I'm 30 now and I'm slowly finding fiction to be pointless. I'll pick up a piece of fiction and if it feels even slightly contrived I have a hard time sticking with it.
I'm not trying to be a pseud. In fact I'm kind of bummed. I have memories of being so excited reading Harry Potter at 12 that I couldn't keep my legs still. I feel those days are gone.
Any other anons feel more inclined towards non-fiction as they get older?
Almost 30. I like to alternate between nonfiction and fiction, these days, and they're usually related somehow. One feeds into the other.
I used to only be able to stand Asimov's nonfiction, although it was a little out of date. Luckily for me he wrote 150+ books.
Wouldn't say I find it pointless rather I find non-fiction to be more fascinating most the time.
It's normal for males op. You're slowly becoming dad tier. Embrace it. Pick a historical era you like and learn the ins and outs. You can get into war gaming as well.
i too have fond memories of reading harry potter as a kid OP
fiction is something you grow out of. i feel like i don't have time for fiction anymore. there is a lot of great fiction out there though. but i have more important things on my mind
read Yeats
read poetry
It's okay op. Just go with it. Let go of the past.
Fiction can be useful if it teaches you something about reality. Fiction is, after all, still written by real people. Why don't you try alternating fiction and non-fiction, or reading non-fiction that is as interesting in plot as fiction?
read books that thrive on that aspect
Like The Golden Ass
Depends on what you mean by non-fiction. Insightful, elaborate records of studies, whatever their domain may be? Sure. Loose self-helpy "we live in a society" preaches? If it's the latter, good fiction does it better. You'll learn more from a good novel than any book that belongs to the latter category.
Oh, also, eliminating your exposure to fiction and considering the fact that there is little to none aesthetic dimension to non-fiction will also fuck with your ability to appreciate beauty. Or limit its spectrum. Which non only makes for a lesser human experience, but even if you only care about muh cold hard faxxxx, it may introduce blind spots in your ability to reason.
this, sophistry is a cancer on modern nonfiction
I find history can be a better read than fiction. Kinda hard to be spooked by anything once you've read about people throwing babies into incinerators, and knowing that *that actually happened*.
Reading history is the biggest waste of your life. It's good to have a general gist of world history but getting into detail has almost no use for the average man.
Fiction actually enriches your everyday experiences, just the same way as all other art.
historical fiction can be good
>Oh, also, eliminating your exposure to fiction and considering the fact that there is little to none aesthetic dimension to non-fiction will also fuck with your ability to appreciate beauty
This is something dumb a stupid young person would say. It's cute.
>Fiction actually enriches your everyday experiences, just the same way as all other art.
Nah, it really doesn't.
>Fiction actually enriches
>enriches
poisons, actually
Okay But,do you need to make this same fucking thread everyfuckingday? Stop making these "Am I the only that X" threads.Why are you so insecure about your opinion? Fuck off. This isn't even the only "am I the only one who likes nonfiction more than fiction huehue" or " *basedjack.jpg* with a "I like fiction" in quotes. Kill yourself.
I haven't been on lit for months. Maybe spend less time on Yea Forums you brainlet and you wont notice the repetition.
Should I really pursue butterfly if she is a 47 year old?
I'm 93.
Maybe I over-analyze everything but I feel that way about anything anymore, though there are diamonds in the rough every now and again. I don't know how many non-fiction books I've read that are either poorly composed or poorly thought out. It's really a mixed bag, don't give up on fiction.
Only non-fiction for me!
You need to realize a lot of people can share annopinion
Oh hey look it's that faggot mediator again! Why don't you just join the other 2 faggots on Yea Forums in another thread while me and this guy duke it out!
Are you saying butterfly is lying about her age? :3
No,you fucking haven't you smug cunt. Maybe fucking check the catalog first before making the same thread as the 50 other of you retards who make the exact same thread with the exact same replies.
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