Comments on: Should You Read More Fiction? http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:32:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ivan http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-207968 Ivan Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:07:12 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-207968 Cool post, Scott! I definitely need to start balancing out my reading schedule to include some more titles that aren't so "grounded" in "reality". Cool post, Scott! I definitely need to start balancing out my reading schedule to include some more titles that aren’t so “grounded” in “reality”.

]]> By: Scott H Young » Friday Links 08-06-27 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-207923 Scott H Young » Friday Links 08-06-27 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:01:11 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-207923 [...] Should You Read More Fiction? - I used to be 95% non-fiction, but in the last year, I’ve made the switch to about 50/50 fiction and non-fiction.  This article explains my reasoning behind the ratio shift. [...] [...] Should You Read More Fiction? – I used to be 95% non-fiction, but in the last year, I’ve made the switch to about 50/50 fiction and non-fiction.  This article explains my reasoning behind the ratio shift. [...]

]]> By: arnuld http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-202739 arnuld Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:16:46 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-202739 Good to read your blog. Just a few months ago I started to read for the same reasons. I broadened mu understanding much from Sci-Fiction. These days I am inclined much towards Non-Fiction. I have really broadened my understanding about this world and the way it works. Right now I am reading books to solve find the patterns of problems and resolve some issues like Political and Social structures and the way 95% and the rest 5% of the population think. Good to read your blog. Just a few months ago I started to read for the same reasons. I broadened mu understanding much from Sci-Fiction. These days I am inclined much towards Non-Fiction.

I have really broadened my understanding about this world and the way it works. Right now I am reading books to solve find the patterns of problems and resolve some issues like Political and Social structures and the way 95% and the rest 5% of the population think.

]]> By: emendatio » Blog Archive » Read more fiction! http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-140838 emendatio » Blog Archive » Read more fiction! Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:56:12 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-140838 [...] Link: Scott Young - Should You Read More Fiction? [...] [...] Link: Scott Young – Should You Read More Fiction? [...]

]]> By: Maria http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-123775 Maria Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:41:35 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-123775 Have you read Joseph Campbell's 'The Power of Myth'? Or 'The Hero with A Thousand Faces'? I'd highly recommend =) Have you read Joseph Campbell’s ‘The Power of Myth’?
Or ‘The Hero with A Thousand Faces’?

I’d highly recommend =)

]]> By: Meet your Host: A Couple of my Favorite Reads | Metaphorically Scotty http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-119553 Meet your Host: A Couple of my Favorite Reads | Metaphorically Scotty Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:16:15 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-119553 [...] and clear advice on managing one’s life.  Naturally, his post earlier this week called Should you read more Fiction? guaranteed his place on my blog roll for this week.  Well played, [...] [...] and clear advice on managing one’s life.  Naturally, his post earlier this week called Should you read more Fiction? guaranteed his place on my blog roll for this week.  Well played, [...]

]]> By: Aaron Simmons http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-118954 Aaron Simmons Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:16:01 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-118954 Nicely done. I see you had once fallen into the same trap that many non-fiction readers do: the assumption that "fiction" is synonymous with "lacks truth". I expect by now you have been surprised by how much "truth" there really is in fiction. The mark of good fiction is that it has the fingerprint of truth smeared all over it. While its settings and characters may not be true, good fiction is loaded with themes and ideas that strike the very core of ourselves. I have been reading a mixture of fiction and non-fiction since I was in high school, and I've found that sometimes 300 pages of fiction can teach you things whose value can surpass that of 3,000 pages of non-fiction. Nicely done. I see you had once fallen into the same trap that many non-fiction readers do: the assumption that “fiction” is synonymous with “lacks truth”.

I expect by now you have been surprised by how much “truth” there really is in fiction. The mark of good fiction is that it has the fingerprint of truth smeared all over it.

While its settings and characters may not be true, good fiction is loaded with themes and ideas that strike the very core of ourselves.

I have been reading a mixture of fiction and non-fiction since I was in high school, and I’ve found that sometimes 300 pages of fiction can teach you things whose value can surpass that of 3,000 pages of non-fiction.

]]> By: gayle http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-118416 gayle Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:48:54 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-118416 What is "good" or "bad"? Just walk up to a bookstore shelf, find a title that jumps out at you, crack it to any page and read a paragraph. If it strikes you, read it. If not, keep browsing. I am a reading addict, so I read anything you put in front of me, including cereal boxes, trade papers (from outside my trade), whatever. I can't remember everything I've read. But whether "good" or not, I can say that I've gotten a least a little something out of every single thing. Don't make it so complicated! Enjoy it. What is “good” or “bad”?

Just walk up to a bookstore shelf, find a title that jumps out at you, crack it to any page and read a paragraph. If it strikes you, read it. If not, keep browsing.

I am a reading addict, so I read anything you put in front of me, including cereal boxes, trade papers (from outside my trade), whatever. I can’t remember everything I’ve read. But whether “good” or not, I can say that I’ve gotten a least a little something out of every single thing.

Don’t make it so complicated! Enjoy it.

]]> By: Scott Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-118414 Scott Young Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:46:40 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-118414 Brett, Thanks for the link. I think I'll add that to the next Friday Links! -Scott Brett,

Thanks for the link. I think I’ll add that to the next Friday Links!

-Scott

]]> By: Brett McKay http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-118099 Brett McKay Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:57:29 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/12/31/should-you-read-more-fiction/#comment-118099 Great post. The New York Times ran an interesting article a while back ago about how most of the top CEOs read more fiction than non-fiction. Here's the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/21/business/21libraries.html?ex=1185681600&en=caab541e2182a66d&ei=5070&emc=eta1 Great post. The New York Times ran an interesting article a while back ago about how most of the top CEOs read more fiction than non-fiction.
Here’s the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/21/business/21libraries.html?ex=1185681600&en=caab541e2182a66d&ei=5070&emc=eta1

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