The most lied about book....

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Thenamir

IEDIT: After cross posting with Bethberry, I have to remark that perhaps A Brief History of Time be included in the Fiction section. I mean let's be real here, the man is discussing what happened in the first quintillionth of a second after the Big Bang with a straight face. (Actually, owing to the ravages of the disability which afflicts him, Hawking technically says everything with a straight face, but you know what I meant.)

I have to say, Thenamir, that, your personal beliefs notwithstanding (and I thoroughly understand and appreciate what you are suggesting here), such a remark does a Very Grave Disservice to the Sub-Creative Principle by which Tolkien placed such worth. Fiction belongs to storytelling, to narrative, to Art and Aesthetics. Indeed, it is the knowingness of its deception as Art which sets it apart from simple systematic speculation and probability.