Krondor eh? I (peripherally) helped to design the world that Ray Feist set his
books & game in. Knew him and helped/taught him when he saw that "if Brin
could
get money for writing, why not me?"
Subconsciously, some of his less admirable characters were starkly clear
self-portraits.
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From: KZK <evil.ke...@gmail.com>
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Mon, June 18, 2012 1:19:26 AM
Subject: Brin: Book / Time = Joy%
> David Brin:
> Seriously. (May I? For just a moment?) Next time you contemplate a
> book’s retail price, try dividing it by the number of hours of
> pleasure you’ll get, reading it. Then tell me of any other pastime
> with a better minutes per pennies ratio of sheer joy!
Video games. It's easy to see that Good Quality video games gives a much
better
ratio (I'm not talking about all these first person shooter games which are
basically 100% interchangable and are basically Doom clones).
Lets see, you probably get 3-5 times (average) from high quality games--Ico,
Shadow of the Colossus, etc, You probably get 4-10 times from any given Zelda
game (including handheld), 2-20 times from High quality fighter Games--Soul
Caliber, Tekken, etc. Possibly 100's of times from open ended games--Tetris,
Angband, Darklands, Minesweeper, etc.
I know I spent more time playing Betray at Krondor than I did reading Magician
(Apprentice & Master).
Then we get to TV shows/Movies. The average person probably rewatches their
favorite TV shows & Movies over and over again, so your conception is wrong.
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