Benefits of fiction books

Rkingpin · 2019-01-20T01:19:24+00:00

Better off reading something informative than living in someone else's imagination

linkster396 · 2019-01-20T01:33:30+00:00

Fiction is often better at teaching you certain things than non-fiction. You just need to sift through the shit (i.e. don't read low quality fiction)

rhinoglue · 2019-01-20T02:05:42+00:00

Nothing wrong with that in moderation. Just make sure fiction isn't the only thing you're reading.

Bleu_Cheese_Pursuits · 2019-01-20T03:24:59+00:00

Honestly the way I feel about it is that reading is in of itself like fertilizer for your brain. The process of reading fiction forces you to use your imagination to create an internal representation of the author's world; compared to watching TV, where all the work is done for you. So reading a work of fiction is in fact a creative process on the part of the reader. That process causes you to fire certain neural pathways that you wouldn't have otherwise, and starts making you think more creatively about problems/tasks in your own life. That is, at least, my experience. I think for general practical purposes non-fiction is better probably, but a really good fiction book is better than a piece of shit non-fiction one.

anonswede · 2019-01-20T08:39:00+00:00

3 to 1 non-fiction to fiction ratio is a decent guideline

MindlessCalendar · 2019-01-20T20:32:26+00:00

Non-fiction > fiction > not reading at all.

[deleted] · 2019-01-20T00:42:36+00:00

Shogun was a great read. So was Maltese Falcon. DUNE was great. Altered Carbon is great.

There are tons.

Title	Benefits of fiction books
Author	baldeagle0304
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Date	January 20, 2019 12:35 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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