I defend my chosen genres and ramble about school.

[zorpisuttle]

There's a thread on the St. John's class of 2011 facebook community about what books we can't live without (and are therefore planning to bring with us) and everyone appears to have such literary tastes- some of these people have the entire AP English syllabus on their must-bring list, it looks like. Whereas I am planning to bring a whole bunch of

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[dwh]

Actually, it could be argued that fantasy is the purer form of literature- unsullied by the ways of the world, and not required to conform to society's demands. Furthermore, it allows us to ask moral and ethical questions that may not necessarily be possible in the real world, but have applications to real situations

[zorpisuttle]

In a word: Word.

Also, your internet-savvy heartens me greatly!

[dwh]

Let us hope this translates into a good grade on my networks final!

[zorpisuttle]

It shall. :D I decree it.

[solaced_dreamer]

You're not a loser, Pelly. I've sort of given up on fantasy (except Prachett) but I still love sci fi. Then again, look at it this way: I haven't actually read anything for pleasure all year. Don't feel "inferior" just because you read/like fantasy. A lot of people do. Some people just "grow out of it" I suppose, but that doesn't mean it's not still literature, right?

[zorpisuttle]

I suppose. I'm just afraid that I won't do as well at the program as people whose pleasure reading is the books you read in AP English. Which is more of the same inferiority complex, I guess.

Re: get ready for long-windedness

[lokogato]

WORD.

Re: get ready for long-windedness

[zorpisuttle]

Heh. I won't be able to take any classes like that, unfortunately, but if you've got a reading list I could do some learning over the summer. (Oh noes!) I'll start by finding a copy of The Gendered Cyborg. :)

[zorpisuttle]

I've heard that from a couple different quarters, but I kind of want to try it for myself and see if I can stomach the style/philosophy.

[jkhuggins]

The books you read don't make you intellectually inferior. They just mean that (a) you have different tastes, and (b) you haven't chosen to read certain books yet. There are a practically-unlimited number of books out there, and just because you haven't managed to read all of the books that someone else claims are "must-reads" doesn't mean you're lousy.

I've tried to read books because I felt I needed to read them in order to be well-read. And half of the time I made myself miserable in the process.

Life's too short. Read the stuff you want to read. (Unless your professor assigns it, of course, in which case it's mandatory. :))

[zorpisuttle]

Thanks, that makes me feel better. :)