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Just as some things are too strange for fiction, others are too true for journalism.
-P. J. O'Rourke
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Just As Some Things Are Too Strange

P. J. O'Rourke
Just as some things are too strange for fiction, others are too true for journalism.
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One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. the world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. the best journalism would manage to outrage people. and people are less and less inclined to outrage.
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Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. one starts out loving books and stories, and then one becomes jaded and increasingly hard to please. i read less and less fiction these days, finding the buzz and the joy i used to get from fiction in ever stranger works of non-fiction, or poetry.
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I got in journalism for any number of reasons, not least because it's so much fun. journalism should be in the business of putting pressure on power, finding out the truth, of shining a light on injustice, of, when appropriate, being amusing and entertaining - it's a complicated and varied beast, journalism.
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As you see, i bear some resentment and some scars from the years of anti-genre bigotry. my own fiction, which moves freely around among realism, magical realism, science fiction, fantasy of various kinds, historical fiction, young adult fiction, parable, and other subgenres, to the point where much of it is ungenrifiable, all got shoved into the sci fi wastebasket or labeled as kiddilit - subliterature.
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All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. emotion is really what fiction is all about. that's not to say fiction can't be thoughtful, or present some interesting or provocative ideas to make us think. but if you want to present an intellectual argument, nonfiction is a better tool. you can drive a nail with a shoe but a hammer is a better tool for that. but fiction is about emotional resonance, about making us feel things on a primal and visceral level.
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