What does it mean to have “read” an author? Read 1 book by him or all of his books? Or does reading books about the books/ideas of said author count has having “read” the author?

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Anonymous Tue Aug 1 08:50:57 2023 No.22328260 [Reply] [Original]

What does it mean to have “read” an author? Read 1 book by him or all of his books? Or does reading books about the books/ideas of said author count has having “read” the author?

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 1 08:53:07 2023 No.22328267 >>22328260 Just ask the person using that statement.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 1 08:53:49 2023 No.22328268 >>22328260 You are autistic.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 1 08:54:52 2023 No.22328274 >>22328260 Like 3 books for a well-known author, and 2 for everyone else.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 1 09:41:09 2023 No.22328344 >>22328260 Just read the wikipedia summary and a few bad reviews on amazon. That's all you need to discuss the author on /lit/.

>>	Anonymous Tue Aug 1 09:52:17 2023 No.22328362 >>22328260 Read 1 essay, 1 short story, 1 novella, 1 novel, 1 poem by the author >>22328344 I wish you were wrong

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