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Originally Posted by bhartman36
I apologize. It was a poor analogy. I'm handicapped myself, and my best friend's legally blind. I really didn't realize that a deaf person could enjoy a symphony.
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Originally Posted by bhartman36
I don't doubt that people can learn to enjoy reading. The question is, can you enjoy literature when you're used to reading crap? (Define crap any way you want.) The more writers that write down to their audiences, the more this will become the norm -- especially if that's where the money is.
If writers are producing books for people who don't like to read, the quality of writing and reading both suffer. I don't see any way to avoid that conclusion.
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If course you can enjoy “literature” when used to reading crap. You can tell the difference between flank steak and filet mignon, right? My husband isn’t a big book reader. He prefers financial magazines and periodicals to books, but as a favor to me he read quite a few of my trashiest male orientated fantasy novels: Druss the Legend, et al. After that he went to the Pelican Brief (more trash), some really horrible thrillers/murder mysteries, and a few tales of Professor Moriarty. He’s currently reading Starship Troopers (which is nothing like the movie and won the Hugo Award). I think he’s progressing nicely.
The point I'm trying to make is that we have to be introduced to reading before we can appreciate good writing.