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The point of reading for entertainment is to: 1. Have fun. If you don't like the book you're reading, put it down. Life is too short for bad books. 2. Leave
by mfoy_ 9y ago
The point of reading for entertainment is to:
1. Have fun.
If you don't like the book you're reading, put it down. Life is too short for bad books.
2. Leave a general impression on you.
For example, some books just change your outlook on life. Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy, or Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy, or Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastard's trilogy are all great series that take you on emotional roller-coasters, make you change you perspective on life, etc.
Reading makes people more empathic, and kinder. It helps give you different points of view. (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315838511_Turner_R_2017_Bookworm_Film-buff_or_Thespian_Investigating_the_relationship_between_fictional_worlds_and_real-world_social_abilities https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315838511_Turner_R_...)
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
- acchow 9y ago“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” Presumably you can also get this from film and television?
- posterboy 9y agothere are not 40+ episodes or even multipart movies of discworld, sadly. And while there are a few adaptions, I don't see how spending less time absorbed into the fantasy would be desirable ;)
- mfoy_ 9y agoDiscworld just could not be adapted to the screen... you'd lose the puns, the outrageous descriptions and the hilarity of it all. I mean... maybe if it was stylistically something like A Series of Unfortunate Events with the over-the-top costumes, make up, and set pieces... but it still wouldn't quite capture Pratchett's little piece of un-reality.
- mfoy_ 9y agoThe study seems to indicate that reading is more effective / engaging. My gut tells me that film and television is to reading as a snack is to a meal.
- jgamman 9y agoattributed often to Emmerson: ‘I cannot remember the dinners I have eaten, nor the books I have read, but all have helped to make me.’