[Theodore R.]

That's why no great novels (like in the 19th Century) seem to be written anymore: truth is far stranger than fiction.

[8mmMauser]

To write fiction these days, you can tell the truth and then strip it down so it will be readable fiction. Otherwise, it is too extreme to read.

8mm

[Wampus SC]

"That's why no great novels (like in the 19th Century) seem to be written anymore: truth is far stranger than fiction."

These days parody is becoming impossible too. Whatever you try to parody, you find someone's really doing it.