On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 06:28:03PM -0800, Steven Brust wrote: > I've found I've steadily been reading less fiction and more non-fiction. I > have no idea if that's related to writing, or if I'm just getting old enough > to not have fun any more. IMHO ones tolerance of mediocre fiction writing declines over time. Non-fiction is driven as much by the interesting-ness of the facts, and one can tolerate mediocre prose in pursuit of those interesting facts. Plus non-fiction doesn't suffer as much from unbelievable characters or impossible plots.