{"id":3204,"date":"2014-01-16T15:34:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T20:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2014-01-16T15:34:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T20:34:13","slug":"reread-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2014\/01\/16\/reread-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Reread or not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'LandLooking for a distraction while taking my car in for servicing, I grabbed a well-worn copy of “Land of Always-Night,” number 13 of Bantam’s Doc Savage<\/a><\/strong> paperback reprints.<\/p>\n

By the end of the third short chapter, I had to put it down. I just couldn’t continue.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t because the story wasn’t good. It was because I’d read the book sometime in the 1980s or ’90s, and remembered what was going to happen just before I read it.<\/p>\n

That’s why I rarely reread fiction books. The stories stick in my mind long after I’ve read a book.<\/p>\n

I can read quickly. I had speed-reading training during junior high, and use it frequently when I’m doing research for work or the pulps.<\/p>\n

But when I’m reading for pleasure, I’m a slower reader. About a minute per page. The story plays out in my mind’s eye, almost as a film. Maybe that’s why it seems to stick.<\/p>\n

My wife, on the other hand, reads quickly for work or pleasure. Our youngest daughter is also a fairly quick reader, falling somewhere between my wife and me in terms of speed.<\/p>\n

We’ve talked about what goes on in our minds when we read. Our daughter visualizes the story as I do; my wife says she doesn’t \u2014\u00a0it’s just a series of words to her.<\/p>\n

Despite the different way they read, they both often reread books for pleasure.<\/p>\n

I do sometimes reread books, but usually because I have to. I reread a number of the early Doc Savage stories about 10 years ago for a project I was working on. But more often, instead of rereading a book, I’d rather pick up a new book. (There’s certainly a bountiful supply of pulp reprints<\/a> to choose from these days.)<\/p>\n

I’m curious if other pulp fans revisit the stories and books they have already read. What’s your story?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for a distraction while taking my car in for servicing, I grabbed a well-worn copy of “Land of Always-Night,” number 13 of Bantam’s Doc Savage paperback reprints. By the end of the third short chapter, I had to put it down. I just couldn’t continue. It wasn’t because the story wasn’t good. It was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A Yellowed Perils: Reread or not? #pulpmags http:\/\/wp.me\/p2qgXO-PG","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-pulps"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2014\/01\/land-of-always-night.jpg?fit=200%2C336&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2qgXO-PG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3207,"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions\/3207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}