The other competition I see people falling into is genre competition. My genre is cooler than yours! Sf readers are smarter than mainstream readers! Readers of literary fiction have more exquisite sensibilities than readers of mystery or sf! And so on and so on and so on. And really, the thing I love best about literature is that you don't have to choose. I can love my deeply internal plotless character studies and my fast-paced thrillers at the same time. I don't have to pick just one book. I don't even have to pick just one book a day.
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Date: 2006-09-08 03:40 pm (UTC)