“Much less popular in Russian pop literature was the thriller, the horror books. The reason of the lack of popularity was that in the 1990s, and even in the years 2000s, it was not necessary to frighten anyone, it was scary enough to live it out.”

—— 来自 Coursera 的课 Contemporary Russian Literature.
I hope 我听对了，俄罗斯教授口音太重，transcript 也错了好多