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Dreamer
Is it just me or does it seem like even bad fiction (all genres) sell these days as compared to even a decade ago?
Is it just me or does it seem like even bad fiction (all genres) sell these days as compared to even a decade ago?
I hate to sound like a lawyer, but it depends on what you mean by "sell".
I'm not sure I'm encountering more bad fantasy than a decade ago, but there certainly seems to be more mediocre fantasy on the market these days. A lot of it seems like derivative pablum. Ho-hum characters, average plot, no new ideas. Competent, but nothing outstanding about it. There is little diversity. Book after book patterned off Dungeons & Dragons and other video games, and faux-European medieval settings, and an endless sea of white people. I've taken to reading the classics, because I'm not pleased with most modern fantasy. So: Beowulf, Inferno, Iliad, Odyssey. And anthologies of short stories. Till the tide turns, and diversity comes into vogue.
There is little diversity ... and an endless sea of white people. I've taken to reading... Beowulf, Inferno, Iliad, Odyssey. And anthologies of short stories. Till the tide turns, and diversity comes into vogue.