Historical Novels, Period Dramas, etc. Should Not Exist!

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

I agree with the thread starter. Hysterical writing should not exist, as it is entirely based on make-believe and opinions.

What do you have against laughter?
You just said comedy should not exist.

You said Hysterical not historical.

Why shouldn't one read make believe. Some of us like FICTION.

Hey I don't like some foods but I wouldn't dream of saying they shouldn't exist.
I would gladly give someone else my share.

[DiapDealer]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

I agree with the thread starter. Hysterical writing should not exist, as it is entirely based on make-believe and opinions.

Well, I got it, anyway.

[DMB]

But when it comes down to it, historical non-fiction can't be treated as absolute truth. It's always based on limited information and the author always has an individual point of view. At least historical fiction doesn't usually make claims of objectivity.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

What do you have against laughter?
You just said comedy should not exist.

I have nothing against laughter. Where did I just say that comedy should not exist? I have nothing against comedy. I did say in the past that comic relief is very often out of place and should be left out, especially in movies (and books) that can be considered as serious and/or epic in scale.

You said Hysterical not historical.

I think you missed the joke Personally, I love historical novels (they're actually my favorite books, beside fantasy), so I think the start post is hysterical

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

I have nothing against laughter. Where did I just say that comedy should not exist? I did say in the past that comic relief is very often out of place and should be left out.



I think you missed the joke Personally, I love historical novels (they're actually my favorite books, beside fantasy), so I think the start post is hysterical

I read your post literally. So no I didn't see the joke.
So you literally said Hysterical fiction (comedy) should not exist.
I figured you were serious based on most of your posts.

Though it is nice to see you have a sense of humor.

[spindlegirl]

Romance novels set in a workplace are dangerous because it makes women believe that the co-worker they clash with the most is destined to be "the one"!

[theducks]

The movies that convince the users that their IT department is incompetent because the solution appears almost instantly

[BookCat]

Shouldn't we read historical novels which were written by contemporaries of the period? Dickens, Austen, Hardy, George Eliot, all wrote novels based in their own times and some, like the Brontes wrote them based a little before: Wuthering Heights starts in 1750, a good 50+ years before Emily was born.
Are this bad for us too? Then my mind must be totally polluted by this 'trash'.
As to historical fiction written now about the past, would you class those which are about the lives of people who actually lived, such as Jean Plaidy's novels regarding the lives of various royal dynasties, with novels about totally fictional characters based during a time long gone?

There are lots of nuances to the historical fiction genre, you need to be more specific.

What about science fiction? Ban that on the grounds that the future may not be how those books depict? Actually some of the H G Wells books, and others, have been frighteningly accurate, though we still don't have a time machine and I haven't seen any morlocks lately.

[BookCat]

On a lighter note...
I keep calling out tradesmen in the hope that the guy with a 70s moustache who comes to mend my fridge might get 'interesting'.
Soft porn novels can disappoint a girl.

[Witty Username]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I read your post literally. So no I didn't see the joke.
So you literally said Hysterical fiction (comedy) should not exist.
I figured you were serious based on most of your posts.

Hysterical is not a synonym for comedy.
Hysteria is the noun from which the adjective hysterical is derived and simply means uncontrolled emotions - fear, excitement, anger etc. It is not specific to laughter/comedy.

[BookCat]

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary:

1610s, "characteristic of hysteria," from Latin hystericus "of the womb," from Greek hysterikos "of the womb, suffering in the womb," from hystera "womb"

I seemed to remember this being blamed on female psychology by freudian analysts who generally blame everything on us.
Getting back on thread ....

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I figured you were serious based on most of your posts.

Though it is nice to see you have a sense of humor.

It's my sixth sense... it only works occasionally

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by BookCat

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary:

1610s, "characteristic of hysteria," from Latin hystericus "of the womb," from Greek hysterikos "of the womb, suffering in the womb," from hystera "womb"

I seemed to remember this being blamed on female psychology by freudian analysts who generally blame everything on us.
Getting back on thread ....

It actually dates back to the ancient Greeks, who believed that if a woman didn't have children, her womb would start causing her all sorts of strange emotions. Hence the connection between the words "hysteria" and "hysterectomy". Both have the same origin.

[william z]

Too bad there are so many people who seem unable to distinguish between fact and fiction, fantasy and reality.

[copyrite]

'Round these here parts we have a(n) Historical District that gets extremely nit picky regarding new construction, additions, any possible change, etc., to their area that they've been dubbed the Hysterical District. I more than 'get' that reference because of these goofballs.