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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 1379 Views
Atlas Shrugged or maybe a song of ice and fire. *NM* Urza - 19/02/2010 12:14:04 PM 421 Views
Re: Atlas Shrugged or maybe a song of ice and fire. lil lady - 22/02/2010 05:42:40 PM 1098 Views
Much <3 for that. *NM* Urza - 24/02/2010 02:26:47 PM 487 Views
Alice in Wonderland! *NM* cabbage - 19/02/2010 12:22:06 PM 418 Views
Oh, and why. cabbage - 19/02/2010 12:23:31 PM 1007 Views
Try to nab me the Cheshire cat nossy - 19/02/2010 12:42:27 PM 1022 Views
Off with her head!! StarrBecca - 19/02/2010 01:26:42 PM 930 Views
Re: But God would be a paedophile. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:51:55 PM 538 Views
Would be my choice too. *NM* Jonielle - 19/02/2010 02:19:51 PM 426 Views
Yesssssss. Liam - 20/02/2010 01:47:59 AM 1036 Views
I saw it. Lici - 20/02/2010 04:28:40 PM 933 Views
Maybe the Shire? ironclad - 19/02/2010 12:36:12 PM 1043 Views
That's a good one. nossy - 19/02/2010 12:43:42 PM 992 Views
Iain M Banks's Culture novels snoopcester - 19/02/2010 12:40:48 PM 957 Views
That would make me nervous. nossy - 19/02/2010 12:45:24 PM 909 Views
You are such a wimp snoopcester - 19/02/2010 12:47:32 PM 845 Views
Maybe nossy - 19/02/2010 01:10:10 PM 909 Views
Bah snoopcester - 19/02/2010 01:20:10 PM 1037 Views
You actually had a good answer for once. LiterateDog - 19/02/2010 02:14:19 PM 992 Views
Re: Iain M Banks's Culture novels lyringlas - 19/02/2010 04:12:56 PM 1009 Views
(I'm just kidding; this would make me a horrible person *coughs *NM* lyringlas - 19/02/2010 04:13:30 PM 433 Views
me too! temeraire - 19/02/2010 05:24:45 PM 880 Views
Re: Do you know, I actually cannot say. Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:49:36 PM 990 Views
Re: OOH OOH I would love to be in the Jasper Fforde novels! Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:51:11 PM 1020 Views
Is it that obvious that I just read The Eyre Affair? nossy - 19/02/2010 01:56:21 PM 965 Views
Re: You think you are competition for Elizabeth? Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 01:57:56 PM 1035 Views
I'm not sure. I could always out-violence her, surely. nossy - 19/02/2010 01:59:56 PM 1008 Views
Re: <laughs out loud> Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 02:01:58 PM 1032 Views
Little House on the Prairie Elaine - 19/02/2010 02:06:45 PM 1022 Views
I'd be totally useless in that series. nossy - 19/02/2010 02:39:58 PM 988 Views
Oooh I love the Outlander series! *NM* Lady Leslie - 19/02/2010 06:53:13 PM 544 Views
depends what "my role" can be LadyLorraine - 19/02/2010 02:21:54 PM 1072 Views
You are you. So whatever you can do. nossy - 19/02/2010 02:41:11 PM 890 Views
oh in that case. I think i'm better off staying here LadyLorraine - 19/02/2010 06:43:02 PM 995 Views
One of those science fiction ones. jh - 19/02/2010 02:58:55 PM 892 Views
O c'mon now, surely you can think of one? nossy - 19/02/2010 03:11:14 PM 909 Views
Not really. Problem with most works of science fiction is that... jh - 19/02/2010 03:18:26 PM 1018 Views
The Importance of Being Earnest Mark - 19/02/2010 03:12:17 PM 891 Views
heh nossy - 19/02/2010 03:17:27 PM 1104 Views
All I would need to do is get christened Mark - 19/02/2010 03:27:26 PM 907 Views
I'd go into Robert Heinlein's Future History Brian - 19/02/2010 03:56:53 PM 953 Views
You forgot "free love" JasonD - 28/02/2010 11:31:18 PM 1007 Views
That is a really tough question. Mats Gambling Buddy - 19/02/2010 04:04:35 PM 1061 Views
I'd totally be a Narnian! *NM* ranagrande - 19/02/2010 04:08:37 PM 538 Views
House of Suns random thoughts - 19/02/2010 04:14:45 PM 934 Views
1984 smaug - 19/02/2010 05:19:48 PM 1048 Views
The Culture, as written by Iain M. Banks. Tim - 19/02/2010 05:37:47 PM 937 Views
I haven't read that, but based on your description Lupine - 19/02/2010 06:59:37 PM 903 Views
Gondolin Maria - 19/02/2010 06:16:46 PM 1000 Views
Mine is so lame. Lame lame lame. Lupine - 19/02/2010 06:57:54 PM 952 Views
Re: Babe, some of them would be ultra mean to you! Danae al'Thor - 19/02/2010 07:15:35 PM 950 Views
Young again? ironclad - 20/02/2010 04:29:24 PM 1218 Views
I'm totaly marrying Mr.Darcy... *NM* Milla - 21/02/2010 07:29:09 AM 387 Views
Letters to Penthouse. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 19/02/2010 07:29:13 PM 545 Views
Color me shocked. Mats Gambling Buddy - 20/02/2010 08:02:31 PM 1014 Views
Re: Color me shocked. TaskmasterJack - 20/02/2010 09:06:24 PM 1157 Views
I'm pretty sure our whole existence Kuke - 19/02/2010 10:37:09 PM 934 Views
Thursday Next, maybe. Would that be cheating? Liam - 20/02/2010 01:59:24 AM 913 Views
Hogwarts Student Colonel Logain - 20/02/2010 04:07:25 AM 985 Views
Some really hot erotica. *NM* everynametaken - 20/02/2010 05:55:13 AM 502 Views
The Shannarah books *NM* Hieshyn - 20/02/2010 04:04:59 PM 471 Views
Nothing by Cormac McCarthy... *NM* TheCrownless - 20/02/2010 10:57:34 PM 519 Views
Anything I would touch would end up a la "Lost In Austen" Two Wongs - 22/02/2010 12:44:34 PM 913 Views
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