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Dean Koontz
idiosyncratic:
My problem with it is that people are actually reading solely because someone told me to. Yes, it is better that people are reading, but it disturbs me that people actively choose not to think for themselves or to self-educate.
Postino:
--- Quote from: idiosyncratic on 19 Jul 2008, 14:27 ---
Postscript.
Tomselleck, even though your metaphor was slightly bad, I certainly enjoyed it. It made me smile, and sometimes I do want a hamburger instead of steak. ;) I also agree with the comments on things like Oprah's book club. *wrinkles nose* I don't think I need to say anymore on that subject.
My problem with it is that people are actually reading solely because someone told me to. Yes, it is better that people are reading, but it disturbs me that people actively choose not to think for themselves or to self-educate.
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Hey look kids more on the subject!
tomselleck69:
I went and checked, and it seems that Oprah's Book Club has actually featured a bunch of good books over the years. The ratio of brainless life-affirming platitude-based novels to real solid literature is still fairly skewed, but I honestly did not expect to see Tolstoy or Marquez on there.
So I guess you won't do too badly by following that path. And yeah, I am of the opinion that reading light stuff is better than reading nothing, and that hopefully following a book club will get you interested in reading enough so that you begin to seek out new books yourself.
Postino:
--- Quote from: tomselleck69 on 19 Jul 2008, 19:47 ---I went and checked, and it seems that Oprah's Book Club has actually featured a bunch of good books over the years. The ratio of brainless life-affirming platitude-based novels to real solid literature is still fairly skewed, but I honestly did not expect to see Tolstoy or Marquez on there.
So I guess you won't do too badly by following that path. And yeah, I am of the opinion that reading light stuff is better than reading nothing, and that hopefully following a book club will get you interested in reading enough so that you begin to seek out new books yourself.
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Better than reading nothing... but not by much. I am of the opinion that just like the Glass Teat, continuous reading of trash will rot your brain. Its like a muscle folks, you don't exercise it and it atrophies.
Man I wanna start singing Imagination land or something.
Ikrik:
Dude, Dean Koontz and Stephen King will not rot your brain. If we want to use the hamburger analogy Koontz and King are like...homemade burgers, not necessarily good for you but they're not going to kill you. However, Shopaholic is like...McDonalds. Every time I hear someone talk about "reading" and they say they read and enjoy Shopaholic I lose respect for them. Shopaholic ruins your brain.
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