Why so many recycled stories?

[kreemi_pi]

There are only so many ideas, so many themes to write. it's only normal that they get recycled. I think we're rapidly approaching a literary singularity at which point all stories will suddenly coalesce into a single massive story with infinite characters doing infinite various illicit things to each other, probably written by either @onehitwanda, @StillStunned, or @EmilyMiller

Sounds like an early Thomas Pynchon novel

I'm allowed to say that. Gravity's Rainbow is my alltime fave novel.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

There are only so many ideas, so many themes to write. it's only normal that they get recycled. I think we're rapidly approaching a literary singularity at which point all stories will suddenly coalesce into a single massive story with infinite characters doing infinite various illicit things to each other, probably written by either @onehitwanda, @StillStunned, or @EmilyMiller

Everything that could be written has been. It's how it's written, the variations and twist, alterations. We haven't ran out of those, yet, I hope.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Everything that could be written has been. It's how it's written, the variations and twist, alterations. We haven't ran out of those, yet, I hope.

 

[Jodaily]

There are only so many ideas, so many themes to write. it's only normal that they get recycled. I think we're rapidly approaching a literary singularity at which point all stories will suddenly coalesce into a single massive story with infinite characters doing infinite various illicit things to each other, probably written by either @onehitwanda, @StillStunned, or @EmilyMiller

Ooh ooh, can I volunteer to be one of those characters involved in doing various illicit things to each other. Please?

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Ooh ooh, can I volunteer to be one of those characters involved in doing various illicit things to each other. Please?

But you already are, we all are...

 

[Jodaily]

But you already are, we all are...

Damn, I missed it! Can we do it again?

 

[StillStunned]

There are only so many ideas, so many themes to write. it's only normal that they get recycled. I think we're rapidly approaching a literary singularity at which point all stories will suddenly coalesce into a single massive story with infinite characters doing infinite various illicit things to each other, probably written by either @onehitwanda, @StillStunned, or @EmilyMiller

The Reduced Shakespeare Company used to do a show called "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abbridged)", where they summarise all the comedies as "There's a king/prince/duke who has one/three/seven sons/daughters..." and so on.

In Lit terms, this would probably involve tentacle monsters.

 

[Jodaily]

Yeah and we can't involve [redacted], [redacted], or [redacted] so that closes off a lot promising ideas.

You mean da king and cronies? That does close off a big avenue!