mdthornb1 t1_jecxr40 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:30 AM Reply to Do you skip or skim when reading fiction? by GraniteGeekNH Sometimes I skim, especially at wordy descriptions- I’m looking at you les miserables. Nobody has the patience to read every word of a 20 pages description of the sewers of Paris. Permalink −1−
mdthornb1 t1_jd2ldvz wrote on March 21, 2023 at 11:56 AM Reply to "Creepy nonlinearity" books by slowcancellation Dhalgren by Samuel Delaney is a good scifi example of this. Permalink 3
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Reply to Do you skip or skim when reading fiction? by GraniteGeekNH
Sometimes I skim, especially at wordy descriptions- I’m looking at you les miserables. Nobody has the patience to read every word of a 20 pages description of the sewers of Paris.