dinakt
08-13-2011, 02:51 AM
I have not read Da Vinci Code but I think there's some literary merit in pageturners. The author's storytelling technique has to be stellar for the page to turn.
In some way the Harry Potters are pageturners too, and Rowling certainly has her own stereotypes (about fat people for instance)
Harry Potter is way better written than Da Vinci Code, in my opinion.
Reading the discussion with interest , without having much to add. Like many here, I was a reading addict all through my childhood and youth. Reading instead of sleeping, reading while eating, reading and skipping classes, reading instead of socializing, reading way above my comprehension level. Now Internet took a big chunk of time out of it.
I still love reading and read quite a bit, though being a very aurally- oriented person I also listen to lots of audiobooks. Had a complex about it for years ( inferior, somebody else dictates pace of comprehension, etc), but got over it as I truly process best through ears, not through eyes.
But as for books vs TV- I would back up Tinami's early post. It all depends on quality of a particular book/ TV program, as well a particular emotional need at the moment. My complaint is that great movies are not as easily available as great books, so TV /movie quality tends to be inferior. It takes effort for me to get the best international childrens' movies for my son; or to get the best art house movies currently playing ( not living in NY, it's tricky. When I go to NYC, it' "OMG, a different world..."). I still remember seeing Kieslowski's "Blue", being completely gutted inside, and thinking " It is as good as any novel". Bu it's an art house movie, and stuff like that is rarely shown on TV.
So no point to my ramblings, except " does not matter which media, they all can provide great quality, but one has to discriminate". And when one does not want to discriminate, it's cool, too. Buffy all the way.
In some way the Harry Potters are pageturners too, and Rowling certainly has her own stereotypes (about fat people for instance)
Harry Potter is way better written than Da Vinci Code, in my opinion.
Reading the discussion with interest , without having much to add. Like many here, I was a reading addict all through my childhood and youth. Reading instead of sleeping, reading while eating, reading and skipping classes, reading instead of socializing, reading way above my comprehension level. Now Internet took a big chunk of time out of it.
I still love reading and read quite a bit, though being a very aurally- oriented person I also listen to lots of audiobooks. Had a complex about it for years ( inferior, somebody else dictates pace of comprehension, etc), but got over it as I truly process best through ears, not through eyes.
But as for books vs TV- I would back up Tinami's early post. It all depends on quality of a particular book/ TV program, as well a particular emotional need at the moment. My complaint is that great movies are not as easily available as great books, so TV /movie quality tends to be inferior. It takes effort for me to get the best international childrens' movies for my son; or to get the best art house movies currently playing ( not living in NY, it's tricky. When I go to NYC, it' "OMG, a different world..."). I still remember seeing Kieslowski's "Blue", being completely gutted inside, and thinking " It is as good as any novel". Bu it's an art house movie, and stuff like that is rarely shown on TV.
So no point to my ramblings, except " does not matter which media, they all can provide great quality, but one has to discriminate". And when one does not want to discriminate, it's cool, too. Buffy all the way.