/lit/ - Literature

>>15003659
That has nothing to do with the system, you could be living that life in Brazil but I don't see anyone claiming they have the best system ever made. Or the Saudis for that matter. I'm purely talking about the bigger picture, of the system itself and it's impact on society, the nation and so on.

This is like fratboy tier argumentation.
>Uh, dude, America is like the richest nation ever and we have like hot chicks and the parties are like so awesome dude. Sorry to hear you've been missing out on the good stuff, no need to whine about the system man. It's not like keeping me down or flawed. Corporations are great.

>>14850348
I want to puke.
>>14850357
>the alien isn't even slightly xeno
I don't get it either.
>>14850377
Sure, but I don't think the actual market/audience for short stories is truly dead. I know I'd love to read an anthology of them and I'm no writer and surely there must be more people with little time on their hands that want to read a variety of stories from different authors. I think it's the publishers that have killed the venue on purpose since it makes less money. They want to sell you those bloated and overwritten books.

It's a shame because without a healthy scene for short stories writers become worse since they cut their teeth on lengthy novels instead of those exercises in compression and brevity that short stories are. We won't get a new Gene Wolfe anytime soon since they won't develop the skills and habits that short stories demand. There's a great deal of craftsmanship being lost.