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Originally Posted by OtterBooks
Good fiction does this far better than non-fiction. Non-fiction provides information; fiction provides understanding. I believe your post may be a case in point. -Wait. I think my post is.
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For useful information for travel I find travel *literature* better than travel guides. I've almost stopped even reading travel guides except for the very most basic information. I mean do I really need a book to tell me where is a cheap place to sleep - just look near the bus station. You want to go up a peg - the train station. Want to get laid - any taxi driver an direct one to the hooker zone. Want to learn what's on this month? Buy a newspaper.
In fact, many travel guides seem to be written by persons who have never even lived in the country they are paid to write about - Rough Guides are a case in point.
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Non-fiction provides information; fiction provides understanding."
I like that.