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remmers
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Book Item
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Dec 24 11:32 UTC 2002 |
This is the item to talk about what kinds of books you read and why
you read them.
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remmers
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response 1 of 22:
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Dec 24 11:33 UTC 2002 |
I read lots of murder mysteries. It is my hope that the knowledge
gained will enable me to solve a murder myself someday.
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gelinas
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response 2 of 22:
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Dec 25 05:12 UTC 2002 |
I read science fiction, to learn the extent of fiction in science.
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jaklumen
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response 3 of 22:
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Dec 27 08:36 UTC 2002 |
That only works well when you read hard sci-fi; especially those novels
that are just propaganda for theory. Soft sci-fi starts crossing over
into the fantasy category.
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gelinas
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response 4 of 22:
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Dec 30 02:45 UTC 2002 |
Which is one of the things that irritates me about the Ann Arbor District
Library: they put some of an author's works under "science fiction" and others
under "fantasy", and sometimes even different pieces of the same series.
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jaklumen
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response 5 of 22:
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Dec 30 04:15 UTC 2002 |
well, splitting up a series into different categories is just wrong-- I
doubt you're the only one bothered.
but like I said, there are shades of grey between some flavors of sci-
fi and fantasy.
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amethyst
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response 6 of 22:
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Jan 2 15:44 UTC 2003 |
I read... romance. I used to read them in high school, then felt
like they were too stupid or whatever. Now they're great cheap
fast (an hour or so per book) entertainment. Much more satisfying
than a movie that costs $10 and lasts an hour.
I occasionally read scifi/fantasy (more toward fantasy).
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remmers
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response 7 of 22:
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Jan 2 17:44 UTC 2003 |
I used to read scifi a lot. My hope was that I would learn how to
deal with space aliens and thwart them should any ever arrive and
attempt to conquer the earth. However, I pretty much gave up
scifi when I realized that it was too late.
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jaklumen
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response 8 of 22:
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Jan 3 05:20 UTC 2003 |
I have a married roomie that still reads romance.. what, is her love
life lacking? She still hasn't given me a satisfactory explanation.
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gelinas
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response 9 of 22:
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Jan 4 17:56 UTC 2003 |
Just like a man, to think "romance" means "sex."
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