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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
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.
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I think your husband might be a different case. At least periodicals have the potential of being written to be read and enjoyed (as opposed to the utilitarian nature of financial magazines, for example). He's also got you to encourage him to broaden his view of reading. I tend to think that left to their own devices, the majority of people will follow the progression that OtterBooks laid out...