tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20772190.post7268669983430776686..comments2023-10-28T13:23:55.072+01:00Comments on swords and dreams: Reading blockwoodscolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740930005155183614noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20772190.post-30033548331027818892008-02-03T18:43:00.000+00:002008-02-03T18:43:00.000+00:00I try not to feel guilty about them, but also have...I try not to feel guilty about them, but also have a lot of variety of books on my immediate to read shelf, including some very short stuff, fiction and non-fiction, all sorts of things that can get your brain moving when you're not in the mood for imagining other worlds.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423155940837517564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20772190.post-74236430735961683302008-01-24T14:01:00.000+00:002008-01-24T14:01:00.000+00:00My solution to reader's block is to read something...My solution to reader's block is to read something completely pre-modern. No social realism, no contemporary issues - the more gods and monsters the better.<BR/><BR/>It really does have a weirdly liberating effect. You get a glimpse of utterly dead ways of thinking, and (arguably a guilty bonus) you rarely feel as though you have to actually finish it. There isn't this dragging sense of <I>responsibility</I> that you can get with contemporary stuff: you're not hemmed in by relevance. So you can enjoy it as much - and only for as long - as you feel like it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714492477526126788noreply@blogger.com