often, I even tried reading books to the end and have concluded that I probably don’t need to do that if I get the hunch early.
not really. I tend to have my conclusions at the end of the book. I tend to fit all my understandings together these days. with MAFM,WAFV my early conclusions were over zealous which got corrected when I learnt more things and made less sweeping statements
I would like a “books you should not read” list. And why. (will make a separeate top comment)
For fiction that I re-read and find it not as good the second time, I suspect the newness of it was the driving force in my initial assessment. Permutation City was life-changing for me, but going back after having more transhumanism in my diet, I don’t know that it is even my favorite Greg Egan book.
There are other times where I have that feeling without even needing to re-read. “Upon reflection, I enjoyed that a lot at the time, but there is not a lot of there there.”
Meta post:
How often does it happen that:
You’re reading a book, and it’s not particularly interesting, or there’s nothing new in it, and you put it down;
You read a book, and after n amount of (days, months, years) you felt that it wasn’t as good as you felt it was when reading it.
I’ve recently felt a “yeah, cool” feeling about books I’m reading and am curious if it happens to other people.
often, I even tried reading books to the end and have concluded that I probably don’t need to do that if I get the hunch early.
not really. I tend to have my conclusions at the end of the book. I tend to fit all my understandings together these days. with MAFM,WAFV my early conclusions were over zealous which got corrected when I learnt more things and made less sweeping statements
I would like a “books you should not read” list. And why. (will make a separeate top comment)
Frequently to both.
For fiction that I re-read and find it not as good the second time, I suspect the newness of it was the driving force in my initial assessment. Permutation City was life-changing for me, but going back after having more transhumanism in my diet, I don’t know that it is even my favorite Greg Egan book.
There are other times where I have that feeling without even needing to re-read. “Upon reflection, I enjoyed that a lot at the time, but there is not a lot of there there.”
Constantly.
Frequently.