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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 4:16:06 GMT
You know, at the beginning of a book before you read the book? Or do you usually skip it until after you read the book just in case it contains spoilers? Or are you like me and avoid it altogether?
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 4:29:58 GMT
You know what, is topic is kinda stupid
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Post by louise on May 31, 2017 6:21:13 GMT
Yes, i do now. When i was young i often didn't bother though.
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Post by koskiewicz on May 31, 2017 18:08:19 GMT
...always...
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Post by mmexis on May 31, 2017 23:55:18 GMT
Usually. It depends on what the book is.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 1, 2017 13:28:25 GMT
Yes. A good preface reveals the author's background assumptions, goals, and outline of the project.
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Post by Bargle on Jun 1, 2017 22:56:07 GMT
Yes, I do.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2017 0:37:31 GMT
You know what, is topic is kinda stupid No, it's a good question. I always avoid it. I went back and read the one to The Football Factory after finishing the book, because it made some good points. But to me an introduction is just a waste of time. There was one that ended with "thank you for reading this, but you could have been reading the stories already." I think it was John D MacDonald introducing Night Shift by Stephen King (?). And if it's a classic Victorian era novel, you know the introduction is going to contain spoilers. |
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Post by pennypacker on Jun 2, 2017 3:18:47 GMT
Yeah. I've also been known to read the plot summary before I read the book.
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Post by poelzig on Jun 7, 2017 5:57:36 GMT
Yes of course. I like to read that's why I'm reading the book in the first place. Also no preface is going to have a spoiler in it.
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Post by DarkManX on Jun 14, 2017 4:45:55 GMT
No I never do.
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Post by sagenesse on Jun 17, 2017 5:31:24 GMT
It depends on the book. The book I just started had a long boring one that seemed to provide nothing to the story. I have read the book before so I skipped it.
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Post by OldSamVimes on Jun 17, 2017 10:48:22 GMT
I usually read it.
In the case of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, it was a third of the book.
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Post by dougb on Jun 17, 2017 14:00:42 GMT
Why wouldn't you? The author put it there for a reason.
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Post by Archelaus on Jun 17, 2017 18:34:31 GMT
I always read the preface.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 5:13:00 GMT
Yes of course. I like to read that's why I'm reading the book in the first place. Also no preface is going to have a spoiler in it. Yea cuz sometimes it will say like, this book is going to be really depressing. That can be considered a spoiler in my opinion. |
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Post by poelzig on Jun 22, 2017 2:31:54 GMT
Yes of course. I like to read that's why I'm reading the book in the first place. Also no preface is going to have a spoiler in it. Yea cuz sometimes it will say like, this book is going to be really depressing. That can be considered a spoiler in my opinion. So you don't read the back of the book jacket either or anything other than the title? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2017 8:23:38 GMT
No I go in cold all the time. I know it doesn't make me normal to do that, butit's better for me.
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Post by theravenking on Jun 22, 2017 11:11:48 GMT
I usually do. In my experience the preface is often more interesting than the work itself. For example J.G. Ballard's preface to Crash is pure genius while I thought the novel itself was only so-so.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 23:56:47 GMT
It really depends, the preface can be very helpful to fill you in with some of the story's background but then there are instances like when I was reading 'Green Mansions' W. H. Hudson last year which was filled with lot's of symbolic language and the preface tried to totally deconstruct the novel and really interfered with my enjoyment of the story by reading it first. If it is author or story background- I will read it first and if it is analyzing the structure and the characters of the story- I will read it last and probably start arguing with it  |
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