Galkaman wrote:
Yes, it's up to them not to read. But they tell you they read and the only book in their CV is Harry Potter, it really saddens me.
Meh. I just roll my eyes at them, and am happy they at least read that much. Mostly, I'm glad that Harry Potter got kids to enjoy reading. I could care less about the adults, they had their chance.
Glakaman wrote:
I find the opposite. They either assume all fantasy books are like Harry Potter and so ignore them, or treat them with disdain because "they aren't as popular so they aren't as good." I even had someone apply that to Mr King's Dark Tower series once. Boy was I pissed.
See, to me, if I read a book and loved it, then assumed that all other fantasy books are much the same, I'd want to read them. I'm not sure what you mean about the Dark Tower series. someone read them, then assumed they knew everything that King ever wrote?
I actually had a co-worker tell me that she "tried to read" Cujo when it came out and figured that if all King could think to write about was a rabid dog, she didn't want to read anything else of his. Surprised me, because she's an avid reader, and Cujo was written in 1981 for Chrissakes. She was certainly missing out on an excellent story teller if she hadn't read anything by him since 1981.
