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Current Talk '09 I / Re: Discuss - Ep #0742
« on: March 25, 2009, 09:03:54 PM »
Gothick,
I recently had a reading experience trashed by a chapter-by-chapter reviewer who didn't bother to include a spoiler warning when a guest writer revealed the book's biggest mystery while brought in to discuss an early chapter. The reviewer explained, "We tried to walk the line between not giving too much away for the Readers and still engaging the ReReaders by pointing out the foreshadowing as we passed it by. Sorry we landed on the wrong side of the line for you." (Did I mention that he suggested I follow along with his blog when I purchased the book from him, or that the story came out 25 years ago?) So regarding spoiler warnings here, I feel that one could think of DS as a classic and wonderful novel that is more enjoyable as a shared experience, yet not everyone who is reading along wants to be told how it's going to end.
I highly recommend Battlestar Galactica, btw, which is best viewed from the beginning and spoiler-free.
I recently had a reading experience trashed by a chapter-by-chapter reviewer who didn't bother to include a spoiler warning when a guest writer revealed the book's biggest mystery while brought in to discuss an early chapter. The reviewer explained, "We tried to walk the line between not giving too much away for the Readers and still engaging the ReReaders by pointing out the foreshadowing as we passed it by. Sorry we landed on the wrong side of the line for you." (Did I mention that he suggested I follow along with his blog when I purchased the book from him, or that the story came out 25 years ago?) So regarding spoiler warnings here, I feel that one could think of DS as a classic and wonderful novel that is more enjoyable as a shared experience, yet not everyone who is reading along wants to be told how it's going to end.
I highly recommend Battlestar Galactica, btw, which is best viewed from the beginning and spoiler-free.