Reply #12: This is sickening. [View All]

[janx]

Fiction, poetry, and plays help us develop imagination and critical thinking that shape our views of the world.

No wonder we are so cliched these days, especially online.

It is so peaceful to read in bed with an open window. There is absolutely nothing like falling to sleep with a book. Movies are interesting, but they are FLAT compared to literature.

The big publishers are part of the media machine; their goal is profit, and now books associated with electronic media are all the rage--and yes, this pertains to POLITICAL books.

The only way I retain any sanity is to get away from popular culture and the mass media. I do this by reading, just for the joy of doing so.