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Do you guys actually read the introductions to books you read?

>> No.18076172
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18076172

>>18076147
Only losers skip them.

>> No.18076182

>>18076147
Only if it's a classic and I already know the basic plot.

>> No.18076190

>>18076147
Not for fiction books until after I read the main text. I want to see if the editor's interpretation aligns with my own, not the other way around.

For non-fiction books, especially philosophy, an emphatic "yes". History books need to give me a REASON to read them, and science and philosophy books are so much better knowing the historical context.

>> No.18076423

>>18076147
If it's a translation yes almost always no matter whether fiction or non otherwise not usually I wouldn't as I like to form my own opinions but sometimes I'll read the introduction after I'm finished with the text.

>> No.18076424

>>18076147
never in my life

>> No.18076427

>>18076147
Never. Not even once.

>> No.18076433

>>18076147
No.
I don't care about other people's views, I just wanna read the goddamn book I paid for.

>> No.18076448

>>18076147
No, because these fucking niggers always put plot spoilers in the introduction for every single piece of classical literature.

>> No.18076520

I only read the introduction and use the info therein to pseudpost

>> No.18076794

>>18076147
usually

>> No.18076827

>>18076172
you are objectively a loser by the criteria of debates won, you literally fail to prove a single thing you believe in

>> No.18076887

Yes, but I read them after finishing the text. I don't want spoilers.

>> No.18076932

>>18076887
This. I fucking hate when asshats spoil the damn texts in the introduction. I don't care how old the book is.

>> No.18076957

>>18076147
I stopped doing it after I got Moby Dick spoiled. Since then I only do it fornonfiction.

>> No.18076992

>>18076887
Same

>> No.18076999

>>18076147
I may read it if I find it useful. If the author or translator decides to spoil something or make it a sort of "summary" I'll just skip that shit.

>> No.18077054

>>18076147
Sometimes, but only after I read the book.
>>18076172
You know, when you read The Pale King, every complaint you have of it was parroting what was said in the introduction. Yes titty pincher gets used by a character 5 times in a single page, it is a natural speech type of thing. Also, you told me you would start a thread on The Pale King when you finished it and you never did.