regarding "modern literature"... most of what I buy and read are mysteries and science fiction. A century or so ago, significant racism was perfectly okay. It isn't anymore. That's the one bit of 'political correctness' I'm happy to see. The real problem I have with these two genres is the huge number of mediocre writers. (I have a feeling that's always been a problem).
In the last four contemporary science fiction novels I read, characters just matter-of-factly agreed that all white men are inherently rapists, so I'm not 100% sure much progress has been made in moving beyond blind bigotry! But I get the broader point -
If the earth was flat, cats would have pushed everything off it by now.
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I believe the summer of 2023 was one of the rainiest summers on record for Mass. Maybe there is still hope?
Wait, wait, wait, do you really expect to be around in twenty years?Aren’t you already a hundred? 🤔😉
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We encourage everyone to write but...F Gardner!
No, no - even F. Gardner!
regarding "modern literature"... most of what I buy and read are mysteries and science fiction. A century or so ago, significant racism was perfectly okay. It isn't anymore. That's the one bit of 'political correctness' I'm happy to see. The real problem I have with these two genres is the huge number of mediocre writers. (I have a feeling that's always been a problem).
In the last four contemporary science fiction novels I read, characters just matter-of-factly agreed that all white men are inherently rapists, so I'm not 100% sure much progress has been made in moving beyond blind bigotry! But I get the broader point -