M&D truthtelling, history & I.F. Stone(WAS Publisher's Weekly (fwd)

[Mark Smith]

Sojourner wrote:
> I don't care what the book is about, even "Romance novels", with predictable
> plots and fill-in-the-blanks mentality, it is still a book, which means the
> action
> and characters take place SOLELY inside your brain, and even the most detailed
> description does not fill in every blank, so your mind blooms and soars to
> meet the gaps, ....

I don't think so.  There are people who read books in the same passive
way that they watch T.V.  Think about it.  What percent of your brain do
you need to devote to reading some of those page turners?  It's like the
literary equivalent of watching Matlock.   
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