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Post by mortsahlfan on Jan 19, 2021 16:30:13 GMT
Movies, books, etc..?
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 19, 2021 16:43:50 GMT
I am not sure if i have ever heard that, i heave heard that non fiction (truth) is stranger than fiction.
But i can`t think of any case where fiction is more truthful than non-fiction.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jan 19, 2021 16:54:06 GMT
I am not sure if i have ever heard that, i heave heard that non fiction (truth) is stranger than fiction. But i can`t think of any case where fiction is more truthful than non-fiction. I've always heard that quote, but an example would be Orwell's "1984" for example.. I haven't read all of it, just excerpts.
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Post by dirtypillows on Jan 19, 2021 16:54:45 GMT
I love the idea behind it. Non-fiction is, of course, factually more truthful than fiction. But non-fiction does not address nor can it accommodate the richness of the impressionistic spirit of the human experience. Fiction has within itself the potential to go so much deeper than non-fiction. |
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jan 19, 2021 17:09:00 GMT
I love the idea behind it. Non-fiction is, of course, factually more truthful than fiction. But non-fiction does not address nor can it accommodate the richness of the impressionistic spirit of the human experience. Fiction has within itself the potential to go so much deeper than non-fiction.
I've read a lot of non-fiction, and I always see quite a disparity, whether its about an historical figure, or an event... Even if everything is 100% accurate, people pick and choose what they want read, and what to omit.
I've always read a great quote that "Biography is history"
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Post by gw on Jan 20, 2021 1:33:52 GMT
I would say that fiction has the potential to explore historical situations deeper and speculate about reality in ways that non-fiction can only scratch the surface. Fiction can comment on things that non-fiction can't so easily like Golem 14 exploring how evolution has forced animals to eat each other instead of get their energy from the sun. And Jorge Luis Borges' Library of Babel explores all the possible 410 page books written in one language. The way that fiction can go beyond reality to understand it is why I think it is valuable.
Here's the quote:
"The only way to understand the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible." Arthur C. Clarke
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Post by politicidal on Jan 20, 2021 4:43:14 GMT
Many say that?
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Post by dirtypillows on Jan 20, 2021 6:21:38 GMT
Well, Albert Einstein said "Imagination is more important than knowledge." |
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