tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post4408962057663528899..comments2024-03-23T06:00:13.243-04:00Comments on Kristin Berkey-Abbott: The Future of the Big, Social NovelKristin Berkey-Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-70063392192687596822010-08-18T05:14:45.812-04:002010-08-18T05:14:45.812-04:00Rebecca, you make good points. I don't mind t...Rebecca, you make good points. I don't mind the physical weight, but when I'm trying to read during a normal work week, I'm burdened by the fear that I won't finish the book, that I'll lose the thread of the narrative, and be left with no story in which to lose myself.<br /><br />Dale, I feel the same way about modern pop music, even if it's by a band I've loved for years/decades. I buy the latest U2CD, listen for a few days, and then pull out the older stuff from the 80's.<br /><br />I decided long ago that even if I'm doomed to only loving something that I loved when I was young, whether it's music or books or making bread, at least I have activities and stuff I love.Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-85450032608265425542010-08-17T16:53:58.909-04:002010-08-17T16:53:58.909-04:00I find myself almost unable to read new fiction, a...I find myself almost unable to read new fiction, and I can't tell if that's because of the fiction or because of me. I'll read old favorites with great pleasure, but to new stuff I have the alarmingly naive response of <em>but this isn't true, they're making this up!</em><br /><br />I don't quite know what to make of this response. But I most read either poetry or nonfiction now.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-30857180384675798972010-08-17T09:45:16.858-04:002010-08-17T09:45:16.858-04:00I have trouble with a novel that goes above 500 pa...<i>I have trouble with a novel that goes above 500 pages in simple terms of finishing it. </i> Is this in terms of physical weight, dragging it around? Or the sheer knowledge of the road ahead once you're committed? I keep thinking of all those school children reading Harry Potter books not a bit afraid of their length? Most of my favorite books could be considered tomes (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Infinite Jest, Bleak House, Dune (all six books), House of Leaves. Maybe I just like feeling like a showoff by dragging them around but OH! the joy of knowing I can get lost in a story for more than a week is my great joy.<br />RebeccaRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.com