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Do you feel fiction novels are a waste of time?

Schadenfroh

Schadenfroh

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(carried over from another thread, was deleted because it spawned a nef fest)

I have a friend or two that refuse to read fiction and read only nonfiction books, they state that reading fiction books are "just a waste of my time, you do not gain ANYTHING from them"

Do you read fiction novels for fun or do you agree with the above statement?


Personally, I love fiction novels (not all, but by the writers i prefer) and read about one a month for fun.
 
Their loss. Good fiction is filled with ideas, emotions and situations that expand your horizons by making you think and feel in new ways.
 
In the past month, I've picked up roughly ~15 fiction novels. So I guess you can say I don't think they're a waste of time.
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Their loss. Good fiction is filled with ideas, emotions and situations that expand your horizons by making you think and feel in new ways.
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Shizzle.

Tell your friend to read Starship Troopers.
 
Fiction can be anything from mirroring reality to incredible fantasy. Saying fiction in entirety is useless is a very stupid (as in moronic) statement.
 
Originally posted by: corpseofworms
I personally believe that fiction is a waste of time. None of it ever happened. Why does it matter?
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I personally belive the non-fiction is a waste of time. All of it already happened. Why does it matter?
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
i find that Non Fiction is a much bigger waste of time
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especially the ones where some people sitting in their room writing a book are trying to tell me how to live my life and whats "right/wrong"
 
I think 99% of fiction books are a complete waste of time assuming there are plenty of non-fiction books to read instead (which there is).
 
i used to read fiction, but after a while it suffers just like music and movies. theyre mostly the same themes played out over and over again.

nowadays i just read some laymans science books and magazines.
 
Originally posted by: shortylickens
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Their loss. Good fiction is filled with ideas, emotions and situations that expand your horizons by making you think and feel in new ways.
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Shizzle.

Tell your friend to read Starship Troopers.
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great book 🙂 I love how the protagonist is thinking about life and deep thoughts, etc. as he's casually lobbing nuclear weapons from his power armor.
 
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