Friday, June 02, 2006

Reader's E-Mail: A Categorical Conundrum

A gentleman, whom we once had the pleasure of hosting for a night or two over here on the Slope, wrote in with these words:

I was surprised to see the favorite books section of the blogger profile: a 50-50 mix between enlightening, self-improving non-fiction and useless, time-wasting fiction. A reformed man!

Let me explain. While at my home this man made the claim that he doesn't like fiction. Period. It wasn't just that he doesn't like novels. He doesn't like fiction.

How can you not like an entire category of anything? It's like people who claim they don't like seafood. I don't get it. Where are the people who don't like mammals? Where are the people who don't like colors? Where are the people who don't like liquids?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

i don't like employers who don't pay their employees.

Anonymous said...

I hate atoms - that's why I'm saving up for an atom smasher! I'll smash those little boogers to pieces!

Anonymous said...

That's crazy!!! I agree with you! most/very many books wirtten now are fiction. Some of the best are fiction!
how can you hate a whole category of something without realizing its potential/good qualities?

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