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What you are describing is what must be done when one embarks on a project of literary study. If you just want a story, which is what almost all readers actual
by tombone12 8y ago
What you are describing is what must be done when one embarks on a project of literary study.
If you just want a story, which is what almost all readers actually read for, just read it as it is, and if doesn't make any sense you are perfectly entitled to think it was a shitty book.
Frankly I think a (fiction) book must always be able to be read as-is, unsupported by outside means, else it is no longer a book.
(You hear that Greg Egan?! You wrote a really bad text book or a pretty good fiction book with pointless homework included every now and then.)
- whatshisface 8y agoIn 500 years, Star Trek will require a watcher's guide and come with a bundle of commentaries. Footnotes about 20th century culture will crawl across the bottom of the screen like subtitles. There will be a saying that, "by the time you are experienced enough to play Wesley you will be too old for him." Children will be expected to bubble in standardized Star Trek tests.
- lactau 8y agoPeople don't usually read classics because they "just want a story".