If "Magic For Beginners" confuses someone, then it's perfectly reasonable for them to say so; and sitting in the ghetto, pointing and mocking them for "not getting it" because they haven't immersed themselves sufficiently in the genre isn't being funny, it's being snobbish.
The thing is that I believe Magic For Beginners is the kind of book that will indeed confuse people, genre readers and non-genre readers alike, because that is the kind of book it is and that's what it does. Being familiar with genre reading protocols won't necessarily mean you're not confused by it, though it perhaps may help you to feel more at ease with that confusion. However, I certainly don't think it's necessary to be familiar with genre reading protocols to appreciate the effect the book has.
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Date: 2005-08-13 02:36 pm (UTC)The thing is that I believe Magic For Beginners is the kind of book that will indeed confuse people, genre readers and non-genre readers alike, because that is the kind of book it is and that's what it does. Being familiar with genre reading protocols won't necessarily mean you're not confused by it, though it perhaps may help you to feel more at ease with that confusion. However, I certainly don't think it's necessary to be familiar with genre reading protocols to appreciate the effect the book has.