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mrissaOkay, you people, I'm in a restless mood sitting here writing my book, and that means it's question time on the livejournal. What I want to know about this time is genres and subgenres:
Do you have genres you definitely don't read? (And if so, what?) Do you have subgenres you definitely don't read? (And again, what?) Do you have genres or subgenres in which you'll read very nearly anything? Does genre have anything to do with what book you get in the mood for, or do other characteristics have more to do with what book you choose to read at a given moment? For what else do you use genre (recommending books to others, finding it in libraries or bookstores,...)? Do you feel certain that you know the difference between genres? Between subgenres? Do you make up your own categories? How do you categorize nonfiction, if at all? Do you consider age indicators (middle-grades, YA, etc.) to be genres or some other type of categorization or completely irrelevant to you or what? What does it take to get you to read a book in a genre you usually dislike? Any other genre-related thoughts you want to share with me? Is the word "genre" starting to sound nonsensical the way words do if you repeat them enough?
Do you have genres you definitely don't read? (And if so, what?) Do you have subgenres you definitely don't read? (And again, what?) Do you have genres or subgenres in which you'll read very nearly anything? Does genre have anything to do with what book you get in the mood for, or do other characteristics have more to do with what book you choose to read at a given moment? For what else do you use genre (recommending books to others, finding it in libraries or bookstores,...)? Do you feel certain that you know the difference between genres? Between subgenres? Do you make up your own categories? How do you categorize nonfiction, if at all? Do you consider age indicators (middle-grades, YA, etc.) to be genres or some other type of categorization or completely irrelevant to you or what? What does it take to get you to read a book in a genre you usually dislike? Any other genre-related thoughts you want to share with me? Is the word "genre" starting to sound nonsensical the way words do if you repeat them enough?
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Date: 2004-09-21 09:03 am (UTC)Hmmm - recently, my reading has tended to be more character-driven stuff. Which you can usually find in any genre - Bujold does it in various SF genres, and in fantasy (do the two Chalion books count as High Fantasy?); Steve Miller & Sharon Lee do it in space opera and this weird regency to SF transplant.
(Oh, and I just friended you - I hope you remember me & my wife Irene from DD-B's birthday party.)
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Date: 2004-09-21 09:27 am (UTC)I think I'm going to have to count the Chalion books as high fantsy, yah. Timprov pointed out to me that while I was not going with the "books I don't like are high fantasy" theory, there were a few things I was picking out as flaws in high fantasy that don't have to be. So I think the Chalion books are.