Re: Why do I prefer first book read?
- From: Rich Grise <richgrise@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 15:43:43 GMT
On Sun, 07 May 2006 23:06:35 -0700, James Dow Allen wrote:
Over twenty years ago I stumbled across _Bourne Identity_, loved it,
read every Robert Ludlum book I found for a while, but quickly got
bored.
Similarly _F & L in Las Vegas_ was my first-read and favorite book by
Hunter S. Thompson. Etc. etc. etc.
Do others find that the first-read of an author's books is often their
favorite?
Assuming the effect is real, there seem to be at least four plausible
and completely different explanations for it! What are they? (I'm not
asking which explanation is correct -- I suspect the different
explanations
all apply, in different proportions, in different cases.)
I don't find this to be true. Then again, I don't read a lot of books,
mostly short stories, but, for example, my first Asimov was "I, Robot",
and it's far from my favorite Asimov, which is a toss-up between
"Foundation" and "The Gods Themselves".
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle are consistently great, and of course,
the grand masters never get old.
Cheers!
Rich
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