Blending the lines?

Look at these definitions...

fic·tion

  

noun1.the class of literature comprising works of imaginativenarration, especially in prose form.2.works of this class, as novels or short stories: detectivefiction.3.something feigned, invented, or imagined; a made-up story:We've all heard the fiction of her being in delicate health.4.the act of feigning, inventing, or imagining.5.an imaginary thing or event, postulated for the purposes ofargument or explanation.


non·fic·tion
noun1.the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prosedealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon factsand reality, including biography, history, and the essay (opposed to fiction  and distinguished from poetry  anddrama).2.works of this class: She had read all of his novels but none of hisnonfiction.3.(especially in cataloging books, as in a library or bookstore)all writing or books not fiction,  poetry, or drama, includingnonfictive narrative prose and reference works; the broadestcategory of written works.

Now please tell me how in the world can we blur the lines of fiction and non fiction? It matters what genre a book is it. And it defiantly matters what we classify as fiction and non fiction. Has anyone heard about what happened when they broadcast-ed war of the worlds over the radio? 

On Sunday, October 30, 1938, millions of radio listeners were shocked when radio news alerts announced the arrival of Martians. They panicked when they learned of the Martians' ferocious and seemingly unstoppable attack on Earth. Many ran out of their homes screaming while others packed up their cars and fled.

Though what the radio listeners heard was a portion of Orson Welles' adaptation of the well-known book, War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, many of the listeners believed what they heard on the radio was real.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/warofworlds.htm

People actually thought that it  was real, why? because no one specified that it wasn't till a bit later. Now imagine that with Twilight, what if it was classified as a non-fiction book? How would you feel about that? Yea. It just sounds like a horror movie all around. Now look, I'm not saying David Shields is essentially wrong. I'm saying that what he wants authors to do just can't be done. It would't work. Why? Because books need to either be fiction and non-fiction. They honestly can't be both. Fiction and non- fiction are just polar opposites.

  

Readicide

I do not think that actual books should be traded out for genra fiction books, granted it would be nice for a while but then we would start to hate the genra fiction books. Then we wouldn't want to read at all. To be honest I didnt really read Catcher in the Rye or The Great Gatsby, I used sparknotes because I thought the books were boring. I think part of the reason they were boring is because they were so hyped up by my peers, I think if I picked up the books on my own I'd like and appreciate them a lot more. We can't replace actual books, litterary books, with genra books because if you analyze a genra book there isn't much there, everything is told to you, there is no chance to figure it out because the book is written that way, the books on the best seller list espically the teen fiction part is written so adults and kids over the age of 11 can usually understand whats going on in the book. But if an 11 year old picked up Great Gatsby they would have no idea what is going on. I don't think schools are killing reading, becuse I love to read, there are just books that aren't for me. I don't really care either way because I'm still going to be reading no matter what books they put in schools for us to read. The will to read comes from the person, not the schools, you can read whatever book you want at home. So it really shouldn't matter if you should be forced to read it in schools either.