Mar 5, 2010

An ethical dilemma

I never know, when recommending something - a book for example, if I should warn people that the ending is disappointing. If I warn them, the anticipation might spoil the good parts for them, or they might decide not to bother - I'm not the most convincing person in the world anyway. But, if I don't warn them, they kinda look at me in the end like I've betrayed them.

The two main works that give me this problem are Battlestar Galactica, and the Roger Zelazny's Amber books. Both amazing works of art that noone should try to do without, and both spit in your eye at the end.

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