harder to read, but worth it when I can fit each half in my pockets perfectly.
Author here, I don’t give a fuck, as long as the book was bought/is read. Stop fetishizing books or start fucking them.
I do wonder why this person wouldn’t just use a e-ink reader, though.
Skip jail. Straight to a firing squad of librarians.
Easy to spot, they’re the only firing squad with silencers
That psychopath needs reporting to the police.
That’s just wrong. If you’re worried about portability get an e-reader, don’t butcher up works of art.
No works of art were hurt for this. Mass printed paperback spines being damaged doesn’t hurt the words inside or the hundreds of thousands of other copies. Everyone should feel free to write on, highlight, and cut apart mass printed books, because the actual object itself was never the point.
Yeah, rare, old, and otherwise inaccessible books should be protected from random destruction, but there’s a huge difference between destroying a copy of infinite jest and a copy of something that’s at risk of not being accessible to someone by that copy being destroyed. And destroying either for art is wildly different from destroying them to keep someone from accessing it.
I collect books in a category that are stigmatized and rare, specifically related to queer and kink topics. These are topics that have been mass burned before. But even better than getting into fetishizing the object made of paper is to help get books at risk of inaccessibility to be archived and spread.
I think most e-readers will stop working if you cut them in half to be more portable. Books still have the upper hand on this
Plus you can start a fire with them when you’re done, try to start a fire with an e-reader you gonna get one hell of a surprise
Pretty sure all ereaders work with lithium ion batteries these days. They’re quite flammable.
Even better, try making fire with a wet book. My ereadwr catches on fire when it gets wet though! Suck it dead trees
I’m trying to burn so many books but it’s too fucking damp right now!
Fahrenheit 420-69 360 noscope
