[NiTe Visor]

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“Fiction is not imagination. It is what anticipates imagination by giving it the form of reality. This is quite opposite to our own natural tendency which is to anticipate reality by imagining it, or to flee from it by idealizing it. That is why we shall never inhabit true fiction; we are condemned to the imaginary and nostalgia for the future.” Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929), French semiologist. "Utopia Achieved," America (1986, trans. 1988).

No, it's imagination.

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Also, I read non-fictitious, factual books. If I want to escape into fiction I'll do it in a better way...with video games and movies.

[Merle]

Can someone explain to me what you all mean when you say non-fiction?

Do you mean biographies, text books, philosophy?

Or do you mean popular science or social science books like Dawkins, or Steven Jay Gould's non academic books; and popular historical or political books that are narrative non-fiction?

For myself I read a mixture of fiction and non-fiction: I have to read a lot for school, say 2-3 novels, 2-3 book length works of literary criticism and between 5 and ten articles a week, so when I have free time I tend to read Science Fiction as a way to relax. When I'm not in school, I probably read more fiction than non-fiction on the whole - my non-fiction reading tends to be philosophy, and both theoretical and practical books on architecture, environmental topics such as ecology etc, planning and human geography.

[Smacknrat]

	Originally Posted by Warrior To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I like both. I do enjoy reading about hstorical events and people, but a good fiction book makes a good read from time to time.

Yeah, both. I've always tended non-fiction though.

[teraczy]

fiction that i can imagine as nonfiction! so some historical content is often desired, or in the future!

[Saggita]

Depends. I read mostly fiction, but I read non-fiction if the subject interests me. Or is necessary. Whatever.

[EchosofChange]

I read both fiction and non-fiction. But lately I have been fixated on educational books.

[Heavy Fuel]

non-fiction, training manuals, textbooks, and I prefer movies based on a true story. I'm pretty one dimensional.

[Intuition]

Non-fiction books. Anything that really has practical application and I can use to further my life, that's what I read.

Fiction stuff, I play video games now and then for that. Read the occasional novel here & there.

[Arex]

Nonfiction, mostly. I used to read true crime novels almost exclusively, but now that I've graduated college and am not required to learn anything, I've become interested in reading about a variety of topics, mostly in a historical context (learning the origins of things is especially fascinating to me - traditions, ceremonies, ideas, beliefs, etc.).

I still read fiction occasionally just to give myself a little break. But it's been a while since I've found any fiction worth reading, or at least any fiction that sounds more interesting than the nonfiction I plan to read.

[DesertKnight]

Generally fiction, purely on the basis that my favorite books have all been fiction. However, if it is subject matter that I find interesting I'll enjoy it much more if it is non-fiction (such as books on robotics, electronics, mechanics, or martial arts).

[SilasGTBronte]

Definitely non-fiction for me.

[ssrprotege]

Mostly non-fiction. I don't usually go out to read fiction myself. If RPG counts (technically being fiction, except that it's not necessarily in the book format), then I do occasionally look into fiction.

[Straylight]

	Originally Posted by Smacknrat To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Yeah, both. I've always tended non-fiction though.

I read non fiction because its interesting and fiction to be entertained. Too much of one (maybe 2 books) makes me want to read the other.

[Audra]

Non-fiction.

[flukt]

Both, but non-fiction seems to have absorbed me these days.

[snappdragon]

Can't stand fiction. (However, I did enjoy Alice in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass). I prefer educational scientific, nature, nutrition, or health reference books. I'd rather read the dictionary than a romance novel.

[Atamagahen]

I generally like one as much as I do the other. It just depends what I'm in the mood for.

[Lawtey]

I'm sure this is the trend here but basically STRICTLY nonfiction.

Must benefit the most from my hours spent toiling in kaizen

[Bardas]

My preferences are less extreme, but the actuality is I read far more fiction than nonfiction

[Norpiper]

I end up reading a lot of non-fiction for lack of anything better. I can't say how many so called good modern novels I've picked up and read twenty pages and then used it for fire starter. I end up reading classic fiction, I burn less books that way and it's cheaper, besides, the older books have pages that burn better.

[UbiquitousPulse]

Non-Fiction all the way! Countless physics books! Woo-hoo!
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