tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post6009676181942000069..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: The Right Sort of Book PeopleDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-75607785949255500222015-01-06T21:58:14.652-05:002015-01-06T21:58:14.652-05:00Interesting. I love how y'all met; that's ...Interesting. I love how y'all met; that's a great story! My high school to college experience was almost the opposite. My hometown in south GA was profoundly unbookish; I learned early on that admitting you like to read, or even using "big words," was social suicide. It wasn't until college that I had that delightful experience of meeting people who liked the same things.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112924098753896966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-22479597111489124392015-01-05T13:42:18.708-05:002015-01-05T13:42:18.708-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-25767466977651934152015-01-03T22:01:36.514-05:002015-01-03T22:01:36.514-05:00When my husband and I went out on our first date, ...When my husband and I went out on our first date, it was to the symphony, and we heard Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyries". He started singing Bugs Bunny's "kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit..." aside to me, and it cracked me up. It's very good when you can laugh at the same things.Skywalkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-11262378339796119472015-01-03T16:13:03.030-05:002015-01-03T16:13:03.030-05:00This is funny because I had almost the same prejud...This is funny because I had almost the same prejudice going into college except it ran in the opposite direction. I had a relative growing up whose mental acuity never impressed me who read nothing but Star Trek novels. These novels were mindless and stupid and I thought they represented the entire genre. I figured whoever liked science fiction must be stupid too so I never read it and looked askance at anyone who did.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-55860235406073892512015-01-03T14:12:50.510-05:002015-01-03T14:12:50.510-05:00Interesting. The woman who eventually became my wi...Interesting. The woman who eventually became my wife had to convince me that Tolkien was really all that - I read him in high school, and thought it was OK, but didn't get the fanaticism with which others reacted to him. But, in the course of wooing my future wife, I read almost all of the LotR out loud while she and a couple roommates knitted - we were supposed to take turns, but since I don't knit, it made more sense for me to just read. <br /><br />So, like you, a shared love of LotR figures into my 35 year and running relationship with my wife, but she, Beatrice-like, saved me, after a fashion. <br /><br />Melanie - I had the opposite experience, in that I only read non-fiction until about 7th grade, then got into SF - and felt a little guilty about it. Shouldn't I be reading something serious? Took a while to learn that fiction is serious, in some way more serious and true than non-fiction. <br /><br />As to friends: I have so few, it's hard to generalize. Books figure into it, but mostly the Great Books - and it's hard for me to separate the books from the college experience where I met most of the people I think of as friends. Joseph Moorehttp://yardsaleofthemind.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-57935701892142055662015-01-02T18:06:53.117-05:002015-01-02T18:06:53.117-05:00"I now number among my friends people who sim..."I now number among my friends people who simply don't like Tolkien or Lewis. It does work." <br /><br />That made me laugh out loud. <br /><br />I was never quite so exclusive, but I was definitely just as dogmatic. I too have read much less science fiction and fantasy in recent years. And I used to abhor nonfiction, which now makes up a considerable chunk of my literary diet. I sometimes wonder if I could go back and time and meet my younger self what she would think of me. Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.com