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Liberate tuteme ex Excelsior!

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 No.6969

When I was about 15, Bernard Cornwell was certainly my favorite author. His storytelling abilities and immersive style of writing really captivated my mind, and to this day I'm able to picture the battlefields that he had created. He is an extremely prolific writer and for us Americans a new miniseries based on his work is airing tonight.

I'm not sure if I could get back into reading his stuff now though. I picked up the first of his Saxon stories a few years back and I just couldn't connect with it: I now read literal nonfiction and scholarship and it feels like a waste of time to be reading fiction when I could be learning the truth. But nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed the Sharpe series and the Arthur series and Agincourt.

 No.6972

fiction is not a waste of time.

for example reading a book of a certain age, maybe one that had followers and consequences is one of the best way to understand a certain historical period.

and in general doing something for the fun of it doesn't hurt.


 No.6973

>>6969

Tastes change, not surprising for anyone who reads with fair regularity and varies their material. A hefty percentage of what I read these days is non-fiction. It is not the lion's share however.

Some authors I find unreadable today that held me close in the past. I can not stand Douglas Adams, even though I keep fond memories of the Hitchhiker's trilogy. Currently I am having some trouble with a certain Schlock Mercenary prequel. Such would have been liquid crack back when I was fifteen; now, I find myself too easily distracted, say, by a recommendation for a more literary novel. So Ringo is on temporary hold.

On the plus side I discovered a new author to obsess over – Somerset Maugham.

Creative writing is not restricted to fiction. Pursue whatever you are into, and maybe keep an eye out for some book or author of fiction that might work with your present interests.




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