2011: What Do You Want to See More or Less Of?
Jeff VanderMeer • December 27th, 2010 @ 11:43 am • Culture
Me, I’d like to see more facts and less hyperbole. I’d like to see more specifics and fewer generalizations. I’d like less stupid and more smart. Oh, yeah, and cats in hats—more of those, please.
What about you?
December 27, 2010 at 12:01 pm
More Jackson, less Santa. More discussion of unusual reading suspects, less of people reading the same ol’ crap. Oh, and more squirrels, of course.
December 27, 2010 at 1:14 pm
More magic, more intrigue, less sappy romance with predictable endings and one-dimensional characters, and more interesting characters that make us cry, laugh, cheer and shout.
December 27, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Cats in hats were good enough for Theodore Geisel. They’re good enough for me.
December 27, 2010 at 8:53 pm
More imaginary animal guides-
They made family members very happy.
Less reality shows.
Please, dear God, less reality shows.
They disturb me greatly.
December 27, 2010 at 9:37 pm
i also vote for more cats in hats. and another Ambergris book. and more Evil Monkey & Ann guides to things.
December 28, 2010 at 8:56 am
More hard, constructive thinking and less easy nihilism. More true originality and less clichés (yes, zombies, vampires, werewolves, elves & steampunk: I mean you).
More microbrews and less mass-produced beers (or, according to a good friend: “The better the advertisements, the crappier the beer.” Yes, Bud and Heineken: this means you.)
December 28, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Less Photoshop’d back-tattooed hot-chick vampire-hunter book covers. More intelligent sword and sorcery stories.
December 28, 2010 at 10:21 pm
JACKSON!
I love that cat.
December 28, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Oh, and I think I mostly agree with Jetse.
JACKSON!
December 29, 2010 at 10:03 am
I’d love to see more VanderMeers (in person, that is).
January 8, 2011 at 11:24 am
More NPR; less Wolf Blitzer