1: Have you ever said that to yourself?
2: How often have stopped what you were reading to look something up and discovered something that is new and exciting to you?
3: What have you stopped to look up that excited you?
Okay I don't know where I'm going with this...except I came across homo floresiensis while I was reading and became very excited from what I've learned.
1. Yes.
2. More times than I can remember. Mostly it happens with historical fiction.
3. Waterloo, various wars, historical figures, theories, references to other literature. Boring stuff to tell others about but it was interesting to me.
Now I am going to have to look up homo floresiensis. It had better not keep me up as it is my bed time.
Tash
Oh my god! I learned something new that excites me from a work of fiction!
- 11/09/2009 11:29:06 PM
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i spent a good week reading on the history of bletchley park after picking up cryptonomicon
- 12/09/2009 01:13:47 AM
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Yes.
- 12/09/2009 02:45:53 AM
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