Real + Imaginary Flowers = Too Big!

[Malt Refund]

I finally threw out my copy of Real and Imaginary Flowers.. I kept trying to find safe places for it in my house but no matter where I put it, it kept getting dinged and torn by other objects or people, simply because it was too big to store anywhere. So, now it's in the trashcan!

Tomato, make your books normal sized please.

[grady]

I'm trying to understand your logic here, but can't seem to grasp it. It was getting dinged up so instead of keeping it and letting have some character and wear and tear you throw it out?

What the hell?

I would have gladly taken it. I've got a copy of Process that a friend's dog chewed up along one corner and it looks great beat up.

Sure I've got books that I like pristine and nice like some advance reader copies of novels and hard back books with lots of glossy pictures, but I've got plenty of other books that are dog eared and tattered. I guess thats just me though.

[Malt Refund]

Have you seen it? It's literally four feet tall.

I just can't justify it's size compared to what's in it. It's thin, the pages are mostly empty space. It's big for the sake of being big, and was the largest book I owned (even against a few oversized comics.. Art Spigeleman's "In the Shadow of No Towers" gave it a run for it's money, both were thrown out in the end).

Books go on a bookshelf.. my bookshelves are pretty generious when it comes to size, but Tomato just blew it away with this massive offering. New rule: If it doesn't fit on the bookshelf, I can't own it.

[grady]

I own a copy myself and it usually sits horizontal on top of other books on one shelf or on the floor next to some laserdiscs which have been moved off the book shelfs.

As for really large books, the largest I have is The Stanley Kubrick Archives. It sits on my coffee table, the ideal place for a book of it's size and weight.
Here (http://www.dvdbeaver.com/kubrick-archives.htm) are some pictures of the book.

[Malt Refund]

I also think that Tycho's Nova is too small. I lost it under the carpet for a good solid week. Why must Tomato publications vary in sizes to the extreme?

[grady]

What are your complaints regarding Skyscraper and In the Belly of Saint Paul?

[Lou]

i have not even seen it
i would have gladly bought it from you!

[Malt Refund]

I don't have Belly, have never seen.. Skyscraper is a fine size.

[velvetongue]

i haven't seen it either. and Taschen does publish a lot of oversized books (and really unusual books as well).

[dubman]

what the goddamn hell is the matter with you?

"argh books wont fit in this space the value of the book is lost now"

i mean that's NUTS.

[swift]

what the goddamn hell is the matter with you?

"argh books wont fit in this space the value of the book is lost now"

i mean that's NUTS.

i don't believe it's really in malt refund's trash. my copy is on the low shelf for Very Large Books, it's not even the largest book there.

i think it's an ironised complaint from malt that he finally has to come to terms and install his own shelf of Very Large Books. :D

[BeautifulBurnout]

i think it's an ironised complaint from malt that he finally has to come to terms and install his own shelf of Very Large Books. :D

Shit. Maybe he had to buy a new Ikea bookshelf and mount it himself with their amazing Instruction Leaflets. That sure as hell pisses me off! :p

[swift]

Shit. Maybe he had to buy a new Ikea bookshelf and mount it himself with their amazing Instruction Leaflets. That sure as hell pisses me off! :p

you know, that's the swedish way in irony :D

[Malt Refund]

No really it is honestly in the garbage and likely recycled by now. It was so huge that it got stuck in the trashcan almost as if it were fighting for it's life (which it was) but in reality it was only stuck due to it's gargantuan size. I never cared much for it anyway, least favorite of my Tomato collection.

[potatobroth]

Have you seen it? It's literally four feet tall.

I just can't justify it's size compared to what's in it. It's thin, the pages are mostly empty space. It's big for the sake of being big, and was the largest book I owned (even against a few oversized comics.. Art Spigeleman's "In the Shadow of No Towers" gave it a run for it's money, both were thrown out in the end).

Books go on a bookshelf.. my bookshelves are pretty generious when it comes to size, but Tomato just blew it away with this massive offering. New rule: If it doesn't fit on the bookshelf, I can't own it.

lol. i threw mine in the closet. haven't touched it since. btw, totally agree, its annoyingly huge.

[swift]

hahaha, i don't quite understand how you could be really bothered by the size of the thing... people have a point though that you if you want to throw away a thing like that in the future, you might want to abandon it somewhere (or offer it to dirts here?).

:confused:

[Malt Refund]

I would have but I didn't have a box to ship it in that was big enough! I'd need one of those speciality boxes.

[aNt]

do what i did: get a whole punch and pop a whole in the middle at the top- then find a nail/tac (can be located in carpet). knock that tac into your wall, and bingo! nice poster... if you are really creative, get a mini calendar and stick the dates back and side to side on each page- rock on... u have art that helps you remember what you should be doing today...

[chuck]

aNt!

You craft superstar you!

When are you getting your own show on the Living Channel geeza?

my real + imaginary art book is on the shelf - I've got some video somewhere too.... good job I turned it off before the beers came out!

(can be located on carpet) - next to empty stella can.... :)