[ SECRET POST #2732 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2732 ⌋

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Comments

[making_excuses]

Why do I have to read books to get a better understanding of cultures, philosophies or lifestyles? In my opinion you can just as easily learn that through articles, talking to people and documentaries, not through the fiction I might be reading.

What type/genre/length of fiction you prefer to read does not dictate what you learn about the world, I would worry more about people who are not curious about things that are different to what they are used to, or not open to learn new things than I am of people who only read fanfiction for entertainment.

I am strictly speaking about fiction here not nonfiction, which I feel is a different discussion, but then agin I might be wrong in that regard.

[dinogrrl]

Why do I have to read books to get a better understanding of cultures, philosophies or lifestyles? In my opinion you can just as easily learn that through articles, talking to people and documentaries, not through the fiction I might be reading.

I've actually learned more about different cultures and topics and such due to having to research things for my fanfics than through books I've picked up to read for pleasure.

[(Anonymous)]

This to some extent. I'm not going to take a freaking novel as an authority on another culture. As impetus to do my own research, sure, but for the novel itself the possibility of 'artistic license' is too high.

[dinogrrl]

Oh yes. Except that a lot of people internalize the artistic license version without bothering to check into the facts for themselves. Sometimes published novels broaden your horizons, but in the wrong directions.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, for one reading articles can also be biased. For example, most of the articles related to my country are focused on the bad stuff: violence, drugs, corruption, etc., which, yeah, they do happen, but usually the good things never appear on international news. Reading a books from someone who lives here, on the other hands, can help you understand life as lived by ordinary people, with the good and the bad stuff.

I, for one, enjoy reading fiction because it gives me the chance to live by proxy other lifestyles and life experiences as if I was experiencing them myself that I'd have never had the chance to live otherwise.