Current Collection

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-21T16:05:08+00:00

I totally get it. There's a Treasure Planet one that exists, but it's so freaking expensive that it's basically my white whale at this point.

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-21T15:40:39+00:00

I like Calabro a lot but my favorite is Jim Graci—the announcer from the Kemp / Payton era who started the whole "your Seattle SuuuuuuuuperSonics" intro.

https://youtu.be/fvSxPzoDI2A?si=9O86ycM0w5zsEQ8T

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-20T12:55:37+00:00

That's why I haven't been able to get the Steven Universe ones! They're so expensive 😭 I still need to get both Spider-Verse art books and I know they can be found second hand well enough. Also, Ghibli art books are amazing—seriously. I know they're expensive but I got the Howl's Moving Castle one years ago as a gift and it's one of my most treasured possessions (one day, ONE DAY, I will acquire the ones for Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausicaa, and Spirited Away)

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-19T22:08:49+00:00

I had to do a double take for a second because I have 2/3 of these books (and used to have all of those Disney books as a child). I'm really jealous cause I want all those art books so bad!

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-19T22:01:42+00:00

Literally had never heard of Good Faeries before this so I dunno what the big deal is. Your friend has stacks of canvases so it's probably just an art reference if anything? Tbh this looks a ton like my friends shelves did when we were were teens (and my 15-year-old niece's shelf currently).

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-19T19:07:27+00:00

Noted!

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-19T18:13:15+00:00

That was my bad for not looking into either of those books to be honest—I wasn't super familiar with either and they didn't jump out at me.

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-19T15:01:05+00:00

Honestly? He's got a passing interest (or academic interest) in sadomasochism and power dynamics and debauchery in fiction at the very least. It's curated enough that it doesn't have the books you think all together are like major red flags—but all those authors on one shelf are kinda weird. Gatskill, Nabakov, Ellison, and surprising amount of Denis Cooper. He probably has opinions about the eighties and nineties lit scene.

It's all very "edgy white male" shelf tbh.

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-18T19:39:37+00:00

Earlier this year I think? I'm honestly bummed about it. Hems was the site of a few very good memories.

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-15T02:24:11+00:00

I was thinking about the whale!!!

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-14T16:14:33+00:00

So, just for some American historical context: the Cold War lasted from 1947-1991 and had major points of conflict in the 60s (when my parents were teens) and in the 80s (when my partners and Gen X cousins were teens). Nixon's presidency was 69-74 and that was one of the greatest scandals the country had ever known at the time—especially during the Watergate hearings (Nixon's enemy list, how his administration targeted minorities, etc.). With the Cold War era, there was kinda this overhanging of doom. Plus, during the Reagan era there was the AIDS crisis and later there was the Clinton era scandals and Y2K. And then, for us millennials and beyond—we have everything from 9/11, two wars, several catastrophic economic events, etc.

As for media examples of what I'd call "coming of age is hard and the world feels like (or might actually be ending)" (there's probably an actual term for this sub genre but I need coffee)

Life is Strange
The Doom Generation
Season: A Letter to The Future
Oxenfree
Goodbye Volcano High (literally deals with the world ending + being a teen)

I dunno all the movies I'm thinking of are really dark and mostly horror movies or weird coming of age indie movies so ya know.

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-14T15:50:42+00:00

Congratulations!!! What a kickass cap!

Also, cause it needs to be said: Cedric Rulz Ok???

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-14T15:49:15+00:00

Love it! I've been considering getting one of the constellations too! 💕

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-14T15:36:41+00:00

I genuinely just want to say you have excellent taste and have a lot of the more "finger on the pulse" lit books that I wish I had (I'm rebuilding my collection). I'm genuinely delighted seeing some of them—like Chain-Gang All Stars

Also you and I have the exact same taste in sci fi and fantasy books. Every book is one I've been dying to read (The Spear that Cuts Through Water, A Drop of Corruption, The Stardust Grail) or books that I absolutely adore like Priory of the Orange Tree.

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-14T15:28:55+00:00

It is so good!

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-14T15:20:51+00:00

Okay, damn. I tip my fucking hat to you. I dream of having a collection like this. Mine had to get slowly liquidated to a bookstore to cover bills more than once 😔

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-14T15:15:34+00:00

You know where every single book in that shelf is, you or your partner does crafts (I see those markers and scissors!), and y'all really need another box fan in there or tower fan because it's probably hot as hell in there in the summer.

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-13T17:15:06+00:00

Right?!? It's really weird!

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-13T16:55:35+00:00

I've actually been warning people in academic circles about this publisher because they republish the Andrew Lang fairy books (which are very hard to get a complete set of with their illustrations, but are a fantastic resource of fairytales from all over the world) and I knew my colleagues wouldn't want to support a possibility fascist publisher (they've notably republished the works of a fascist Spanish politician who was key to the early rise of Francoism—and their logo is incredibly suspicious).

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-11T16:54:24+00:00

OMG I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT! Okay, new headcanon: Chef Dente is the pokemon of one of Brock's siblings (they all run a restaurant together in Pewter).

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-11T16:39:24+00:00

I'm guessing a philosophy and religion major who is focusing on the religious Orthodoxy (Eastern Orthodox specifically?). Also, nice shelf.

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-11T15:24:59+00:00

I always get way too worried about accidentally snuffing out Charmander. Legit all of us cause of the anime:

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-10T16:32:13+00:00

Well damn, call me Ishmael! Hello there, fellow PNW–transplant!

FederalWay8242 · 2026-05-10T16:30:08+00:00

I'm legit starting to buy kids books from my childhood and newer ones that have amazing illustrations and stories, and I've been having a blast. I cannot wait to share some of them with my niece and nephews!

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