Um, I'm Kait. I'm 17 and from Ohio... I have a bunch of cats and my favorite authors are oscar wilde (duh) and jose saramago.
I like (post) apocalyptic fiction, sci fi, historical fiction (especially civil war and 1950's)... I also read comics, but usually only in TPB form.
....So yes, I am a total geek.
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Oh my god, Wilde, is 1950's 'historical' already? Boy that makes me feel old since I lived the historical 1950's LOL
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Yeah, I think anything 50+ years is historical fiction now. So I guess the 60's are next.
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Hellooo and welcome Wilde:
Is your user name related to the fact that Oscar is your favorite writer?
I didn't realize that there was a set in stone time frame for historical fiction. The word historical makes people think of age. Don Delillo's "Libra" would be in the genre of historical fiction and it takes place in the 60's. It's about JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald. Does historical fiction rely on the decade, or the events?
Is your user name related to the fact that Oscar is your favorite writer?
I didn't realize that there was a set in stone time frame for historical fiction. The word historical makes people think of age. Don Delillo's "Libra" would be in the genre of historical fiction and it takes place in the 60's. It's about JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald. Does historical fiction rely on the decade, or the events?
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Suzanne wrote:Hellooo and welcome Wilde:
Is your user name related to the fact that Oscar is your favorite writer?
I didn't realize that there was a set in stone time frame for historical fiction. The word historical makes people think of age. Don Delillo's "Libra" would be in the genre of historical fiction and it takes place in the 60's. It's about JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald. Does historical fiction rely on the decade, or the events?
Hmm, I'm not sure. Historical fiction is really hard to define, I just imagined it as 50+ years. I read a book that took place in the 60's, and it was somewhat horror, somewhat historical fiction. I think as long it takes place during some major event in history, then it's historical fiction, but I don't know of any historical fiction that took place in the 80's or 90's..
and for your first question, yes.
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Welcome to BookTalk.org, Kait.
I have a feeling that you consider 50+ year old books to be historical because of your age. It's all relative. I'm 41 years old now and I'd not want to consider books written about a time period any where near my birth year to be historical.
Getting older sucks.
I have a feeling that you consider 50+ year old books to be historical because of your age. It's all relative. I'm 41 years old now and I'd not want to consider books written about a time period any where near my birth year to be historical.
Getting older sucks.
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Chris, my son is 41 And getting older doesn't really 'suck' it just means getting more knowledgeable, more experienced, and having had more fun on this earth.
But, yes - quite frankly unless one is going to go to the last turn of the century - and I am talking about the beginning of 1900 - not 2000 - it is not 'historical' to me since I was born in 1942. Maybe - just maybe - I will consider WWI 'historical' but thats even stretching the point, the world depression and WWII and anything thereafter is definately not 'historical' in my lexicon.
But as I said my son is 42, my daugher 37, and grand daughters ranging from 20 to 19 months - and I'm sure all or most of these individuals would consider WWII, at the least, 'historical.' Hence I agree with you - relative to one's age.
And, by the way, if one likes historical American books, do not miss the authors Ambrose and McCullough - they humanize history while keeping it factual.
But, yes - quite frankly unless one is going to go to the last turn of the century - and I am talking about the beginning of 1900 - not 2000 - it is not 'historical' to me since I was born in 1942. Maybe - just maybe - I will consider WWI 'historical' but thats even stretching the point, the world depression and WWII and anything thereafter is definately not 'historical' in my lexicon.
But as I said my son is 42, my daugher 37, and grand daughters ranging from 20 to 19 months - and I'm sure all or most of these individuals would consider WWII, at the least, 'historical.' Hence I agree with you - relative to one's age.
And, by the way, if one likes historical American books, do not miss the authors Ambrose and McCullough - they humanize history while keeping it factual.
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Hello. How many cats do you have? I have three. post-apocalyptic is a good way to describe them.
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I have no cats - zero, zilch - and never have had a cat in my life. I was a big time beagle fan and have had several beagles - in fact every year of my life from about 22 to 65, I have had one and even 3 beagles in my home. But, my husband and I travel alot now and my son was stuck with taking care of our dogs - and he has a home and family to care for. So when we finally had to put down the two boys - beagle brothers - who became terminal ill in about 2 months time - we did not get any more animals. Maybe sometime later in my life I will do another dog.
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Kevin wrote:Hello. How many cats do you have? I have three. post-apocalyptic is a good way to describe them.
I have 5 cats, 4 of them are brothers, but from 2 separate litters. The fifth is a stray, so I'm lucky that I got them all for free. They're all also named after the Seven Dwarves (Dwarfs?). They're all.. well, not very bright, to say the least LOL.