People like big stories. You get unmatched bang for the buck writing stories. The bang in this case is being able to plant a big universe and a lot of powerful images inside a reader’s head. The buck in this case is that there’s one person working alone without needing any special tools. That’s not going to change. They may be delivered in different ways, on e-readers or whatever, but they will be around for a long time.
Neal Stephenson in an interview with The Verge
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