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   Alienthe to ded-T   
   Re: Will literature become obsolete?   
   24 Jan 04 22:23:47   
   
   From: Alienthe@hotmail.com   
      
   ded-T wrote:   
      
   > I haven't found anything worth reading lately... mass market books are   
   > a waste of wood pulp. so if you mean the abundance of the "mass   
   > market" books available will kill the book market-- i'd say yes.   
      
      
   John Shirley wrote some time ago that the bottom fell out of the   
   writing business and that he is therefore unlikely to write much   
   under his own name in the near future. I guess literature will   
   end up much like Hollywood: generic stuff, simple plots and no   
   willingness to take risks.   
      
   ==<)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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