Worse yet, these people walk up to a public display in a bookstore, brutally rip the plastic off,
Oh, heavens, that makes the baby kittens cry, yanno?
Now, I'm no saint in the "jump to the ending" department, but at least I look for an open copy. (Which is why I love stores that keep an open shelf copy.)
I do buy the books once I know who stays alive by book's end...it's never spoiled my enjoyment of the books at all. But to tear open the shrinkwrap and then *not* buy the book? Eeep.
Chill, man. That's how it is with the written word. The reader can go this way or that, skip, hop, go back, re-read or jump to the ending. Books are handy that way.
And reading the last page and putting the book back on the shelf, how does it differ from asking another reader, hey did harry survive? If all a person wants to know how it ends, it's their choice.
Besides, what do they really get (and what does the author really lose) when they read the last page? Certainly not the author's craft, not the heart or essence of her work. They get a bunch of words and a some information. That's not coming at all. Heck it's not even an erection. It's no reward, it's no gratification. It's nothing and if that's all they want, they're entitled to it.
You can always fast-forward to the ending of a DVD, then when you've satisfied yourself that the movie will no longer hold any surprises for you, you can go back and watch it from the beginning.
Of course you can. But that still doesn't make it right in the sense that you are doing the people who made the movie or the book a gross disservice. But that's your call, of course.
I guess it's a bit difficult for those who don't fully understand the creative process to appreciate.
Oooh, I agree! I'm only just reading the book now, so have been avoiding certain websites and such against spoilers. Anyway, what's awful about THOSE people is they'll have random conversations with friends and will inadvertedly blurt out what happens within earshot to some poor soul who isn't done with the book yet. Thereby spoiling other people's cheer :( Shame, shame!
Well, bet those are the same people who tried their darndest to read all the spoilers.
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Oh, heavens, that makes the baby kittens cry, yanno?
Now, I'm no saint in the "jump to the ending" department, but at least I look for an open copy. (Which is why I love stores that keep an open shelf copy.)
I do buy the books once I know who stays alive by book's end...it's never spoiled my enjoyment of the books at all. But to tear open the shrinkwrap and then *not* buy the book? Eeep.
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And reading the last page and putting the book back on the shelf, how does it differ from asking another reader, hey did harry survive? If all a person wants to know how it ends, it's their choice.
Besides, what do they really get (and what does the author really lose) when they read the last page? Certainly not the author's craft, not the heart or essence of her work. They get a bunch of words and a some information. That's not coming at all. Heck it's not even an erection. It's no reward, it's no gratification. It's nothing and if that's all they want, they're entitled to it.
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You can always fast-forward to the ending of a DVD, then when you've satisfied yourself that the movie will no longer hold any surprises for you, you can go back and watch it from the beginning.
Of course you can. But that still doesn't make it right in the sense that you are doing the people who made the movie or the book a gross disservice. But that's your call, of course.
I guess it's a bit difficult for those who don't fully understand the creative process to appreciate.
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Well, bet those are the same people who tried their darndest to read all the spoilers.
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