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Wouldn't those fit under 'Humor'?
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of course not, that's why they're called comics and mangas .
You don't say banana to an apple do you .
But I admit comics should have been added to the list.
V.
If I don't see you in this world, I'll see you in the next one... And don't be late. (Jimi Hendrix)
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So far as the trend shows that Romance and Sports are of least interest..........
Most the people how are related to programming are young people and, Sports and Romance are the choices of youth;P. But I think at least this is not true for the Software Engineering. It is a global trend
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Sadly most "romance" novels are craptacular Danielle Steele and Mills & Boon specials.
Plenty of the books I read have romance in them* but they aren't classified as romance novels.
* Reading The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman now and it has a love story in it.
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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We're just too busy doin' the real thing . . .
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
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But they have articles too! Or does that count as Fantasy?
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It's a good way to escape the bowels of our known world for a while .
V.
I found a living worth working for, but haven't found work worth living for.
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68% read computer manuals for *relaxation* ??
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Indeed ...
36. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free.
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Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
SUN-TZU - Art of War
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And after all, what's wrong with relaxing with a bit of speculative fiction?
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- C hris L osinger, Online Poker Players?
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OMG!!! RELAX PEOPLE!!!
Thank you,
Andrei CIUBOTARU
Inocentric Ltd.
http://www.inocentric.com/
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Shog9 wrote: what's wrong with relaxing with a bit of speculative fiction?
Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight!
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(O.o)
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ed welch wrote: 68% read computer manuals for *relaxation* ??
Sure, a Microsoft product roadmap can make for great fiction and old ones can certainly be considered humor.
David
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David Cunningham wrote: and old ones can certainly be considered humor
This one[^], for example.
Hope is the negation of reality - Raistlin Majere
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Shouldn't that be in the horror department?
Cheers,
Vıkram.
Be yourself, no matter what they say.
- Sting, Englishman in New York.
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David Cunningham wrote: Sure, a Microsoft product roadmap can make for great fiction and old ones can certainly be considered humor.
Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight!
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(O.o)
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*huh huh* and I'm reading kanji dictionary really entertaining sometimes
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Is there such a thing as a kanji thesaurus?
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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I think that 64% of the people who have taken this survey need to look up the definition of 'relaxing'.
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hey it makes go bathroom reading material..:->
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If it's about non-work technology, that's possible - for example, I'm reading this[^] at the moment, and looking forward to getting this[^] when it's finished and released.
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<looks up from VBScript for Dummies>
Your point...?
cheers,
Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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What about real books*? Like the kind Philip Roth or Ian McEwan writes.
They aren't Horror, Mystery / Thriller, History / Biography, Romance, Humour, Sports or even, yet, Classics.
I'm not sure what they are. It seems to me that some of the best fiction I have read lately doesn't fit into any genre. They are... drama? life? Like life the more complex a thing is the harder it is to pigeon hole.
Take The Plot Against America. I really enjoyed it, fantastic read. Apparently it is in "alternative history" genre but that isn't what it is about. That is incidental to the book. It just happens to be set in an alternative history, a means towards telling the story.
Is that what genres are? Means for a story?
* wink wink
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote: And with that, Paul closed his browser, sipped his herbal tea, fixed the flower in his hair, and smiled brightly at the multitude of cute, furry animals flocking around the grassy hillside where he sat coding Ruby on his Mac...
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