Sunday, February 14, 2010
THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY READ
I am mostly turned off completely by the "comments" section in blogs.
They are places where dark currents lurk. People on a rant, people on a flaming mission, people who don't make sense, people who are pure trolls.
I don't like conflict much. It seems to me there is enough in the world. And there, in the comments section is more conflict and some of it pushes the envelope of sanity.
The other thing that I think is that some of these people must fucking live on the blog comment sections. They even know each other, some of them.
No time for lives. And purpose. And making nice.
But, every once in a while I am surprised.
Today Kevin Drum asked for suggestions about fiction reads.
And he got a surprising number of responses from people. Even I contributed. You can find me in there somewhere near the 50's.
These people read! Fiction! And they seem somewhat coherent about it. And I didn't go into them all in detail but there were none that attacked another. Just a nice sharing.
I offered Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, a Booker Prize winner, because it is a wonderful book and, also, because it has political intrigue enough to satisfy the needs of political junkies. Sort of.
Once the reader gets into it it takes on its own life and times. But it is a good way to get people started.
I was the 4th person to recommend this book. But I did it anyway. It is a vote! See. It is all political all the time.
