Do you read short stories?

[Khayman]

I'm afraid that this interweb-thingy has eroded my attention span, so that all I read are forums.

 

[your father is]

To me, Asimov and Burroughs are gods (and Moorcock is a demi-god). Burroughs turned me on to reading when I was about twelve years old, followed quickly by Asimov. Personally, I find immense re-read value in the old stuff and it is there, more often than not, that I take my own inspiration from. Might have to do with me reading it during my own 'golden age.' A lot of people love Piers Anthony and Robert Jordan, but I just can't get into it myself -- probably because I didn't form that bond when I was younger.

 

[D+1]

The short story is not dead - it just doesn't get published in hardcopy by "professional" writers like it used to. It gets posted to websites as fanfic or short fiction by "amateurs". There is still SOME classically published short fiction but it is simply a format that doesn't draw paying readers like it once did. Probably in part BECAUSE of the internet and the ability for anyone to put their writing in a public place without having to SELL it to a publisher first.

I read short stories when they happen to cross my path. I probably would read more of them if pulp fiction were to actually come back into fashion.

 

[your father is]

D+1: pulp fiction crossing your path...

 

[takyris]

That's what I'm talkin' bout, YFI. Good plugging.