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RayReiLee
12-06-2004, 09:02 PM
Do you prefer to read non-fiction or fiction books? It depends for me. I usually read fiction books just because they use the imagination and such. But some non-fiction books are just as good.

Hopeless
12-06-2004, 09:27 PM
I prefer non-ficiton. Although there are a couple good fiction books i read, like 1984, by george ohman or something. Pretty good book.

AngelArm
12-06-2004, 10:33 PM
Most of the time, fiction. But their are some pretty good non-fiction books about WWII. WWII fascinates me more than anything else....don't know why.....

Rhawke
12-07-2004, 05:22 PM
....both.

I read everything. I have yet to read something that didn't satisfy me. Fantasy, Biography, Auto-Biography, Fiction, Mystery...whatever. I'm usually reading a few books at a time. I read whichever one i feel like reading at thattime.

current read: The Da Vinci Code, How to Get Rich, & Angelina Jolie's: Notes From My Travles

CoLdFlaMeZ436
12-07-2004, 05:47 PM
I like fiction the most. I have a ton of books I wanna read at the moment. I don't know, non-fiction is a little boring to me. It's just factual. I like reading some biographies and autobiographies, though.

Dart082
12-07-2004, 05:52 PM
Fiction. I don't really like non-fiction, too much real-world stuff for me. I like reading fiction, because I can get lost in another world, one that I would like to actually live in. Dragons, sorcery, swords, adventure, treasures, all those kind of things. I love those stories.

virgovixen18
12-07-2004, 05:53 PM
both are kool to me. i like to read what fits my mood.

Zhuge_Liang
12-07-2004, 11:14 PM
If I wanted to read anything for fun, I would go with fiction.

Infinity
12-08-2004, 06:53 PM
Depends on how I feel at the time. If I feel very politically active, then I'll go and buy a book out of the Current Events section. If not, I'll go Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

darkgunner
12-16-2004, 01:50 PM
I read anything as long as it can keep me entertained and I dont zone out at the peak of the book

MaisalG
12-16-2004, 02:37 PM
I read fiction, I can get the realistic stuff in school or the news. I read nonfiction occasionally, but reading is more of an escape for me. And in that fiction I pretty much read fantasy books, because it gets me out of the world Im in...which is kind of like escaping. It's something I do to get away when things are bothering me.

nicholasfreak3
12-16-2004, 07:26 PM
all the way fiction!!!!

Follow_The_Lies
12-16-2004, 07:34 PM
both. Unfortunately even so called "non" fiction isn't real. It may have what the author thought was true... but I even see most of the news as fake and don't get me started on politics...

CrakinCapn
12-16-2004, 07:38 PM
Fiction, of course.

Rhawke
12-17-2004, 11:52 AM
...since we're on the subject.

what the fack were our forefathers thinkin' when they came up with Fiction and Non-Fiction? how confusing is that.....?

...uh, Fiction....is not a real story. and NON-fiction is...not-NOT a real story~!

..jeez. just a thought.....

Kuja_sama
12-17-2004, 11:54 AM
...since we're on the subject.

what the fack were our forefathers thinkin' when they came up with Fiction and Non-Fiction? how confusing is that.....?

...uh, Fiction....is not a real story. and NON-fiction is...not-NOT a real story~!

..jeez. just a thought.....
I often wonder why they did that myself. It used to be so confused by that in grade school.

Rhawke
12-17-2004, 01:57 PM
I often wonder why they did that myself. It used to be so confused by that in grade school.
^
~ ..ditto that, i had the absolute hardest time distinguishing the two in grade school. I used to think i was a dumbash for not knowing, good to know i wasn;t alone. =)

space_marine2
12-17-2004, 11:03 PM
both i like to read all the war history books, and i also like to read all the fantasy war books.

NightNGaleX3x
12-17-2004, 11:42 PM
I mostly read Fiction cause I like Fantasy, Mystery and Horror. But I read some Non-Fiction, mostly on Sciences like Parapsychology.

gillianvalkyrie
12-18-2004, 04:37 AM
I'm reading non fiction more than fiction now, probably because of school... I wish I could read novels more but I haven't finished the ones I've started so I'm stuck in purgatory.

KaitlinRainey
01-12-2005, 06:51 PM
Fiction, of course. Reality just sucks.

Mr.Furious
01-12-2005, 08:55 PM
...since we're on the subject.

what the fack were our forefathers thinkin' when they came up with Fiction and Non-Fiction? how confusing is that.....?

...uh, Fiction....is not a real story. and NON-fiction is...not-NOT a real story~!

..jeez. just a thought.....

yea..even now if someone just walked up to me and asked me a question about it, itd take me a moment to figure it out

TheChort
01-12-2005, 11:56 PM
Fiction. I already know most of what there is to know about reality for my sake.

The Redeemer
01-13-2005, 07:29 AM
Definately fiction. You can just do so much more with the story, and its much more interesting in my opinion

NightNinja666
01-13-2005, 01:36 PM
Fiction for sure,non-fiction bores the hell out of me

platinumtitan
02-16-2005, 10:31 PM
Right now i'm strictly fiction. It takes me to another place

XanTheMan
02-17-2005, 11:54 AM
Fiction...

Persephone
02-24-2005, 03:09 AM
Non-Fiction.

Most of the stuff I read about are different cultures, or the histories of different countries and wars they've been in. I can get into a nonfiction book just as much as a fiction book, maybe even better 'cause for me, I kind of picture myself in that time period and culture, and wonder what I would be doing.

...And I love history.

Prodigy
02-24-2005, 10:10 PM
I like both. As for that whole sci-fi type of stuff that most people know then know. There are hwoever some very good sci-fi books that dont follow the typical space-fighter love story crap. I do like Non-Fiction thouhg alot too.

Rikku
02-27-2005, 12:41 AM
I can't decide. I find fiction just as interesting as non-fiction. But if its non-fiction, its gotta be autobiographical.

CrakinCapn
02-27-2005, 12:50 AM
Fiction.

The realms and limits of reality bore me.

RoninVoldam
03-02-2005, 10:18 AM
I prefer the fiction. Sometimes the non-ficition is okay, but I always hate the real dull ones, like journal entries and biographies where they get too technical and/or practical. I like working my imagination, not blubble blub. Sorry, just lost my train of thought. Really tired... I'm going to take a nap now....

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TurtleFarm
03-02-2005, 04:16 PM
I think 50/50
if its a book about murder then non fiction
anything else fiction

Maxter220
03-02-2005, 08:40 PM
I mainly stick to fiction but I have read non-fiction on occasions. I prefer the imaginative properties that fiction provides.

Radioactive
03-02-2005, 09:05 PM
Eh, I tend to stick with Fiction, but don't get me wrong, I read Non-Fiction as well. Just I enjoy Fiction a lot more.

NightNGaleX3x
03-25-2005, 08:21 PM
Fiction. The only thing I read that is non-fiction is something relatively close to fiction, like paranormal, mystery, witchcraft... Something along those lines...

FireDragon00001
03-26-2005, 04:39 PM
I like reading and watching stories of real events, but it can't be like a history lesson or I'd get bored with it. I like fiction a lot and I can use my own imagination as I read it and analyze it myself.