Comments - True Crime vs. Crime Fiction - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T18:46:06Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A17977&xn_auth=noI think that when you conside…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-10:537324:Comment:216632007-04-10T13:16:56.775ZCynthia Polanskyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CindyPolansky
I think that when you consider the facts vs. what people make up, you can't help but wonder where the fiction comes from. Not say we are all psychotics or sociopaths, but I think that in a lot of instances, fiction is the product of society. There is so much violence and turmoil in our everyday lives that it feeds our imaginations.<br />
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It seems to go in phases. The war has sprouted an whole new group of writers. I see tons of authors of Middle Eastern descent who are writing fiction. Not so much…
I think that when you consider the facts vs. what people make up, you can't help but wonder where the fiction comes from. Not say we are all psychotics or sociopaths, but I think that in a lot of instances, fiction is the product of society. There is so much violence and turmoil in our everyday lives that it feeds our imaginations. <br />
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It seems to go in phases. The war has sprouted an whole new group of writers. I see tons of authors of Middle Eastern descent who are writing fiction. Not so much fiction about war, but often fiction about survival. <br />
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Crime works much the same way. There are tons of books out there now that are based on war and espionage, the genre seems to go in cycles, depending on how society is reacting to recent events. I find true crime too disturb…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-05:537324:Comment:184752007-04-05T00:04:47.319ZDave Barahttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/dbara43
I find true crime too disturbing most of the time. Then again I come from the region that sprouted Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer.
I find true crime too disturbing most of the time. Then again I come from the region that sprouted Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer. I've only ever read Jim Doher…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-04:537324:Comment:184542007-04-04T23:49:53.642ZSteven Torreshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StevenT
I've only ever read Jim Doherty's "Just the Facts." Liked it a geat deal, but then it deals with short true crime stories. Not sure I could get through a full length book on one crime, but I might have gone for OJ's book. Insider info is hard to come by...
I've only ever read Jim Doherty's "Just the Facts." Liked it a geat deal, but then it deals with short true crime stories. Not sure I could get through a full length book on one crime, but I might have gone for OJ's book. Insider info is hard to come by... Right now I'm reading Sister…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-04:537324:Comment:183122007-04-04T16:59:32.826ZBarbara Fisterhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Bfister
Right now I'm reading Sister Helen Prejean's The Death of Innocents, which is about as close as I've ever come to reading "true crime" other than reading the newspaper. The entertainment factor in true crime makes me very uncomfortable, knowing those are real people. When I want to read true stuff about what makes people tick, I read psychology research or law review articles. Those are about real people, too, but they aren't entertaining. Does that let me off the hook?
Right now I'm reading Sister Helen Prejean's The Death of Innocents, which is about as close as I've ever come to reading "true crime" other than reading the newspaper. The entertainment factor in true crime makes me very uncomfortable, knowing those are real people. When I want to read true stuff about what makes people tick, I read psychology research or law review articles. Those are about real people, too, but they aren't entertaining. Does that let me off the hook? I'll read the occasional True…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-04:537324:Comment:180522007-04-04T06:16:22.464ZKaren from AustCrimehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/austcrimefiction
I'll read the occasional True Crime story - but only if it's something local as mostly I'm interested in the story behind the headlines in those examples. There is something vaguely discomforting about these books sometimes - possibly because you know that they are real.<br />
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If you want to read about the insane side of true crime then the books by John Silvester and Andrew Rule about the various crazy goings-on in the "Melbourne Underworld" are mandatory reading - very tongue in cheek - not good…
I'll read the occasional True Crime story - but only if it's something local as mostly I'm interested in the story behind the headlines in those examples. There is something vaguely discomforting about these books sometimes - possibly because you know that they are real. <br />
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If you want to read about the insane side of true crime then the books by John Silvester and Andrew Rule about the various crazy goings-on in the "Melbourne Underworld" are mandatory reading - very tongue in cheek - not good if you think that most criminals are masterminds :)