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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 3274372" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>I absolutely adore this book, but I am puzzled to find it popular; I supposed from quite some time that it fell into the same category as <em>A Brief History of Time</em> and <em>The Name of the Rose</em> -- bestsellers that vast numbers of people bought but never really read. </p><p></p><p>I am fascinated by history, mythology, and folklore. I love truly Gothic novels (Mrs Radcliffe, Walpole, Lewis, etc). I have read the Aubrey-Maturin series through twice. I really like Jane Austen. I have a fascination with the Peninsular War aspect of the Napoleonic Wars. I have read Barrett's <em>The Magus</em>. With all that going in, I found JS&MN a nearly perfect book, exactly according to my tastes! But for the larger section of the reading public? Certainly it would seem slow, pedantic, and fusty.</p><p></p><p>I don't think I'm "elitist" on this point -- I just think I happen to have the specific background in tastes that would lead to liking this book, a trail that not a lot of people would necessarily have. I think, in many ways, this book was written for a very tiny group of people...</p><p></p><p>...and yet now there are rumours of making a movie of it. </p><p></p><p>Well, I am simply quite happy with the book. I look forward to reading the not-quite-sequel <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 3274372, member: 8447"] I absolutely adore this book, but I am puzzled to find it popular; I supposed from quite some time that it fell into the same category as [I]A Brief History of Time[/I] and [I]The Name of the Rose[/I] -- bestsellers that vast numbers of people bought but never really read. I am fascinated by history, mythology, and folklore. I love truly Gothic novels (Mrs Radcliffe, Walpole, Lewis, etc). I have read the Aubrey-Maturin series through twice. I really like Jane Austen. I have a fascination with the Peninsular War aspect of the Napoleonic Wars. I have read Barrett's [I]The Magus[/I]. With all that going in, I found JS&MN a nearly perfect book, exactly according to my tastes! But for the larger section of the reading public? Certainly it would seem slow, pedantic, and fusty. I don't think I'm "elitist" on this point -- I just think I happen to have the specific background in tastes that would lead to liking this book, a trail that not a lot of people would necessarily have. I think, in many ways, this book was written for a very tiny group of people... ...and yet now there are rumours of making a movie of it. Well, I am simply quite happy with the book. I look forward to reading the not-quite-sequel :) [/QUOTE]
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