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Fighting to survive alone on an alien planet seems pretty high stakes to me. But you're right, there do exist such books. I said "almost entirely". I admit I'm
by Jeff_Brown 5y ago
Fighting to survive alone on an alien planet seems pretty high stakes to me.
But you're right, there do exist such books. I said "almost entirely". I admit I'm limited to the sample I've experienced personally but it's over 90%.
Also I admit it omits children's lit and romance novels, which are two huge omissions.
- crooked-v 5y agoIf the survival of a single person is "high stakes" in fiction, then what do you even consider "low stakes"? > I admit I'm limited to the sample I've experienced personally but it's over 90%. You need to read a wider selection of books, then. Try, say, The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, Of Mice and Men, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, A Christmas Carol, The Grapes of Wrath, The Time Machine, Dune, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Foundation series, anything by Ray Bradbury... there's a very long list of books that are not driven by simplistic good vs. evil conflicts.