Re: 4/5 Literature

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: Being something of a poorly-rounded person in some ways, I have only ephemeral interest in science. For instance, I wish I could test your little theory, but I've read neither Narnia nor Lord of the Rings. I was planning to read the latter, on the informed decision that it seemed more sophisticated. : Yet, let's see about this.... : : Fives prefer a comlete Fantasy world that is self-contained and has no connection with our own world, while Fours like the Narnia books because there are doors leading to and from Narnia and in the end, it all comes together. : The combination of fantasy and reality sounds more interesting to me; I could certainly relate more to it. Yet, all things considered, I don't think the difference would be that great. : : A Five would probably not like the uncertainty of knowing that you could be on a train in our world, and then feel the train jolt and you're suddenly in Narnia. Or not knowing how much time had passed in Narnia since last leaving. : Really? Even as the subject matter of fiction? Again, the uncertainty bit adds an element of interest that the self-contained fantasy world bit cannot provide, but I don't think it would make a major difference. : : I think Lucy was a Four, Peter a One, Susan a Two and Edmund a 6. I expect Bilbo Baggins was a Five. : Don't know 'em yet. : As a pre-adolescent boy, I enjoyed pretending that the real world was a fantasy world, and getting friends' imaginations involved; i.e., the sewer tunnels being catacombs populated by supernatural beings who lived their total lives in darkness; the creek and forest being a magical plane deep below the ocean floor, the sky being the ocean, and the stars and clouds being the underside of continents and islands. Also, around this time, I wrote little stories and RPG scenarios involving an adventurer who lived in the real world, but who found himself in supernatural worlds, either through a secret passage from his attic or basement, or through a seemingly-normal train ride or airplane flight that turned out to be a magical transport in disguise. In fact, when I was 14 I wrote a story of a lonely boy who finds adventure and novelty aboard a fantastically bizarre starship cruiser he accidentally finds himself on while walking the streets at night; I think he falls through some kind of space warp while investigating some crude makeshift altar in the forest. He eventually gets fed up with the alien world, however, and decides to return home. I underwent a major attitude shift for the positive in the middle of writing this story, so that gave it a unique twist; the return to the mundane world is a joyous occasion, which it could have never been if I had remained in the mindstate I was in when I began the story. : All things considered, would I like the Narnia series better than the Tolkien? In theory, I may, but again, Tolkien seems more the speed of someone in his 20s. And I may have a hard time getting myself to read even that, since my main interest in art and literature have switched from fantasy to drama as I've grown older. : Laters on, : Derf

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