The author's examples of so-called ultra-unreal are not so new. Like there were no corrupt courtesans in olden days? Re: The Internet: It doesn't necessitate

The author's examples of so-called ultra-unreal are not so new. Like there were no corrupt courtesans in olden days? Re: The Internet: It doesn't necessitate a new genre anymore than the invention of the telephone did. Good literature incorporates technology just where it's needed to move the plot along and it's all just window dressing over the basic proverbs and parables at the core.