On 31 July 1954, Italian climbers Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli became the first people to reach the summit of K2, the second highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest.
No one who has hoped for something has ever had their hopes perfectly realized. There are compromises, adjustments, contingencies. Eventually, hope becomes indistinguishable from resignation.
- Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation
- Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation
Sections in the bookstore
- Books you haven't read
- Books you needn't read
- Books made for purposes other than reading
- Books read even before you open them since they belong to the category of books read before being written
- Books that if you had more than one life you would certainly also read but unfortunately your days are numbered
- Books you mean to read but there are others you must read first
- Books too expensive now and you'll wait 'til they're remaindered
- Books ditto when they come out in paperback
- Books you can borrow from somebody
- Books that everybody's read so It's as if you had read them, too
- Books you've been planning to read for ages
- Books you've been hunting for years without success
- Books dealing with something you're working on at the moment
- Books you want to own so they'll be handy just in case
- Books you could put aside maybe to read this Summer
- Books you need to go with other books on your shelves
- Books that fill you with sudden, inexplicable curiosity, not easily justified
- Books read long ago which it's now time to re-read
- Books you've always pretended to have read and now it's time to sit down and really read them
- Books you haven't read
- Books you needn't read
- Books made for purposes other than reading
- Books read even before you open them since they belong to the category of books read before being written
- Books that if you had more than one life you would certainly also read but unfortunately your days are numbered
- Books you mean to read but there are others you must read first
- Books too expensive now and you'll wait 'til they're remaindered
- Books ditto when they come out in paperback
- Books you can borrow from somebody
- Books that everybody's read so It's as if you had read them, too
- Books you've been planning to read for ages
- Books you've been hunting for years without success
- Books dealing with something you're working on at the moment
- Books you want to own so they'll be handy just in case
- Books you could put aside maybe to read this Summer
- Books you need to go with other books on your shelves
- Books that fill you with sudden, inexplicable curiosity, not easily justified
- Books read long ago which it's now time to re-read
- Books you've always pretended to have read and now it's time to sit down and really read them