I know some tech people who are capable of absorbing difficult material, but who never read for pleasure (and that means especially fiction). I think dyslexia may play a part in it.
If reading is really a chore for you, try looking for movies with more literate scripts. Many good writers have written for film, and in most genres.
If reading itself is not the problem and you are just easily bored, don't try to start with "serious" literature, but look for anything that grabs your attention. Not all of these are to my taste, but they have been broadly popular: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Big Sleep (1939), The Color out of Space (1927) (short), The Hunt for Red October (1984), Hondo (1953), Get Shorty (1990).
my dad was an extra in the movie The Alamo (1960), which Wayne starred in and directed. My dad said Wayne cussed a lot. My dad played a mexican cavalry man....
My dad and many men of his era and place (we lived in west texas) always sort of lived their lives in a john wayne sort of fashion.... in the movie Hondo, Wayne, upon hearing that a young boy could not swim across the creek in front of him, grabbed him by his underwear and threw him in the creek--sink or swim. My dad did the same to me at about age 6.
Anyway, I think it was John Ford who made Wayne a real star.
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I know some tech people who are capable of absorbing difficult material, but who never read for pleasure (and that means especially fiction). I think dyslexia may play a part in it.
If reading is really a chore for you, try looking for movies with more literate scripts. Many good writers have written for film, and in most genres.
If reading itself is not the problem and you are just easily bored, don't try to start with "serious" literature, but look for anything that grabs your attention. Not all of these are to my taste, but they have been broadly popular: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Big Sleep (1939), The Color out of Space (1927) (short), The Hunt for Red October (1984), Hondo (1953), Get Shorty (1990).
my dad was an extra in the movie The Alamo (1960), which Wayne starred in and directed. My dad said Wayne cussed a lot. My dad played a mexican cavalry man....
My dad and many men of his era and place (we lived in west texas) always sort of lived their lives in a john wayne sort of fashion.... in the movie Hondo, Wayne, upon hearing that a young boy could not swim across the creek in front of him, grabbed him by his underwear and threw him in the creek--sink or swim. My dad did the same to me at about age 6.
Anyway, I think it was John Ford who made Wayne a real star.