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i never feel the need to read fiction unless it's for a book club thing. why? taste? stupidity?

pic is the last piece of fiction i read of my own will and enjoyed

>> No.17438125

>>17438120
You tell me, never met you before.

>> No.17438127

No one needs you to read fiction if you don't like it.

Have you read many of the short/easy high-school standards?

>> No.17438425

>>17438120
What do you enjoy?

>> No.17438545

>>17438127
read flannery oconnor for high school lit and remember it being interesting, but not sure if i was really getting something out of it or if because it was an assignment and the first time i realized you could read fiction that was relevant to someone born after 1900. might be worth revisiting.

>>17438425
essays by raymond geuss and classical music. also interested in philosophy of science and eastern spirituality.

>> No.17438562

>>17438545
>the first time i realized you could read fiction that was relevant to someone born after 1900
That's a terrible perspective to have. Regardless, why don't you go back to Flannery and see if you've gained a new appreciation for her since high school.

>> No.17438614

>>17438562
perhaps i should rephrase the question: what am i missing out on by never reading fiction?

>> No.17438629

>>17438120
Your last piece of fiction was a high school curriculum book?

>> No.17438653

>>17438614
Depends on your level as a reader. If you aren't that great, then probably not much.

>> No.17438754

>>17438653
But you probably won't improve if you don't read it.

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17438769

>>17438120
Fiction is for women and brainlets that want to escape reality. True high IQ patricians read non-fiction only.

>> No.17438781

>>17438629
>high school curriculum book?
>House of Leaves
What fucking high school did you go to?

>> No.17439995

Just a matter of taste

>> No.17440002

i tried reading the Aeneid this week but i just don't care enough to continue

>> No.17440005

>>17438120
Read Fantômas

>> No.17440008

>>17440002
Not even sure how this is possible but ok. When I first got it I read it three times in a row.

>> No.17440010

>>17438545
>read fiction that was relevant to someone born after 1900
WTF. There were books before 1900?