| I don't mind books that are long, as long as they advance the plot and are not just pointless rambling.
The problem is that a lot of people are daunted by the length of books, especially since many sci-fi & fantasy books come in series, so you have to start with the first one for it to make sense. Time is a scarcity for those of us who are working 40 hours/week and may have other hobbies as well, or like to visit friends & family members too. Maybe if short stories became popular again & were sold in chapbooks, or shorter-length books with not more than 3-4 stories in them, more people would consider reading sci-fi/fantasy. |