[ SECRET POST #2732 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2732 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yes. I don't mind if you read fanfic but the "I only read fanfic" crowd makes me groan. If you like to read, why limit yourself?

[(Anonymous)]

I kind of agree with this? I mean, maybe the OP was talking about ~high literature~ which is stupid, lot's of ~high literature~ is boring as fuck (looking at you Ethan Frome), but refusing to read anything but fanfic is so limiting.

Plus, the more you read, the more fandoms you might enjoy finding fanfics for. :D

[(Anonymous)]

AURGH ETHAN FROME
WHY DID YOU REMIND ME

I had to write two essays on that dog doo diarrhea nightmare and my finale was based on it.
Uudhdbnewjejeksndfuckmesideways

[(Anonymous)]

there are a lot of reasons I only read fanfic-- a key one is that it's easy to come by free, legal (well, legal-ish), quality work. If I spend money on a book and it's crap, I get pissed off. If I start a fic I don't like I can just stop reading, no money lost.

[(Anonymous)]

That's what libraries are for...

[(Anonymous)]

Haha, I thought it was pretty funny that everyone's going "but fanfic is freeeeee!" when the actual secret is of a photo of a library. That cracks me up.

[dinogrrl]

Unless your local libraries have made drastic cuts in the past 20 years and now only hold a few shelves of encyclopedias, a few shelves of nonfiction, and a giant-ass young children's section. :/

But yeah, if you're lucky enough to be in an area with libraries that still have nice, big, varied collections, I absolutely recommend checking it out (haha puns).

[(Anonymous)]

Most of the stuff I read is fanfic because I don't have the time or energy to go to a library. I mean, all I have to do is click on a website to read whatever fic I want, but to have to go well out of my way and waste all that money/time/effort to go to a library just to pick up some books? Really doesn't seem worth it.

Also, I've never really known how to find good books. Aside from a few recs from friends here and there, I've never known where (or how) to start looking to find something I'd sincerely enjoy reading.

Fanfiction is easier, plus I already care about the characters.

[othellia]

My library has a terrible selection, a several week long waiting list for anything I'm interested in reading, and once I do get a book I only have three weeks to read it. No renewals because, yeah, ridiculous waiting lists.

And THEN, I'm not even guaranteed to like it. Or maybe I do, but it just didn't QUITE scratch that itch when I'm in the mood for something specific.

So yeah. Fanfic all the way.

[darkmanifest]

As someone who used to rely on libraries for most of my reading, A) accessibility, B) fines, C) variety, D) clutter. All problems that fanfic doesn't have.

[(Anonymous)]

Are you in a location that does not have a public library?

[(Anonymous)]

DA

This is a good moment to remember that libraries in certain countries can be very restrictive (in my country only high schoolers and college students can borrow books to take home; everyone else can only read them in the library) and can have a very limited selection of books (Encyclopedias? Dictionaries? Technical texts? Sure. Literature? Only classics and some more recent novel-prize winners, that's all you'll find in the public libraries in my country For some reasons they do have an excellent collection of magazines. I guess it's because those get donated pretty frequently?)

Maybe it's the same for the other anon?

[(Anonymous)]

I live in a location that has one of the biggest library systems in the world, and even there, demand and theft makes it difficult to get the books you want when you want them. Seems like every damn one only has the second book in every series ever.

[(Anonymous)]

Most books are public domain nowadays, you can legally download them . Only contemporary books aren't. You have 3,000 years of literature for free.

[inevitableentresol]

The older books can be a tough starting point for a young reader, though. Even if that included some of the best books in the world (Pride & Prejudice!)

Myself, I have 30+ books downloaded on my Kindle, free and completely legal from here:

http://www.gutenberg.org/

[(Anonymous)]

Older translations, though. :-( Who really wants to read George Webbe Dasent's translation of Njal's Saga or Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad? (Well, maybe the latter if you're a fan of Pope, but that's kind of my point; the translation is decent Pope but horrible Homer.)

And that's assuming that works even have older translations at all. Water Margin, for instance, was written in the 14th century but not translated into English until Pearl S. Buck did so (badly) in the 1930s; that translation is still under copyright.

Of course, if you happen to read Icelandic and Ancient Greek and vernacular Chinese and etc., then, yes, 3000 years' worth of literature are yours for the taking.

[(Anonymous)]

Yaaay 3,000 years of mostly straight white people whining pretentiously. No, thank you.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree too, but clearly we're in the minority here.

[(Anonymous)]

Because people who read because they like it want to read things they like?

If that means primarily or entirely fanfic, so what?

[(Anonymous)]

Because by only reading things you like you don't encounter anything new and don't broaden your horizons. How will you know you like things if you never encounter them? How can you ever understand other cultures if you don't experience them?

[(Anonymous)]

Not everyone reads to broaden their horizons or experience new things. I love to read for both those purposes, but me shoving books at people who are uninterested in reading them isn't going to magically make them interested. There are other ways for them to get that experience. Heck, they could even get it from the right fanfic.

Also, not everyone interested in broadening their horizons or experiencing new things turns to any fiction to do so. I've known a few people who generally only read fanfic and non-fiction books and don't think of the two the same way-- reading fanfic is "reading," reading non-fiction is "research."

[(Anonymous)]

How'd they find out they like fanfic, though? If you don't try new things (fanfic OR published fic) you won't know if you like them or not.

[(Anonymous)]

Because at least fanfic is already about characters I'm invested in. If I like a book series, I will read it until it ends, but just picking up some random book is kind of like befriending a stranger. I'd rather stay in my comfort zone, because reading, for me, is about entertainment.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe because I have read more than enough weighty, hefty shit as a matter of course. Fanfic is easy and fun, most of the time, the exact opposite of my job, with the added bonus of being free and accessible when I don't work a nice 9-5 to have time to go to bookstores or wait for amazon to ship.

[dancing_serpent]

I read only fanfic - at the moment. My reading habits seem to be a thing divided into different phases, all depending on my current interests, living situation, world-view, etc.
For a while I read only science fiction. Only but books about astronomy, religion and philosophy. Only manga. And so on, and so on. So now I'm in the "only fanfic" phase, and that will pass, too. I'll enjoy it as long as it lasts.