@danielben who was the english writer (I think?) who wrote lots of super short stories/vignettes? I remember one about someone looking across a beautiful landscape and wondering why there weren't more billboards or the like on it...(I think we talked about him)
I don't know R.B. . It could be, but he seems a bit too modern from what I remember (And the fact you don't remember the particular story/vignette described makes it less likely)