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"An intelligent observation of the facts of human existence will reveal to shallow-minded folk who sneer at the use of coincidence in the arts of fiction and dr
by shadowsun7 16y ago
"An intelligent observation of the facts of human existence will reveal to shallow-minded folk who sneer at the use of coincidence in the arts of fiction and drama that life itself is little more than a series of coincidences." -- Rafael Sabatini
This article was probably meant as humour, but I can't help but notice that fiction and life are two very different things. Fiction makes sense; life very often does not.
- Qz 16y agoYou need to read more fiction :).
- shadowsun7 16y agoGood fiction, then. I suppose you may argue that bad fiction need not make sense.
- Qz 16y agoGood fiction doesn't need to 'make sense' either. Of course, what qualifies as 'good' is subjective, and to get a little meta, fiction doesn't make sense - we make sense of fiction, just as with life. See also: religion vs. science.
- dasil003 16y agoAnd what of Stephenson's Cryptonomicon?
- ojilles 16y agoAre you trying to argue that Fiction is sometimes not believable, are actually the reverse?
- dasil003 16y agoIt wasn't actually a rhetorical question. Just wanted to point out that historical fiction is interesting food for thought on the question and hoping someone else would say something enlightening.