June 9, 2009...1:20 pm

18 Challenges in Contemporary Literature

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Wired’s list of problems to be faced by the literati gives off a Doomsday vibe with its devastated and computerized-sounding language:

13. “Convergence culture” obliterating former distinctions between media; books becoming one minor aspect of huge tweet/ blog/ comics/ games / soundtrack/ television / cinema / ancillary-merchandise pro-fan franchises.

Ominous warning or breakout sci-fi novel?

(via Phillyist)

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