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Science Fiction | 33 | 56.90% | |
Fantasy | 29 | 50.00% | |
Crime/Mystery/Thriller | 15 | 25.86% | |
Romance | 11 | 18.97% | |
Supernatural/Horror | 13 | 22.41% | |
General/Mainstream | 6 | 10.34% | |
Literary/Classics | 9 | 15.52% | |
Other | 10 | 17.24% | |
What's Genre mean? | 0 | 0% | |
I don't believe in Genre, it's a ridiculous construct of marketing people. | 1 | 1.72% | |
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03-18-2009, 05:30 AM | #1 |
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Your Favourite Genre?
I was thinking about this early on when I went for a walk. Seems to me that the early adopters of e-reading seem to be predominantly science-fiction fans. So what's your favourite genre to read, what is your favorite genre as a writer (examples of the best in Genre, please).
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03-18-2009, 01:57 PM | #4 |
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I voted for a few of the options, but there is so much missing that the poll is skewed sideways. Where are the genres of travel, art, politics, science, etc? Genre isn't necessarily fiction.
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Mainly fantasy and a smidge of science fiction. I like horror and the classics too. Most of the politics stuff I read, I consider classics.
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It's tough to pick. Most of the best books I've read tend to blend a few genres together.
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I like writing comedic Fantasy and SF. That way the stuff doesn;t have to hag together for anything but the puchline. Need an FTL? Globbonium 34 to the rescue!
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Most of the genres I read are not adopted. I would classify them as follows:
• Anthropology • Cultural Studies • History • Philosophy • General nonfiction • so-called western classics (just beginning to start this) The first three are long time standings for me. General nonfiction I only read once in a while but I enjoy them. These are usually NYT bestsellers or new notable nonfiction. I don't like sci-fi or fantasy. I've never read a typical romance novels, most of which is for the heterosexual market. |
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I like reading product labels. I find them better written and more enthralling then most of the bestselling fiction authors out there...
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Well, I'm surprised so far at the results. I'd thought science-fiction would be way out ahead and that Fantasy might tie with Supernatural/Horror. I expected Crime/Thriller/Mystery to be much higher, mirroring the popularity of this genre in the more traditional pbook outlets. Interesting stuff.
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