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I realize that Valin is a fiction writer of some note

Posted by Charles Hansen on March 6, 2007 at 19:25:32:
I realize that Mr. Valin is a fiction writer of some note (see link below), but it would seem that he is forgetting one of the primary rules of fiction.
Specifically, the writer breaks *one* rule of the real world and asks the reader to suspend his disbelief. Then the rest of the story naturally follows from that.
For example, if the reader is asked to believe that the bite from a radioactive spider will give the victim the proportionate strength and agility of a spider, then the entire collection of Spider-Man comic books becomes an enjoyable fantasy.
But when the writer continues to break rule after rule after rule, then it becomes difficult to enjoy the story. See for example:
http://www.mediacollege.com/glossary/s/suspension-of-disbelief.html