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[–] Monkstar1 ago 

Charles Johnson may be up there. And Cormac McCarthy is still kickin.

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[–] crusader2018 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Publishing started to become infiltrated by commie gatekeepers in the 1930's onwards. You need to look into this subject, start looking at what happened in the post-John Campbell era of science fiction. Look at how 'feminist' authors like Marion Zimmer Bradley were enthroned, and praised - in Bradley's case even after she was outed by her own daughter as a pedophile rapist. Science fiction ceased to be about exploring alternative futures and started to be about the ideal of a single future told through the lenses of multiple authors. A lot of science fiction today can be summarized as 'transhuman communism in space'. It is a FACT that today if you wanted to write and publish a book through traditional publishing means, you could submit two manuscripts: one with a normal, white protagonist and then with an alternative degenerate 'diverse' protagonist: guess which one is going to be accepted and published? I would say the vast majority of great literature wouldn't even get a look in.

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[–] carnold03 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Because male fiction writers are being passed over by publishing houses.

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[–] Pawn 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Intellectual here, I just dont have energy since the jew doctors put me on meds.

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[–] Wahaha 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

I was under the impression that that happened about 90 years ago, already.

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[–] culofiesta 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

Dave Eggers and David Foster Wallace

Granted, Wallace offed himself but he is a pretty recent writer. Eggers seems like a major beta too.

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[–] Things_Stuff 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Never liked Pynchon. in fact, I thought his work was likely superficial with the esotericism and jargon as a cover.

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[–] ardvarcus 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

The thing is, the great writers of the past survive, and the shit writers of their period, who sold a lot of books and got a lot of attention at the time, are forgotten. Meanwhile, in our own day the second-rate commercial writers are getting a lot of attention, so we notice them. That doesn't mean there are no great intellectuals creating new and interesting works that will live for centuries. A hundred years from now, people will be paying attention to the great writers of our period -- writers we may not even be aware of -- and the Koontz's and King's will be largely forgotten.

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