He also wrote a FANTASTIC biography of Stalin that I highly recommend - it purges all the other bios of Stalin like the enemies of the people they are.
Yes. I read the entire Mistborn trilogy (and I have Warbreaker on the shelf waiting to be read) and amazon is shipping the new Dan Brown as we speak. However, my brain also needs more and so I try to broaden my reading spectrum more and more.
I still love those sorts of books, though now I like the ones with glossy photos and then in-depth articles next to them.
I have a lot of coffee table books (some of them big enough to make into coffee tables) like that. Of course, I also have the "art photography" books that are essentially high-end soft core porn because it's just as cool as having porn on display but yet much more chic.
I meant more that people discuss experiences and things that likely did not happen - whether it's Aleister Crowley claiming to have summoned the devil in a ritual or Carlos Castaneda claiming to have been on a drug trip in Mexico with Yaqui shamans when records show he was checking out books that day from the university library. A certain amount of occult books present cultural traditions, but some seem to be actively making things up.
I think it is worthwhile to post a survey to start people talking more about non-fiction on this website as well. To me, reading fantasy and science fiction all the time is a bit like eating junk food or playing computer games - it's fun and entertaining, but when you're done and look back on the time spent you sometimes sit there and say, "What have I done?!"
Yup. Which is why I find it a little disturbing that so many people read more Fantasy than anything else. It's great and I love it but my brain requires something more.
Yes. I read the entire Mistborn trilogy (and I have Warbreaker on the shelf waiting to be read) and amazon is shipping the new Dan Brown as we speak. However, my brain also needs more and so I try to broaden my reading spectrum more and more.
- world cultures
I used to love this as a child. The high gloss books with photos and snippets of information about a place and culture were marvellous.
I still love those sorts of books, though now I like the ones with glossy photos and then in-depth articles next to them.
I like looking at pictures and reading art history.
I have a lot of coffee table books (some of them big enough to make into coffee tables) like that. Of course, I also have the "art photography" books that are essentially high-end soft core porn because it's just as cool as having porn on display but yet much more chic.
7. Do you consider books about the occult to be non-fiction or fiction? Why?
In what way do you mean about? Do you mean an occultist version of The Bible, or similar? Most likely, though, whatever your answer, I'd probably consider it to be non-fiction.
I meant more that people discuss experiences and things that likely did not happen - whether it's Aleister Crowley claiming to have summoned the devil in a ritual or Carlos Castaneda claiming to have been on a drug trip in Mexico with Yaqui shamans when records show he was checking out books that day from the university library. A certain amount of occult books present cultural traditions, but some seem to be actively making things up.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 05:38:04 PM
- 1153 Views
Heh.
14/09/2009 05:58:59 PM
- 839 Views
You associate non-fiction with work? Are you a non-fiction book reviewer by day?
14/09/2009 06:35:59 PM
- 660 Views
I like non-fiction as long as it's not preachy.
14/09/2009 06:25:42 PM
- 849 Views
Fun.
14/09/2009 06:31:28 PM
- 934 Views
Machiavelli is a good case study for translation vs. original language
14/09/2009 06:48:46 PM
- 691 Views
Fact not fiction.
14/09/2009 06:43:32 PM
- 876 Views
I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio
14/09/2009 06:58:46 PM
- 755 Views
Re: I loved Radzinsky's Rasputin bio
14/09/2009 07:10:01 PM
- 778 Views
You're going to force me to start a Dan Brown discussion in a different thread.
14/09/2009 09:00:32 PM
- 692 Views
Well, I can do it here, no worries, just think of it as non-non-fiction.
14/09/2009 09:06:34 PM
- 749 Views
Re: Fact not fiction.
17/09/2009 12:40:31 AM
- 795 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 07:25:20 PM
- 682 Views
I do read sometimes.
14/09/2009 08:01:03 PM
- 884 Views
I read it quite a lot, obviously.
14/09/2009 09:20:40 PM
- 773 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 09:24:35 PM
- 889 Views
I'd be interested to know the title of that Lincoln book. *NM*
15/09/2009 05:11:14 AM
- 338 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey
14/09/2009 10:05:56 PM
- 683 Views
I'm sorry. I just can't take "pro wrestling" seriously enough to comment on it beyond this. *NM*
15/09/2009 05:15:13 AM
- 328 Views
Sweet
14/09/2009 10:09:21 PM
- 845 Views
My problem with Fisk is his naivete
15/09/2009 05:10:00 AM
- 733 Views
If you're referring to the passages I think you're referring to...
15/09/2009 11:06:04 AM
- 836 Views
Good survey!
14/09/2009 11:40:58 PM
- 828 Views
Ah...but where do you draw the line on the occult?
15/09/2009 05:07:14 AM
- 673 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey
15/09/2009 12:25:57 AM
- 724 Views
I read a lot of it for my classes, so I read very little of it for leisure.
15/09/2009 12:46:23 AM
- 771 Views
As someone who read Ab Urbe Condita in Latin...the book you reference "delenda est".
15/09/2009 05:04:05 AM
- 702 Views
Interesting questions!
15/09/2009 07:20:05 AM
- 843 Views
Re: Non-Fiction survey
15/09/2009 11:35:48 AM
- 936 Views
Try reading something new you think you'd like and post a review! *NM*
17/09/2009 03:11:47 PM
- 294 Views
i like non-fiction!
15/09/2009 09:40:40 PM
- 772 Views
Lots of people have recommended The Omnivore's Dilemma to me *NM*
17/09/2009 03:14:09 PM
- 343 Views