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There are gems coming out today that will be considered great works by our descendants. By avoiding current authors or media you miss out on the cultural story

by pests 3y ago

There are gems coming out today that will be considered great works by our descendants. By avoiding current authors or media you miss out on the cultural story and critique/commentary that influences all our media. Sure, the last 5000 years are interesting, but isn't right now pretty amazing too? You might accidently read the best book ever written but you won't know until history plays out. But I think it's important to see how recent history has shaped the narrative of the worlds authors in today's world. Weve lived through a lot of major events. Everyone does. But these are our events.

vundercind 3y ago
I’m not avoiding them, but “rando probably-just-ok new thing” versus any of hundreds of major classics I haven’t made it to yet… it’s tough to pick the new thing very often. [edit] or, hell, not even major. Odds that a recommended-by-people-online got-some-hype-in-review-rags new book is gonna make me happier to have read it than, say, a 2nd-tier Maugham or Faulkner or something? Not great.
gverrilla 3y ago
> There are gems coming out today that will be considered great works by our descendants. Wow. Can't wait for the next Harry Potter / Avatar / Celebrity book / Spiderman movie !!!!11!!!1! Great works! > but isn't right now pretty amazing too? No.
- pests 3y ago
  Why be so negative? Live a little.
  - gverrilla 3y ago
    Negativity is good sometimes. It made 2 revolutions already!
samspot 3y ago
Yeah, if you like sorting garbage. Which of the 1.5 million books published this year will you read? People routinely hide money in mattresses, so why not head to the landfill and start looking? I sometimes read/watch/play something if a friend recommends it. But I've no time/interest in sorting through the random deluge of media in the hope of finding diamonds. I'll let someone else find the diamond and tell me about it.
- bombcar 3y ago
  I'm trying to think back over "new releases" that I've read, and ... all of them have been by authors that I had already enjoyed reading some of their works. It would have to be a technical book on a subject I'm interested in (and even then moderately rare) or something that someone I know well personally strongly recommended.

by pests 3y ago

vundercind 3y ago

I’m not avoiding them, but “rando probably-just-ok new thing” versus any of hundreds of major classics I haven’t made it to yet… it’s tough to pick the new thing very often. [edit] or, hell, not even major. Odds that a recommended-by-people-online got-some-hype-in-review-rags new book is gonna make me happier to have read it than, say, a 2nd-tier Maugham or Faulkner or something? Not great.

gverrilla 3y ago

> There are gems coming out today that will be considered great works by our descendants. Wow. Can't wait for the next Harry Potter / Avatar / Celebrity book / Spiderman movie !!!!11!!!1! Great works! > but isn't right now pretty amazing too? No.

pests 3y ago
Why be so negative? Live a little.
- gverrilla 3y ago
  Negativity is good sometimes. It made 2 revolutions already!

samspot 3y ago

Yeah, if you like sorting garbage. Which of the 1.5 million books published this year will you read? People routinely hide money in mattresses, so why not head to the landfill and start looking? I sometimes read/watch/play something if a friend recommends it. But I've no time/interest in sorting through the random deluge of media in the hope of finding diamonds. I'll let someone else find the diamond and tell me about it.

bombcar 3y ago
I'm trying to think back over "new releases" that I've read, and ... all of them have been by authors that I had already enjoyed reading some of their works. It would have to be a technical book on a subject I'm interested in (and even then moderately rare) or something that someone I know well personally strongly recommended.