The reader is introduced to the publishers AIs, which reads novels and judges if they will actually sell. The poet, Silenus, also uses AIs to write his books in "The Dying Earth" novels, as Pxtl said above, since his real works of arts gets rejected by his publisher.
This rejection comes from the fact, that at the current time almost all of the human race is connected to the All-Thing, a network that makes the Internet look like two cans connected by a string;)
This connection makes almost all information instantly accesible to people, as most people has the connection by implants and hence don't need to even read anymore - the information is fed right into their brain. And of course, a lot of people don't even know HOW to read anymore, and has lost the wonder of that is reading an actual book.
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Too bad for the convict:
Hang not release
Art is in the eye of the wallet holder.
Quite so.
;)
The reader is introduced to the publishers AIs, which reads novels and judges if they will actually sell.
The poet, Silenus, also uses AIs to write his books in "The Dying Earth" novels, as Pxtl said above, since his real works of arts gets rejected by his publisher.
This rejection comes from the fact, that at the current time almost all of the human race is connected to the All-Thing, a network that makes the Internet look like two cans connected by a string
This connection makes almost all information instantly accesible to people, as most people has the connection by implants and hence don't need to even read anymore - the information is fed right into their brain. And of course, a lot of people don't even know HOW to read anymore, and has lost the wonder of that is reading an actual book.
Sometimes I feel like we move ever closer to the story of "Hyperion" - a saga written by Dan Simmons.
And incase you haven't read it, you really should consider doing so.