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Post Boom Fiction

Anouilh · 2009-10-13 08:24:42

I stopped reading fiction about 20 years ago, overwhelmed with the wretchedness of so many sad stories. This seems to explain that, in times of prosperity, dystopian fiction becomes popular: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/lit_crit/the_post_boom_culture_novel_113834.asp Could it be that, now we are in post boom times,…

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13-10-2009 9:24am

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Anouilh

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I stopped reading fiction about 20 years ago, overwhelmed with the wretchedness of so many sad stories. This seems to explain that, in times of prosperity, dystopian fiction becomes popular:

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/lit_crit/the_post_boom_culture_novel_113834.asp

Could it be that, now we are in post boom times, happier stories will emerge?

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#2 13-10-2009 10:42pm
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Anouilh wrote: »

I stopped reading fiction about 20 years ago, overwhelmed with the wretchedness of so many sad stories.

Not to be smart but... could you have just avoided the sad novels etc and went for the happier ones? There's quite a range there in Hoggis Figgis last time I checked.

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