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I would like to read a dull plotless novel, because all the plotless novels I’ve read have been too awesome
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I would like to read a dull plotless novel, because all the plotless novels I’ve read have been too awesome

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Naomi K
Sep 30, 2011
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            I don’t think that any novel is really “plotless”. As long as you’ve got a character who moves around and performs actions, then there’s a plot. Normally, the term “plotless” is used in a pejorative sense, to refer to novels or films in which the action doesn’t increase in intensity (you know, the book doesn’t start with little fights and en…

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