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I'll agree that there is lots of dreck out there; however, I doubt any here will agree on what is dreck and what is not dreck.
As an example: I will some years buy and read a book called 'The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy' of a particular year.
Some of those stories are very good. Some years I read it say to myself 'If that is the best, the rest is worthless'. I have found some excellent stories that 'series' never printed. So, my opinion is it isn't the best, but more what the editor wanted to print.
Some folks may not like Harlan Ellison's 'Dangerous Visions' stories, 3 volumes, but they got you to think. Even if I find the story offensive, I like stories that get me to think.
I have read books and short stories that were extremely popular, and I wondered on some of them Why ? I felt they were not worth the paper printed on.
Other books I have read, barely on the public reader's radar, I found very excellent swriting.
I have found several stories and books online due to free ereader sites I would highly likely never found otherwise. Some of them were very well written. Some not.
Have I been tempted to write and upload ?
Yes, but it wont happen yet.
At least it wont cost me money to hire a vanity press publisher, I can do it myself.
Which is what I might do with some of my poems, and anthology of previous poems, with 50-100 new ones added on to that.
Dreck and good stories, like gold, is where you find them.
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