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Old 11-24-2017, 10:55 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by rcentros View Post
I'm not going to read the study because I don't read novels (SF, Fantasy or otherwise) for "effort" or "purpose" – I read them to be entertained. I read non-fiction to learn something, but even then it's because it's something I *want* to learn, not because of the "effort." I think there are certain people who think anything that is not "deep" (in their judgment) to be "frivolous and "beneath" them (i.e., they're snobs). It's why comedy movies are hardly ever taken seriously for awards – even though comedic acting often takes more acting skill than does acting in a drama. But this anti-SF/Fantasy bias is not new. As G.K. Chesterton wrote in "Orthodoxy, "odd" people, like odd novels ... or in his own words ...



I'll take SF/Fantasy over "effortful and purposeful" reading EVERY time.
On your last sentence, this in a nutshell. Unless of course, it is say a recipe for pecan pie. That takes effort and is for a purpose.
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