Re #59:
Fiction far outsells nonfiction. Even if you take into account that FReepers are more political than the your average reader in the U.S. you still have a ratio of nonfiction over fiction on this thread that’s a little hard to swallow.
I’m reminded of the book A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. It was a best seller yet, according to even the publisher, most people who bought it never read it or only read a small portion before they put it on their bookshelves and went back to their Stephen King or Diana Gabaldon.
Ahh, OK I see what you meant. Looking down the list most seem to be reading fiction (mine is fiction with heavy theory and chemistry mixed in...ala Heinlein) or history. Frankly I don't have much interest in reading political books, but this is FR, so I would assume you would see more interest in that type thing here than in the general public.
Non-fiction is my preference, by far. All the liberals I know, NEVER read non-fiction. It is ALWAYS Steven King or others. I keep trying to get them to read history, but as we who read non-fiction understand.....history always repeats itself if you do not learn from it.
That is why liberals are so ignorant about so many things and promote evil—like Marxism, homosexuality, matriarchy....because they have never studied those societies that actually applied their vision of utopia and were crushed because of their worldview, in the end. Certain cultures are more successful than others....some ideas are superior to others....some religions are more successful, productive and lead to much more freedom.
What they NEVER understand, is that there is NO new idea under the sun. They think they are “progressive” when they are regressive and trying out failed destructive ideas.
I think you’re a little cynical. Fiction may out-sell non-fiction, but this is FR. Folks here are probably heavy duty readers, at least most of us, and seriously minded, except Laz.
Why expect FR demographics to mirror the demographics of the nation at large?
With the exception of daily Bible reading, which I never even list because I don’t much think it’s what the thread is about, I read almost exclusively fiction. Which is all I ever list.
But I believe the FReepers who post the historical and political stuff. I doubt they are all conspiring to post such things.
For all the FR fiction readers out there I’d like to mention I’ve read a few Oleg Steinhauers lately, Cold War behind the Iron Curtain stuff, and really enjoyed most of it.
I spent my youth reading every fiction book I could get my hands on from Dicken’s to William Gibson.
I only read non-fiction now.
Your post is silliness...or jealousy.