Thread 24834870

>>24834870 (OP)
So you can tell people on the internet that you read a 1000 page book

>>24834895
Exactly what I suspected.

Might be good

>>24834870 (OP)
you get more invested in the characters. more room for image repetitions and motifs to develop in to symbolism. the theme can be fleshed out more. to train your attention span in our attention-based economy. so you can use it as a doorstopper.

"why eat a full-course meal"
because some people have an attention span wider than the time it took you to make this stupid fucking post

>>24834870 (OP)
Why look at big painting?

Someone might say, “Why watch a three-and-half hour film?” Seven Samurai is 3 1/2 hours. Someone might say, “Why watch a ten hour opera?” The ring cycle is over ten hours. I don’t read a book based on its length but on its quality.

>>24834870 (OP)
because the good ones are like watching an anime but its words on paper

>>24834939
I would say a 1000 page book is more akin to a 4 hour film.

>>24835026
Once Upon a Time in America uncut (the only version worth watching) is about that long. The Russian production of War and Peace which is kino is longer than that

>>24835026
But this is missing something crucial, a 1000 page book is almost 30+ hours at an average reading pace of 2 minutes per page. So it's more akin to 8x3 hour film. That's a lot of work which is why I exclusively prefer books that are somewhere around 250-300 pages.

>>24835048
Im well aware, thank you. All I noted was that 1000 page novels are more like 4 hour films. Three/three and a half hour films are more common, more akin to a 750-800 page novel.

>>24835056
It’s more about the accessibility and industry standard. Nobody that isnt autistic expects to read a full industry-standard novel in the runtime of a standard film.

>>24835084
Most 4 hour plus films are released as multiple films. The Godfather Part I/II for example, an adaptation of one book. The 1970’s Three/Four Musketeers is an adaptation of one book and even filmed as one movie, just released as two. Back to the Future already had a sequel planned but definitely at least part 2/3 is effectively one film.

>>24834939
That's what she said.

>>24834902
This

>>24834870 (OP)
For 1000 knowledges

>>24834870 (OP)
Because there are some subjects that simply lend themselves to long texts. I read Shelby Foote's "The Civil War: A Narrative" which consists of three 1000pg volumes. At the end of the third volume, I felt like it could have been even longer. I don't understand bragging about 1000pg books, it's no different than reading book series of five 200pg books. I just like to read, man.

>>24834920
Why compare tomes to a full-course meal? No thousand-page book ever has a coherent plot.

>>24837372
You haven't read any, so how could you possibly know?

>>24837372
>he eats for plot
pleb

>>24835056
It’s a different medium. If you want to go there then 1000 page books are short compared to many tv series and it would weird to read a book shorter than that

>>24834895
You don't need to read it to do that though ;)

>>24834870 (OP)
I really don't understand why people make such a big deal about 1000 page books, and long books in general. If you enjoy reading why would that be a problem or a deterrent? You can read other books alongside it if it's about focusing too long on one work. Even if it takes you 10 days to read what exactly is the problem here?

>>24837341
This.

The first big book I read was the stand, uncut. I remember starting it and thinking I would never finish it in my life and I got lost in the story and characters.

>>24837341
People who truly understand a topic can explain it simply and quickly. Einstein said that and was right. Well at least the simply part. No, the Civil War doesn't need 3000 pages. Not unless you are actually interested in irrelevant details.

>>24835048
I always confuse that movie with Coming To America because of the title

>>24834870 (OP)
Well if you get to page 999 and aren't enjoying it, I give you permission to stop reading it.

>>24834870 (OP)
Why read 3 334 page books over 1 1000 page book?

To get a quick breather before my next Neal Stephenson book