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Atlas Shrugged or maybe a song of ice and fire. *NM* Urza Send a noteboard - 19/02/2010 12:14:04 PM
By "spend time," I mean that we have to pretend that the characters of a book exist within the frame of what has been written for them, but also that they exist while not on-screen (so to speak). They don't just disappear between the PoVs in which they are featured, and they have free will outside of those PoVs. The towns exist, their individual personalities, homes, families, friends exist, etc.

You could, I don't know, hang with them while off-screen, observe or *gasp* mess up the narrative!

Otoh, which work would you avoid like The Plague?
(chuckle)
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If you could spend time in any written work, which would it be? And why? nossy - 19/02/2010 12:07:18 PM 1085 Views
Atlas Shrugged or maybe a song of ice and fire. *NM* Urza - 19/02/2010 12:14:04 PM 290 Views
Re: Atlas Shrugged or maybe a song of ice and fire. lil lady - 22/02/2010 05:42:40 PM 730 Views
Much <3 for that. *NM* Urza - 24/02/2010 02:26:47 PM 350 Views
Alice in Wonderland! *NM* cabbage - 19/02/2010 12:22:06 PM 288 Views
Oh, and why. cabbage - 19/02/2010 12:23:31 PM 697 Views
Try to nab me the Cheshire cat nossy - 19/02/2010 12:42:27 PM 712 Views
Off with her head!! StarrBecca - 19/02/2010 01:26:42 PM 632 Views
Re: But God would be a paedophile. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:51:55 PM 407 Views
Would be my choice too. *NM* Jonielle - 19/02/2010 02:19:51 PM 300 Views
Yesssssss. Liam - 20/02/2010 01:47:59 AM 731 Views
I saw it. Lici - 20/02/2010 04:28:40 PM 628 Views
Maybe the Shire? ironclad - 19/02/2010 12:36:12 PM 736 Views
That's a good one. nossy - 19/02/2010 12:43:42 PM 702 Views
Iain M Banks's Culture novels snoopcester - 19/02/2010 12:40:48 PM 663 Views
That would make me nervous. nossy - 19/02/2010 12:45:24 PM 654 Views
You are such a wimp snoopcester - 19/02/2010 12:47:32 PM 554 Views
Maybe nossy - 19/02/2010 01:10:10 PM 595 Views
Bah snoopcester - 19/02/2010 01:20:10 PM 741 Views
You actually had a good answer for once. LiterateDog - 19/02/2010 02:14:19 PM 708 Views
Re: Iain M Banks's Culture novels lyringlas - 19/02/2010 04:12:56 PM 717 Views
(I'm just kidding; this would make me a horrible person *coughs *NM* lyringlas - 19/02/2010 04:13:30 PM 295 Views
me too! temeraire - 19/02/2010 05:24:45 PM 561 Views
Re: Do you know, I actually cannot say. Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:49:36 PM 723 Views
Re: OOH OOH I would love to be in the Jasper Fforde novels! Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:51:11 PM 699 Views
Is it that obvious that I just read The Eyre Affair? nossy - 19/02/2010 01:56:21 PM 688 Views
Re: You think you are competition for Elizabeth? Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:57:56 PM 724 Views
I'm not sure. I could always out-violence her, surely. nossy - 19/02/2010 01:59:56 PM 712 Views
Re: <laughs out loud> Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 02:01:58 PM 714 Views
Little House on the Prairie Elaine - 19/02/2010 02:06:45 PM 742 Views
I'd be totally useless in that series. nossy - 19/02/2010 02:39:58 PM 709 Views
Oooh I love the Outlander series! *NM* Lady Leslie - 19/02/2010 06:53:13 PM 403 Views
depends what "my role" can be LadyLorraine - 19/02/2010 02:21:54 PM 762 Views
You are you. So whatever you can do. nossy - 19/02/2010 02:41:11 PM 615 Views
oh in that case. I think i'm better off staying here LadyLorraine - 19/02/2010 06:43:02 PM 717 Views
One of those science fiction ones. jh - 19/02/2010 02:58:55 PM 593 Views
O c'mon now, surely you can think of one? nossy - 19/02/2010 03:11:14 PM 633 Views
Not really. Problem with most works of science fiction is that... jh - 19/02/2010 03:18:26 PM 737 Views
The Importance of Being Earnest Mark - 19/02/2010 03:12:17 PM 612 Views
heh nossy - 19/02/2010 03:17:27 PM 758 Views
All I would need to do is get christened Mark - 19/02/2010 03:27:26 PM 624 Views
I'd go into Robert Heinlein's Future History Brian - 19/02/2010 03:56:53 PM 603 Views
You forgot "free love" JasonD - 28/02/2010 11:31:18 PM 742 Views
That is a really tough question. Mats Gambling Buddy - 19/02/2010 04:04:35 PM 731 Views
I'd totally be a Narnian! *NM* ranagrande - 19/02/2010 04:08:37 PM 402 Views
House of Suns random thoughts - 19/02/2010 04:14:45 PM 631 Views
1984 smaug - 19/02/2010 05:19:48 PM 759 Views
The Culture, as written by Iain M. Banks. Tim - 19/02/2010 05:37:47 PM 623 Views
I haven't read that, but based on your description Lupine - 19/02/2010 06:59:37 PM 620 Views
Gondolin Maria - 19/02/2010 06:16:46 PM 708 Views
Mine is so lame. Lame lame lame. Lupine - 19/02/2010 06:57:54 PM 664 Views
Re: Babe, some of them would be ultra mean to you! Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 07:15:35 PM 673 Views
Young again? ironclad - 20/02/2010 04:29:24 PM 903 Views
I'm totaly marrying Mr.Darcy... *NM* Milla - 21/02/2010 07:29:09 AM 232 Views
Letters to Penthouse. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 19/02/2010 07:29:13 PM 376 Views
Color me shocked. Mats Gambling Buddy - 20/02/2010 08:02:31 PM 720 Views
Re: Color me shocked. TaskmasterJack - 20/02/2010 09:06:24 PM 846 Views
I'm pretty sure our whole existence Kuke - 19/02/2010 10:37:09 PM 606 Views
Thursday Next, maybe. Would that be cheating? Liam - 20/02/2010 01:59:24 AM 561 Views
Hogwarts Student Colonel Logain - 20/02/2010 04:07:25 AM 702 Views
Some really hot erotica. *NM* everynametaken - 20/02/2010 05:55:13 AM 353 Views
The Shannarah books *NM* Hieshyn - 20/02/2010 04:04:59 PM 323 Views
Nothing by Cormac McCarthy... *NM* TheCrownless - 20/02/2010 10:57:34 PM 378 Views
Anything I would touch would end up a la "Lost In Austen" Two Wongs - 22/02/2010 12:44:34 PM 598 Views
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