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Originally Posted by elcreative
And here we go with a mix up over what's being talked about... if you read what most people are posting, they are actually talking about fiction not non-fiction. I'll agree you can learn things from fiction but it does not equal knowledge and it is not essential.
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Good fiction provides more than entertainment; it contributes to perspective, emotional maturity and intellectual growth. Fluff fiction is no worse than fluff non-fiction read as entertainment: movie star biographies, stories about race horses, political mud-flinging books, true crime etc. The education from fiction resides at a deeper level, since the human experience is more than raw facts. Read nothing but non-fiction and you'll end up knowing more than you understand. imo.