There haven't been any novels written in a long time. If there have been, they haven't been successful or mentioned by anyone. Novels, traditionally, assume a world of laws and structures (where green suns exist coherently, for example). We deconstructors do not accept our own world to have objective laws and structures shared by everyone, and those we do share are no more than our own creations anyway--they could collapse any second now... This may be why the novel has died. We don't like its laws and its metastory principlization. Artists, I think, have always attempted through their art to communicate a personal apprehension of both truth and beauty. It may be that the artist's contributions are received so long as they contribute rather than rule the universe. I might be exaggerating, but I think my point is clear.
I am not for or against the novel. I say, let things be as they are; engage your time. Besides, there are plenty of classic novels just waiting to change your world.
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doesnt it seems that more of today's top novelists want to pump them out more than make a quality work? Take a look at Steele, King, Lucado, and those dudes who write all those books for the left behind series... doesn't it seem as if it's more about making the money rather than making a classic?
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