There are tons of active subreddits about specific fiction books, but surprisingly few large subreddits about specific non-fiction books.
I wonder if this is bc you might discuss problems in e.g. Feynman Lectures in /r/physics, but fiction lacks cross-book “home."
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Of course there are Harry Potter subreddits, but there’s also, like… /r/houseofleaves (8k members!), /r/southernreach (4k members), etc.
And yet: no subreddit for MolBioCell! Or Sipser! Or CLRS! Or any Polya! /r/sicp has only 472 members?!
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This is hilarious, and it's interesting that it is.
Though why there are no "fandoms"/communities about textbooks is very different from why there are no fandoms about e.g. pop-sci books .
While I'd totally be part of a Sipser fandom, I'm not sure what one would do in it...
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re. Sipser, I was imagining a bunch of people trying to work their way through the book, posting about questions with the exercises, etc.
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Hmm. Yeah, I don't think there is critical mass for a subreddit, since this sort of thing isn't a common form of play (unlike fandom things)—unless the author supports/engages.
(Example: The Facebook Group 's book "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art".)
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