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 Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:56 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 12:54 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:46 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:50 am
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:18 am
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:06 pm
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portofships My friends and I all go to book club at our school. I really like it, because I enjoy discussing books with other people who are as widely read as I am. There is only one problem. The teacher who runs book club flat out REFUSES to read a fantasy book. She is so...not flexible, even contemporary fiction, but not necessarily fantasy, gets shot down. Today were were deciding on our next book, and we fought hard to get a book we wanted, with little success. She and the grade 11 members of book club kept shooting down our ideas. When they suggested books such as "True Believer" "Shopaholic and Baby" and "Marie Antoinette" my friend said that she didn't like the type of books they were suggesting and found it hard to read them. The teacher replied with "Oh, that's right, you like to read books about DRAGONS! and SORCERERS!" and then she slapped the table and laughed at her, as if it was the funniest thing in the world, the grade 11s and librarian also laughing. My friend got uncomfortable and slightly embarassed. That...JERK made her feel nerdy and stupid, just because she would rather read a fantasy epic than a gushy, soap-operaish romance or a girly fluff book. My friend and I are thinking of starting a Fantasy/Sci-Fi club, because we are sick of getting excluded and ridiculed in the current one. So, I ask you this, is fantasy less respected than other genres? Is fantasy looked upon as nerdy and lame, and are people who liked it looked upon as nerdy and lame?
Fantasy books get no respect...
Though I'm faring better than you in terms of book clubs...
Being one of the founding members and having a diverse set of intrests, I make sure that, every month, when we select the three to five books, that, for every ten books we read, we have a distribution of roughly:
2 historical fiction (like The Book Thief)
3 fantasy/sci-fi (Dragonriders of Pern month was a hit, though it destroyed the ratio)
3 "adult fiction" (Moo!)
1 non-fiction (always difficult to find a good one...)
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Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:55 pm
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Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2014 4:34 pm
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I don't have much experience with book bias, myself. But then again, I don't get out much. But I see nothing at all wrong with fantasy; it's my favorit genre. Ever. So people say it's 'escapist' or 'not preparing readers for life'. That's garbage.
If a fantasy book is written well, it's not JUST about a kid with a magic sword fighting an evil sorceror. Fantasy books work in metaphor, teaching readers about conquering your fears, never giving up, staying loyal to your friends, fighting the good fight, and other equally good lessons. They do this, but they don't ram it down your throat, or throw it away as fluff.
In my limited experience, 'realistic' type books tend to be more cynical, telling harsh truths about the world, and pushing you to accept it. Romance novels (by which I mean the trash, not Jane Austen- type material) are driven by hormonal bubbleheads who just want sex. Fantasy, for me, is for the dreamers. We are the idealists, who try to see the world in a differnt light; magic lurks behind every corner, dreams can come true, it will get better. You learn life lessons when you read Harry Potter, or LotR, that you don't get reading Twilight, or penny dreadful romance novels. So I really wish people would stop kncking it; Fantasy books made me who I am.
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