Tone

Impulse-control is an especially resonant theme in the current era of conflicts and cutbacks.

“Periods of war, economic downturns and cultural turmoil all give rise to the production of vampire and fantasy fiction,”

said Thomas Garza, chair of the department of Slavic and Eurasian studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and a specialist in vampire lore.

“With a recession and war, the conflict has indeed seemed to turn inward, as we question our fiscal, political and moral status. ‘Have we been too excessive? Do we need to be more restrained?’ We seem once again to be questioning these very fundamental values.”
- From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/fashion/02VAMPIRES.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

So, still in with a chance then.
Also – read today a half-joking article asking why we don’t have more Gen Y writers crashing on about blow jobs and drugs.
Thoughts:
-They are blogging & uninterested in anything their friends don’t read.
-Old media is run by baby boomers.
-Whatever they write will follow them on the internet forever and they know it so going Gonzo is harder to justify.
-Good point – where is *our* Chuck Paulaniuk? Our Easton-Ellis?? I judge them as mine but they are really Gen X’s. So hmm. Maybe in with a chance there still too…