To: decimon
"The idea of having long titles and summaries that reveal the whole tale in advance seems alien to us, I generally read things backwards. Drives my wife crazy. Magazine? I flip from the back every time. Mystery novel? I need to know the outcome before I start on page 1. Non-fiction? I start at the back, jump around a lot, and if it seems worth it, I'll read it from the beginning. By then, it's almost a second reading.
3 posted on
06/14/2011 9:49:45 AM PDT by
ClearCase_guy
(The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
To: ClearCase_guy
Mystery novel? I need to know the outcome before I start on page 1.I've at times thought I must be the only person in the world to not want to figure out the end of a book or movie. I guess I just like the story.
4 posted on
06/14/2011 9:58:44 AM PDT by
decimon
To: ClearCase_guy
I've bought two books on Amazon written by Freepers. I poked around the ends of both (Wait. That sounds gay).
FReeper LS wrote The Patriot's Guide to American History. It did not suck.
I also got one of Travis McGee's tomes. It REALLY did not suck.
5 posted on
06/14/2011 10:03:27 AM PDT by
I Buried My Guns
(You bring the traitor. I'll bring the rope.)
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