Predicting Literature

[cacian]

Will we humans eventually learn to predict what the next book would be about?
And is that a good or bad thing?

I personally would like to think that I will be kept on my toes waiting to see which books comes out next.
I like to think I can guess but I am always pleasantly surprised.
The future of literature is umpredictable but exciting is my ideal.

[hillwalker]

There's about as much chance of this as of us predicting what your next thread is going to be about.

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[Delta40]

WolfLarsen where are you when we need you?

[hillwalker]

:lol:

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[kelby_lake]

I suppose we can predict trends. For example, the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey has led to mainstream S and M erotica. If you walk into a bookstore, you can see loads of covers and titles similar to Fifty Shades of Grey. I call it the Twilight effect. The only good thing about Twilight is that the classics that Twilight was "inspired" by or that are mentioned in the book were reissued with a Twilight-style cover and a blurb marketing the novel to pre-teens and teens. Sure, it took a rather reductive approach to the classics but at least it boosted readership.

[cacian]

There's about as much chance of this as of us predicting what your next thread is going to be about.

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lol
Well I guess one writes and another reads such is the prediction.
Plus it is reassuring to know that what you see is what you get.


I suppose we can predict trends. For example, the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey has led to mainstream S and M erotica. If you walk into a bookstore, you can see loads of covers and titles similar to Fifty Shades of Grey. I call it the Twilight effect. The only good thing about Twilight is that the classics that Twilight was "inspired" by or that are mentioned in the book were reissued with a Twilight-style cover and a blurb marketing the novel to pre-teens and teens. Sure, it took a rather reductive approach to the classics but at least it boosted readership.

Hi Kelby I thought erotica was as mainstream as watching daytime tv.
The twilight effect is effective if one is to seek more of the same.
Isn't Lady Chatterley's Lover erotica?

[kelby_lake]

Hi Kelby I thought erotica was as mainstream as watching daytime tv.
The twilight effect is effective if one is to seek more of the same.
Isn't Lady Chatterley's Lover erotica?

Erotic literature was previously quite a niche thing. It had certain connotations. With the success of Fifty Shades, people feel that it is more "socially acceptable" to buy such books.

Yeah, I'd say LCL is erotica, but it's not mainstream. It's mainstream now because of its notoriety and because it is deemed a classic but it was certainly not mainstream back then.

[cacian]

Erotic literature was previously quite a niche thing. It had certain connotations. With the success of Fifty Shades, people feel that it is more "socially acceptable" to buy such books.

Yeah, I'd say LCL is erotica, but it's not mainstream. It's mainstream now because of its notoriety and because it is deemed a classic but it was certainly not mainstream back then.

It does make me wonder about Fifty Shades.
Would it have been successful had it not been for the media advertising the book.
In a way once erotica is written then any other erotica would be presumably similar.
I had in the know that the Victorians were hot on erotica books.

[kelby_lake]

It does make me wonder about Fifty Shades.
Would it have been successful had it not been for the media advertising the book.


It was based on Twilight fanfiction so that gave a massive boost.

[cacian]

I predict books will get shorter and snappier. The lighter they are the delighted I am.