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I was fortunate to have highschool teachers that were pretty good at teaching lit but I've known people who got real turned off from books in general because in highschool they'd spend like a week on stuff like, say, what does the green light mean??
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Gnoman posted:The issue with Death of The Author comes in when a reader heavily misinterprets part of a work, and then proceeds to view the entire work (and, often, other works by the same author) by that misinterpretation. A guy accidentally being transphobic in his webcomic and then not doubling down when trans people say something about it sure makes death of the author sound win, to me.
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Mar 19, 2019 22:06
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I remember trying to read Malazan ages ago and quitting during the second book after sorta liking the first, tho it has been a long time so I don't remember what exactly turned me off from it.
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Apr 9, 2019 20:56
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Ah I guess that must be why I liked the first book and not the second since in seeing it laid out like that the first sounds way more preferable to this gamer.
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Apr 9, 2019 21:12
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One thing I appreciate about doki doki is that it doesn't take too long to do its thing, unlike so many visual novels where it takes 10-20 hours before they "get good" or what have you
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Jun 1, 2019 12:14
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pseudanonymous posted:Some of it is better. The hard sci-fi is more scientific, some of it written by actual scientists/ex scientists now for example. I think it's a bit less preachy too, a lot of older sci-fi I remember these scenes where characters basically philosophize at each other in a way that didn't do too much to further the plot or characters. Hell yes, I loving love science
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Jun 30, 2019 12:56
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Strom Cuzewon posted:Are you making fun of Sci fi for including science? I have to wonder what you think Sci fi is for. I was making a joke about the notion that better science = better writing.
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Jun 30, 2019 16:28
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pseudanonymous posted:I don't really understand why you're reading speculative fiction if you don't value the speculative part of it. Masochism? If you just want good prose you're almost guaranteed to do better with mainstream fictional works. Part of why I read Sci-Fi is I enjoy the contemplation of the human condition under different conditions than the ones we operate under now. If your only criterion is how good the prose is, then it just boggles my mind you're reading genre fiction at all. I don't mind speculation that isn't completely scientifically accurate as long as it results in something interesting to read, basically. The accuracy just isn't a factor to me, it's more important that the author is able to sell me on their concepts.
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Jun 30, 2019 22:20
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Last year I was curious to see why Worm had the popularity it does so I read some of it and for reasons I can't quite explain it gave me the same vibe as like, one of those visual novels that are millions of words long and take a triple digit number of hours to read.
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Nov 22, 2019 12:12
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derp posted:Does it make you want to kill yourself that in 20 years (or less) someone will be doing a dissertation on worm I for one can't wait to see an epic dissertation that somehow ignores the nazi stuff.
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Dec 11, 2019 16:15
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derp posted:Oh? Are the others in the series as good? They all rule for different reasons. Definitely worth reading all four.
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Blood Boils posted:She seems nice, but her hour long 'whats wrong with the hobbits' video critique is just her reminiscing about how LOTR made her feel! The best part of her Hobbit video is when she gets into the behind the scenes stuff, it really shines a light on just how much of a nightmarish mess those movies were.
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