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I don't consider ZAMM a philosophy book and a lot are trying to criticise it from that 'formal' angle. If you try to read it for what it is it's much better. A

I don't consider ZAMM a philosophy book and a lot are trying to criticise it from that 'formal' angle. If you try to read it for what it is it's much better. A lot of books/movies/cultural artefacts require a certain mood, life experience, nature or worldview. Trying to absorb or understand those artefacts without the prerequisites make it a bad experience. So, perhaps in a few years you'll view it differently. Or perhaps when you are in a different mood. Or perhaps your nature / worldview is incompatible with the 'angle' in the book and you will forever dislike it. I don't believe there is anything I could explain about how I viewed it that would make it better for you, especially since you just finished it and reached your own (negative) conclusions. But I think one should regard with some, let's say, respect certain cultural landmarks. They mirror something from the human spirit / experience and it can't be just coincidence they are appreciated.

hulano 7y ago
Apparently it was a best seller. You can't tell me, that its to special that i don't get it. Bestseller = Mainstream => i'm not far away from mainstream. And you can take certain aspects of my opinion and argue with them. I tried to convey what i saw in it and what not after all.
- fierarul 7y ago
  I wasn't trying to antagonise nor dismiss you. Read 5 pages again and see if it hooks you. If it does not, you probably won't like it. I don't want to 'argue' with what you said because it won't help. You just read 500 pages and felt nothing. What magic of writing could I create to convince you otherwise in a paragraph?
  - hulano 7y ago
    You could try to give me the insight you got. You could try to explain your view point. I said: "I think its an interesting book, but its hard to read and i'm still curious why it resonated with so many people?"
hulano 7y ago
Funny enough: i deleted my account because of this: You try to have proper discussions but instead it just doesn't matter.

hulano 7y ago

Apparently it was a best seller. You can't tell me, that its to special that i don't get it. Bestseller = Mainstream => i'm not far away from mainstream. And you can take certain aspects of my opinion and argue with them. I tried to convey what i saw in it and what not after all.

fierarul 7y ago
I wasn't trying to antagonise nor dismiss you. Read 5 pages again and see if it hooks you. If it does not, you probably won't like it. I don't want to 'argue' with what you said because it won't help. You just read 500 pages and felt nothing. What magic of writing could I create to convince you otherwise in a paragraph?
- hulano 7y ago
  You could try to give me the insight you got. You could try to explain your view point. I said: "I think its an interesting book, but its hard to read and i'm still curious why it resonated with so many people?"

hulano 7y ago

Funny enough: i deleted my account because of this: You try to have proper discussions but instead it just doesn't matter.