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Originally Posted by tompe
You are reading a 200 page book and a 2000 page book in different ways with regard to interpreation of what you are reading. I find it very strange that these kind of knowledge does not affect how people read. If a short story is 4 pages or 40 pages will totally decide the strukture of the story and you need to have some hint about the structure to be able to read it properly.
It also seems like people only read for "enjoying the story" which is strange. A book is more than the story.
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Hunh?!? Clearly we have discovered your 'true identity'! You, my good sir, are a literary critic for the New York Times!
I think I can speak for many readers here. No, I do NOT determine how to 'appreciate' or 'interpret' a given book based upon its length. I don't go into a store and pick up two new books by a given author and say to myself, "Hey. Book #1 is only 173 pages long so I'll have to interpret, process, understand and enjoy it differently than Book #2 which is 327 pages long!"
Wow. By that I mean, whatinsamhell have you been tok- smoking? And where can I get some?
All sarcasm aside, the value of a story, to me, resides in its entertainment value, not in the physical metrics of the story. IMO, entertainment value is determined by such things as characterization, plot, scenery, dialog, motivation. Yes, proper syntax and grammar have a role, but if I'm analyzing page count, paragraph structure and paper quality, then I've just wasted the entire cost of the book. That would be, IMHO, like determining that John Ringo's latest "Paladin of Shadows" novel isn't any good because the LCD in my Dell Axim put more eyestrain on me than the Cybook's e-ink display.
Derek