With all due respect, what a goofy thing to say.
Fiction is wisdom, philosophy applied through the telling of tales. It is messaging.
There are a handful of people that get off on reading textbooks. Those are the same people who resent any sidetalk on these threads. The majority of a population sat around the campfire listening to tall tales, historical fiction, fables, and myths. Fiction.
The least entertaining and socially apt were the nerds, who sat off in their tents talking to each other in the languageyou seem to be more interested in. Nobody much liked them.
Fiction is necessary and good. Fiction is based upon and reflects reality, and often shapes it. Fiction is philosophy.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” –George Martin
When I read a good novel it’s like there’s not a single moment before the world starts improving.
Hiya bags!! Welcome back!!
Going to have to make some exceptions! Soon to be released James Comey book most certainly should be classified as fiction.
Fiction is necessary and good. Fiction is based upon and reflects reality, and often shapes it. Fiction is philosophy.
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Fiction speaks to our humanity. It’s as close as we’ve managed to get to telepathy.