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Telorand@reddthat.com 5 weeks agoSome people think you can use it as a replacement for therapy or to fight loneliness. Turns out, simply reading fiction is better.
Almacca@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
Cool article. Thanks for the link. As an older fellow, but a lifetime reader, mainly of sci-fi, I feel thankful that I’ve been doing something to offset the years of drug and alcohol abuse. :)
Recently, though, I went through and read the entire bibliography of Robert Rankin, which kind of broke my mind a bit - I DO NOT recommend it - and it’s taken me a year or so to feel like starting to read novels again. They’re wildly hilarious if you’re a fan of running gags and sheer insane premises, but I shouldn’t have taken them all at once.
Telorand@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
It’s pretty cool how books are more than just fuel for imagination, no? But I second the idea of joining a book club, because not only do you get the cognitive effects of a book, but you get the social benefits of a club!