far worse were the fans the obsessives the passionate god she hated the fans hated their drive their abdication of self did n't matter the target of their affection sports fan music fan book fan they were all pathetic she thought they were weak they were frail and not fully human what human would give up their discretion like that for a fan there is no good and no bad there is only the object of worship and then aside that everything else there were dc glaser 's books and aside that were other books and that was the only true distinction of quality .