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Pfft! Larry Send a noteboard - 25/08/2010 10:38:23 PM

I've always been one of those people who like to investigate those works I haven't read and I hear some mention of in awards finalist shortlists, but it seems to me that there are some that just pose that "I haven't heard of them" as a sort of "they aren't worthy of my attention," as if ignorance is not just bliss, but a privilege.

I rarely read anything because it is on an awards list. The only book I can remember picking up because I had seen it on an awards list must be Byatt's Children's Book. And that was because I had been planning to read Byatt for a while. I feel awards take much of the fun out of the exploration.

Well, that seems to be a contrarian position! :P


How so?
I don't boycott books that are on award lists. I just don't pay attention to the lists.

So I pose this question in regards to the books listed in the RAFO awards: If you haven't read them/are familiar with those authors' works, are you going to try and "read and find out," or are you just going to sit on your ass and complain whenever you see an awards shortlist because it doesn't contain what you've read?

Isn't it a bit tricky to get up on that pedestal?

I wouldn't know. Would you? ;)


I am not the one assuming that people who do not slavishly follow awards are uninterested in literary exploration.


But you said you don't read books that receive awards in a fashion that seemed to indicate that you do it despite any public recognition of the works' qualities.

As for the other, you seem to be reading too much into that.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Do you ever really "read and find out"? Larry - 25/08/2010 10:14:37 PM 871 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 25/08/2010 10:17:32 PM 593 Views
Hey hey hey I already said I would check them out *grumbles* *NM* Dark Knight - 25/08/2010 10:22:00 PM 333 Views
Was thinking of others who were more dirisive in their comments Larry - 25/08/2010 10:27:59 PM 625 Views
Oh, well, that's ok then. Love the blog, btw *NM* Dark Knight - 25/08/2010 10:30:12 PM 298 Views
All the time. It's my job Camilla - 25/08/2010 10:23:17 PM 747 Views
If you aren't paid, it's your hobby...or you just volunteer to do so Larry - 25/08/2010 10:29:59 PM 661 Views
Right. Camilla - 25/08/2010 10:36:01 PM 716 Views
Pfft! Larry - 25/08/2010 10:38:23 PM 687 Views
Re: Pfft! Camilla - 25/08/2010 10:40:46 PM 741 Views
I kind of figure there are too many classics and older good books I haven't read yet, I guess. Legolas - 25/08/2010 10:47:04 PM 683 Views
I could have saved a lot of time by just agreeing with all this. *NM* Ghavrel - 25/08/2010 11:01:03 PM 271 Views
*NM* Legolas - 25/08/2010 11:05:46 PM 259 Views
I've usually heard of them but not read them. Ghavrel - 25/08/2010 10:58:41 PM 601 Views
Well I certianly wouldn't bitch and whine like you suggest LadyLorraine - 25/08/2010 11:50:24 PM 552 Views
At a minimum, I tend to "buy and plan on finding out". Tom - 26/08/2010 01:19:43 AM 603 Views
i checked out those awards book on amazon and what seemed interesting i've added to my wishlist Foxhead - 27/08/2010 12:12:01 AM 527 Views
Yes RugbyPlayingAshaman - 31/08/2010 04:13:34 PM 847 Views
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