Why can't you do both at the same time?
Because it shows you're not the serious-minded sort who can take their enlightenment straight-up, without being diluted with paltry pleasure.
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Oct 01, 2007 1:24:53 pm PDT #4093 of 28222
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Connie Neil - Oct 01, 2007 1:26:26 pm PDT #4094 of 28222
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up to around the 1950s, when suddenly writing had to be all twee and introspective to be respected
When the beatniks started being ironic and sophisticated, and enthusiasm became gauche.
Kathy A - Oct 01, 2007 1:27:16 pm PDT #4095 of 28222
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I just took an online "Geek, Nerd, or Dork?" test, and the first question was "Do you read fiction?"
WTF?
Toddson - Oct 01, 2007 1:43:23 pm PDT #4096 of 28222
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
well, obviously, reading anything other than non-fiction or technical manuals completely contradicts anyother geek/nerd/dork credentials you may wave at it
megan walker - Oct 01, 2007 1:46:03 pm PDT #4097 of 28222
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I do not like most serious modern novels. I wish something to happen in a novel. Things happened in works of literature all the way up to around the 1950s, when suddenly writing had to be all twee and introspective to be respected.
Ginger is me regarding the "modern" novel. And, when someone is obnoxious in their recommendation of the latest X, I usually refer to this trend as masturbatory fiction.
Toddson - Oct 01, 2007 1:58:43 pm PDT #4098 of 28222
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I like plots ... silly, I know, but I do. And character development. And things happening. That sort of thing has been relegated to genre fiction to a large extent, so a lot of what I read falls in that category.
Ginger - Oct 01, 2007 2:17:06 pm PDT #4099 of 28222
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It seems like mysteries and YA fiction are the last bastions of the plot.
§ ita § - Oct 01, 2007 2:27:57 pm PDT #4100 of 28222
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't read that much, but I haven't had much of a problem finding plots when I need them. Thrillers, chicklit, science fiction and fantasy, wherever.
Hmm, reading the bestseller list reminds me of two things:
- Must read Dexter
- Hate James Patterson
Connie Neil - Oct 01, 2007 2:29:29 pm PDT #4101 of 28222
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Hmm, reading the bestseller list reminds me of two things:
There's a new Pratchett! Ankh-Morpork!
Ginger - Oct 01, 2007 2:34:34 pm PDT #4102 of 28222
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
SANDWORMS OF DUNE, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson?!!
This is why I should never read bestseller lists. I need to put the new Kathy Reichs on hold at the library. I'll probably be about 200 down the list.