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If you could spend time in any written work, which would it be? And why? nossy Send a noteboard - 19/02/2010 12:07:18 PM
By "spend time," I mean that we have to pretend that the characters of a book exist within the frame of what has been written for them, but also that they exist while not on-screen (so to speak). They don't just disappear between the PoVs in which they are featured, and they have free will outside of those PoVs. The towns exist, their individual personalities, homes, families, friends exist, etc.

You could, I don't know, hang with them while off-screen, observe or *gasp* mess up the narrative!

Otoh, which work would you avoid like The Plague?
(chuckle)
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If you could spend time in any written work, which would it be? And why? nossy - 19/02/2010 12:07:18 PM 1295 Views
Atlas Shrugged or maybe a song of ice and fire. *NM* Urza - 19/02/2010 12:14:04 PM 375 Views
Re: Atlas Shrugged or maybe a song of ice and fire. lil lady - 22/02/2010 05:42:40 PM 1002 Views
Much <3 for that. *NM* Urza - 24/02/2010 02:26:47 PM 443 Views
Alice in Wonderland! *NM* cabbage - 19/02/2010 12:22:06 PM 370 Views
Oh, and why. cabbage - 19/02/2010 12:23:31 PM 933 Views
Try to nab me the Cheshire cat nossy - 19/02/2010 12:42:27 PM 935 Views
Off with her head!! StarrBecca - 19/02/2010 01:26:42 PM 844 Views
Re: But God would be a paedophile. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:51:55 PM 491 Views
Would be my choice too. *NM* Jonielle - 19/02/2010 02:19:51 PM 378 Views
Yesssssss. Liam - 20/02/2010 01:47:59 AM 950 Views
I saw it. Lici - 20/02/2010 04:28:40 PM 838 Views
Maybe the Shire? ironclad - 19/02/2010 12:36:12 PM 960 Views
That's a good one. nossy - 19/02/2010 12:43:42 PM 914 Views
Iain M Banks's Culture novels snoopcester - 19/02/2010 12:40:48 PM 874 Views
That would make me nervous. nossy - 19/02/2010 12:45:24 PM 838 Views
You are such a wimp snoopcester - 19/02/2010 12:47:32 PM 775 Views
Maybe nossy - 19/02/2010 01:10:10 PM 820 Views
Bah snoopcester - 19/02/2010 01:20:10 PM 947 Views
You actually had a good answer for once. LiterateDog - 19/02/2010 02:14:19 PM 916 Views
Re: Iain M Banks's Culture novels lyringlas - 19/02/2010 04:12:56 PM 932 Views
(I'm just kidding; this would make me a horrible person *coughs *NM* lyringlas - 19/02/2010 04:13:30 PM 384 Views
me too! temeraire - 19/02/2010 05:24:45 PM 794 Views
Re: Do you know, I actually cannot say. Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:49:36 PM 908 Views
Re: OOH OOH I would love to be in the Jasper Fforde novels! Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:51:11 PM 936 Views
Is it that obvious that I just read The Eyre Affair? nossy - 19/02/2010 01:56:21 PM 896 Views
Re: You think you are competition for Elizabeth? Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:57:56 PM 952 Views
I'm not sure. I could always out-violence her, surely. nossy - 19/02/2010 01:59:56 PM 917 Views
Re: <laughs out loud> Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 02:01:58 PM 942 Views
Little House on the Prairie Elaine - 19/02/2010 02:06:45 PM 947 Views
I'd be totally useless in that series. nossy - 19/02/2010 02:39:58 PM 909 Views
Oooh I love the Outlander series! *NM* Lady Leslie - 19/02/2010 06:53:13 PM 499 Views
depends what "my role" can be LadyLorraine - 19/02/2010 02:21:54 PM 980 Views
You are you. So whatever you can do. nossy - 19/02/2010 02:41:11 PM 813 Views
oh in that case. I think i'm better off staying here LadyLorraine - 19/02/2010 06:43:02 PM 917 Views
One of those science fiction ones. jh - 19/02/2010 02:58:55 PM 814 Views
O c'mon now, surely you can think of one? nossy - 19/02/2010 03:11:14 PM 835 Views
Not really. Problem with most works of science fiction is that... jh - 19/02/2010 03:18:26 PM 934 Views
The Importance of Being Earnest Mark - 19/02/2010 03:12:17 PM 811 Views
heh nossy - 19/02/2010 03:17:27 PM 970 Views
All I would need to do is get christened Mark - 19/02/2010 03:27:26 PM 829 Views
I'd go into Robert Heinlein's Future History Brian - 19/02/2010 03:56:53 PM 873 Views
You forgot "free love" JasonD - 28/02/2010 11:31:18 PM 932 Views
That is a really tough question. Mats Gambling Buddy - 19/02/2010 04:04:35 PM 939 Views
I'd totally be a Narnian! *NM* ranagrande - 19/02/2010 04:08:37 PM 493 Views
House of Suns random thoughts - 19/02/2010 04:14:45 PM 850 Views
1984 smaug - 19/02/2010 05:19:48 PM 968 Views
The Culture, as written by Iain M. Banks. Tim - 19/02/2010 05:37:47 PM 842 Views
I haven't read that, but based on your description Lupine - 19/02/2010 06:59:37 PM 808 Views
Gondolin Maria - 19/02/2010 06:16:46 PM 913 Views
Mine is so lame. Lame lame lame. Lupine - 19/02/2010 06:57:54 PM 865 Views
Re: Babe, some of them would be ultra mean to you! Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 07:15:35 PM 866 Views
Young again? ironclad - 20/02/2010 04:29:24 PM 1111 Views
I'm totaly marrying Mr.Darcy... *NM* Milla - 21/02/2010 07:29:09 AM 338 Views
Letters to Penthouse. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 19/02/2010 07:29:13 PM 501 Views
Color me shocked. Mats Gambling Buddy - 20/02/2010 08:02:31 PM 921 Views
Re: Color me shocked. TaskmasterJack - 20/02/2010 09:06:24 PM 1072 Views
I'm pretty sure our whole existence Kuke - 19/02/2010 10:37:09 PM 826 Views
Thursday Next, maybe. Would that be cheating? Liam - 20/02/2010 01:59:24 AM 786 Views
Hogwarts Student Colonel Logain - 20/02/2010 04:07:25 AM 899 Views
Some really hot erotica. *NM* everynametaken - 20/02/2010 05:55:13 AM 458 Views
The Shannarah books *NM* Hieshyn - 20/02/2010 04:04:59 PM 421 Views
Nothing by Cormac McCarthy... *NM* TheCrownless - 20/02/2010 10:57:34 PM 473 Views
Anything I would touch would end up a la "Lost In Austen" Two Wongs - 22/02/2010 12:44:34 PM 836 Views
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