2007-09-05 12:00:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Because Westerns were published at a quick rate--focusing on quantity of books and not quality of writing. There was more interest in repeated action than good story-telling; they were ultimately meant for a quick, entertaining read. I would equate them to cheap supermarket novels: easily forgettable.
Our vision of the wild west is completely skewed, by the way. The reality of the west pales in comparison to the garbage we've been fed about it over the years.
2007-09-05 12:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by YAWritergirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Westerns as a genre in general (books, movies, tv, etc) is less popular. Probably because we are further away from the western time period.
Perhaps several years ago folks were asking, 'why is the crusades genre less popular' or 'why is the Neanderthal genre less popular'
2007-09-05 19:08:23 · answer #2 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because there is no such thing as the wild west anymore and young people today don't even know about it to remember it. People my father's age enjoyed Westerns on TV - Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, Hopalong Cassidy ... there is no such thing as Western TV anymore, so Western books aren't that popular anymore. Pax - C
2007-09-05 19:13:09 · answer #3 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They used to be more popular, but they are written for an older audience. Younger people are just not as interested in the days of the cowboy. Industrialization and automation is replacing farming and agricultural businesses as they were once known, so that it is a very small element of the population that still has interest in that lifestyle. There just aren't as many cowboys or wanna be cowboys anymore!
2007-09-05 19:08:54 · answer #4 · answered by Sweet n Sour 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋