I don't read anything written past 1989. Something happened in the 90s. It's like all of humanity entered a state of hightened social awareness. We gained an unrestricted access to a kind of psychological source code, something we were completely ignorant and innocent of in the previous decades. All fiction became more cynical, more streamlined and in control of the audience's interpretation. Things have become even worse in the recent 10-15 years with the rise of Straight-To-Kindle literature. No more publishing being solely for the most talented and/or profitable writers. Now, any Tom, Dick and Tranny can become a self-published author. All of my favorite writers, now in their 70+s have retired and most of the current literature is written by soyjacked millennials and nihilistic zoomer weebs, so why the fuck should I bother?
Yeah, Gen X college grads discovered Sylvia Plath and were carrying over their Post-Punk angst into the mainstream.
Americans in general were also becoming more self-conscious of how they were being "sold" a lifestyle. All the assumptions of what it meant to be a "good" American and live a "happy" life came under question. Naturally, as a community turns their eyes away from God, they begin looking at the emptiness inward. The easiest way to become unhappy to question if you're happy, to preoccupy yourself with yourself. We're tribal creatures. The happiest people you'll ever know are those who are busy helping others.
I don't read anything written past 1989. Something happened in the 90s. It's like all of humanity entered a state of hightened social awareness. We gained an unrestricted access to a kind of psychological source code, something we were completely ignorant and innocent of in the previous decades. All fiction became more cynical, more streamlined and in control of the audience's interpretation. Things have become even worse in the recent 10-15 years with the rise of Straight-To-Kindle literature. No more publishing being solely for the most talented and/or profitable writers. Now, any Tom, Dick and Tranny can become a self-published author. All of my favorite writers, now in their 70+s have retired and most of the current literature is written by soyjacked millennials and nihilistic zoomer weebs, so why the fuck should I bother?
Yeah, Gen X college grads discovered Sylvia Plath and were carrying over their Post-Punk angst into the mainstream.
Americans in general were also becoming more self-conscious of how they were being "sold" a lifestyle. All the assumptions of what it meant to be a "good" American and live a "happy" life came under question. Naturally, as a community turns their eyes away from God, they begin looking at the emptiness inward. The easiest way to become unhappy to question if you're happy, to preoccupy yourself with yourself. We're tribal creatures. The happiest people you'll ever know are those who are busy helping others.