What is the "big thing" of 21st century literature? (2024)

Gayness, regrettably

Witches. I see all sorts of witch-related fiction in the fantasy section now. Apparently Wicca is spreading among (largely) young women like wildfire.

young adult

i mean we are already in 20s, where is our great gatsby?

That there is no-thing. Unfortunate but true.

Soulless dogsh*t written by someone with a 85 IQ such as Brat by Gabriel Smith

things can't be big anymore

Internet culture

YA pessimism, bitterness and "the world sucks we all will die" energy this board gives or cutesy froo froo bullsh*t that's just escapism with no redeemable or clever attributes to itself

you'll see very soon

Voices.

LGBTQI+

"Identity," ie passive-aggressive sectarian navel-gazing.

Only BAP comes to mind but he has only written one book. It's a very bad thing for a writer to become famous early in his career.

"Romantasy" slop. Essentially thinly veiled p*rnography for women.

AI
we're integrating with the Outside through a technological filter. as a species this is the thing we're exploring now. not only in the fields of literature, but every form of expression is integrating with the Outside, and AI is the mechanism by which we do so

It will probably be something like mein kampf v2.0

AI is limited greatly by its input. So all the art AI you see is just a better looking version of whatever coomers and artists were drawing for centuries. Ai is not creative, nothing original will stem from AI. People who take AI seriously are people dont understand high school maths, ie women and leftists

Asian American diaspora women, apparently