http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-book-may-not-be-dead/ falling indelibly into the past Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:30:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-book-may-not-be-dead/#comment-1733 vika Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:27:53 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=767#comment-1733 <p>You know, I haven’t really ever thought of book reviews as *fiction* reviews.  Sure, some fiction and poetry reviews are published in the New Yorker and the like; but mostly the reviews I’ve [academically] grown up reading are the likes of those linked to from my name in this comment.  And so when I hear “book review,” I don’t immediately think “is the prose lively?” but rather “is the research well done?” I’m wonder whether this is generational:  my grandfather, who taught literature at university, was probably more likely to write and read reviews of non-academic material.  But then, that was Eastern Europe, as well.  I’ve no idea what their deal is now with regard to book reviews. </p> You know, I haven’t really ever thought of book reviews as *fiction* reviews.  Sure, some fiction and poetry reviews are published in the New Yorker and the like; but mostly the reviews I’ve [academically] grown up reading are the likes of those linked to from my name in this comment.  And so when I hear “book review,” I don’t immediately think “is the prose lively?” but rather “is the research well done?” I’m wonder whether this is generational:  my grandfather, who taught literature at university, was probably more likely to write and read reviews of non-academic material.  But then, that was Eastern Europe, as well.  I’ve no idea what their deal is now with regard to book reviews.

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