XPost: rec.arts.sf.written
From: acwheele@optonline.net

Louann Miller  wrote:

> "Mike Schilling"  wrote in news:x2fFk.2126
> $as4.761@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:
>
> >> [ addressing Sea Wasp ]
> >>
> >>> No; that you read books because you like them, and actively
> >>> disdain any other purposes of friction.
> >>
> >> All other purposes of fiction _are_ inferior to that one.
> >
> > Porn uber alles?
>
> More like, any other functions of fiction are secondary to entertainment
> because _otherwise no one will read it._ A fine fool an author would
> look, holding up a searingly accurate mirror to reality or outlining the
> perfect political system or whatever if the readers give up on page 10.
>
> E.g. Shakespeare.

I think Mike was actually making a joke based on my typo of "friction"
for "fiction."

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Andrew Wheeler

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