-- Leo's gemini proxy
-- Connecting to idiomdrottning.org:1965...
-- Connected
-- Sending request
-- Meta line: 20 text/gemini; lang=en
I get so curious about what’s on the back copy of novels, I usually hold off on reading it until I’m well into the novel because it’s usally so spoilerific (which I think is a bad idea, why the heck print spoilers on the literal cover?).
I just finished the Swedish Pan 1969 print of Boris Vian’s 1956 L'Automne à Péking (this isn't a review of the book itself. If you're looking for book recos, I have many I like better, like 4x Edelfeldt which is a treasure chest of a book).
When I was like four fifths through, I glanced at the back cover, and I was struck by a huge spoiler. Grumpily, I went back to the book and read on. When I had only a couple of pages left, I decided to look again, and I saw that it revealed the entire ending. I got so mad! I really had to pull teeth to make myself finish the book.
Yeah, we all know that books are about the journey, not the destination. But, that means I wanna undergo the journey as designed, not be struck by the ending way too soon.
But I’ve tried and tried, I’ve experimented on myself and I just don’t work that way.
From now on, no more back cover reading.
Annika wrote in:
> Liminal spaces are precious and you can only experience something for the first time a single time. It’s an experience worth guarding.
>
> One of the reasons I hate being force-fed a movie trailer before a film I’m paying to see.
-- Response ended
-- Page fetched on Fri May 17 08:04:02 2024