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That also might depend on where a person is at the time too. If a person is lying in bed for example while trying to read they are probably more likely to fall asleep than if they are sitting up in their favorite chair.
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11-23-2017, 10:43 PM | #17 |
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Literary fiction is judged by the subtle playing with words.
Science Fiction is about the playing with ideas. Playing with ideas required you to think. Playing with words does not. Case closed. |
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11-23-2017, 10:44 PM | #18 |
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I disagree with the findings of this. One of the books that I completely read this year was "Men Like Gods" by H.G. Wells. It might be 95 years old (published in 1923) but it was both a rich novel and a good science fiction novel [read the Dover Thrift version & got the ebook on sale. Was well worth the few dollars I paid]
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Lots of comments here that have nothing to do with the study. They took the same stories in both cases, and just replaced "marker words" that made the work either literary fiction (narrative realism) or science fiction. The exact versions were published in the second blog, so anybody can read them and compare. The people surveyed didn't try as hard to get the full meaning when reading the science fiction versions. That's the conclusion from the study, that people take it easier when reading genre fiction.
So all you gripers, stop taking it easy and at least read about the study before complaining. It's not genre fiction, so you'll need to concentrate a bit. |
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Sounds like we now have "reading snobs". Those who think their preferred type of book is superior to someone else's preference. I'm pretty sure I have a lot more fun in my reading than they do in theirs. I kind of feel sorry for them actually. While I'm having a jolly good time reading a rollicking adventure, they're probably off doing more proper things, like reading politician autobiographies and ironing their underwear.
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The study isn't about the effects of reading SF, it is about the effects of the reader having anti-SF biases.
From one of the author's of the study: Quote:
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I'm sure that the results are mostly explained by many people's reactions to SF. However, I'm a SF (and mystery) fan, yet the study agrees with my experience, as well. I often read genre stories when I just want to be entertained without having to expend the effort to fully comprehend every line. I feel as if genre novels are for entertainment while other books provide something to learn, at least when I'm trying to decide what I'm going to read next. If I'm getting that feeling whenever it's time to start another book, it can't just be attributed to "snobbishness".
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Usually, when a college professor does such a study, the random people are students of the college and frequently students in his department. That's one of the dirty little secrets of social science studies and why so many studies generate rather slanted results.
My first comment is after reading the paragraphs, I'm rather surprised that anyone did more than scan them. Here is the first sentence - "Jim takes a deep breath, bracing himself before pushing open the glass door. Mrs. Moyers glances at him once and then drops her eyes to her menu, which she continues reading with improbable intensity ..." That's horrible writing. Maybe they should have recruited someone from the English department to write something for them, or given the state of universities these days, maybe they did. Now, if they were to say that certain keywords caused people to read the text with more care, I would agree. But I certainly don't see how they could come up with the conclusion that they did. Frankly, a lot of their assertions seem to be based of subjective criteria and supposition. |
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