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Originally Posted by hidari
Nothing wrong with YA or any other Fun read...but for me if I don't want to think much I prefer to watch a Movie like Godzilla or Dances with Smurfs (Avatar)...
Litfic has always been a minority genre... but for me more interesting when I want a challenge... Then again occasional light sci-fi, mysteries, and what not are good to read...
which led to this link on why so many people are reading YA these days rather than litfic.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...804387216.html
I'd love to read any comments people here would have.
Me, other than select authors, I've pretty much stopped reading most SFF because it's all so grim. And it seems like there are two kinds of mysteries these days: cute cozies that relate to cats, bookstores, and/or cooking, or antiheroes and grimness. |
Don't want to go too far off-base, but I particularly dislike books that are (apparently) intentionally "hard" -- I put Neil Stephenson's books (other than some of his first) into this category. As well as many that were mentioned in the article like Thomas Pynchon but the article then goes on to say we may be seeing a revival of "readable" novels. I certainly hope so.
And not there are not any coming out...E.L. Doctorow, John Irving...