tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post4536155973231189585..comments2023-11-05T00:59:10.828-07:00Comments on decorabilia: can reading fiction make you a better person?Jim Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-84523352853023985142008-06-30T10:54:00.000-07:002008-06-30T10:54:00.000-07:00I'd hypothesize that new works of genre have more ...I'd hypothesize that <I>new</I> works of genre have more of an effect. Anecdotally, the books that had the greatest effect on me were mostly firsts, and the books I remember are good.<BR/><BR/>O, I can totally prove that last part with evidence.Captain Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12873985132574157016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-27256549424876259182008-06-29T21:52:00.000-07:002008-06-29T21:52:00.000-07:00Did I say Whitman? I meant Emerson. If I'd read ...Did I say Whitman? I meant Emerson. If I'd read Whitman for 20 days, I'd have gone bonkers.Jim Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-5363092676419546432008-06-29T18:38:00.000-07:002008-06-29T18:38:00.000-07:00Indeed. (It was Whitman, by the way.) I would li...Indeed. (It was Whitman, by the way.) <BR/><BR/>I would like to see more carefully crafted experiments in this style. Maybe "bad" fiction (genre hackery) is actually more effective in shaping one's affect.Jim Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-1918133096008268892008-06-29T18:11:00.000-07:002008-06-29T18:11:00.000-07:00Isn't this very much in the same vein as your Thor...Isn't this very much in the same vein as your Thoreau expieriment from awhile back?Captain Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12873985132574157016noreply@blogger.com