You’re jaded. :->
But seriously, you have a good point. Novels are not endangered, I don’t think, but sometimes it seems like they’re being pushed away, into a niche market. When you consider that there’s more population now, you’d expect a bigger market for novels.
Internet, gaming, movies, they’re putting a hurting on reading in general. I guess there’s too much competition for our free time.
As for description, people (myself included) need to slow down and read it. But the attention-impaired probably find it hard to read.
No - I was the only one in the room that said the novel was not dead. :)