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Yep. That's one big reason why D&D 5E stuck success at 65% and fixed the leveling, PC, and monster math around that. We tend to feel...

My group was a mix of critters and not. They mostly were the kind of OC player who would like CR whether they actually watched or not...

Ok the greek gods are one thing, if some people still believe in them, but I never saw anyone refer to Homers Odyseey as a Holy...

I am very curious to read THAT definition of non-fiction, because I never heard of the Odyssey being refered as non-fiction and I am...

There was a certain period of writing when authors seemed to like to stop in the middle of a story and add a few dozen pages on whatever...

My mother was pretty strict with buying me new toys and stuff, I could beg as I wanted in a store, she never just spontaneously bought...

On the topic of Ulysses, one benefits from an annotated copy. Which one of course as one redditor stated "ask 2 Ulysses scholars the...

My parents very much tended to the "if you can reach it, you can read it" thing. This got awkward: My mom worked as an OB nurse and had...

Considering how constantly inundated kids are with visual and aural distractions from the various screens available, any medium that can...

I got into a debate with someone a while back with someone who said that school libraries should only have academic works, and not...

Enjoyment of reading needs to be instilled at a young age, before any formal study of literature. Otherwise it will always be a chore.

Looking at the amount of reading I was assigned in college, it was more than even I could keep up with on a weekly basis (and I was and...

I love Moby Dick, but I appreciate that when you are faced with entire chapters such as the following, fury or despair may be warranted...

This can vary. :) I have enjoyed a number of books from class required readings and I joined a book club as an adult just to force...

I enjoy Lin Carter's work quite a bit. I also think that if you want to understand Conan's place in Appendix N, the Carter/De Camp...