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PostWhat's your genre of choice?

Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:12 pm
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What�s your genre of choice for writing or reading? Do you like to stick to one genre, or mix elements from many? If you're a writer, do your reading choices reflect what you write?
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:16 pm
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Horror is my favourite genre.

The beauty of horror is that it envelops just about every other genre Sci-fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thrillers, so-called Literary Fiction. It allows for absolute freedom. It is the most all-inclusive genre of all!
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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:39 am
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Can you give us some specific examples of those genre crossovers?
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Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:42 am
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I write fantasy.

I read pretty much everything else, but enjoy fantasy, detective, and thrillers the most..
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:52 am
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I'm not a fan of detective fiction, myself.
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:24 pm
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I'm a fan of "series" fiction, where you can follow the adventures of a character through several books and it often doesn't matter what the genre is to me as long as I like the character.
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:31 pm
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For reading, I'd have to say that I lean heavily toward what might be termed 'hard' science fiction/ speculative fiction for the most part. That said, I read all sorts of S&SF, as well as so called traditional and classic literature (just started Joyce's The Dubliners), the odd mystery, and spent one summer reading nothing but Louis L'amour westerns.....

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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:50 pm
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I prefer science fiction of all types, hard, soft, sociological. I do read some fantasy, and what I prefer in that genre I would classify as contemporary, urban fantasy, like Neil Gaiman's American Gods, although I also like Tolkien, and the latest book I read was another fantasy from Gene Wolfe, The Wizard.
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:21 am
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Have you read Anansi Boys, yet, ecgordon. It's the sort-of sequel to American Gods. We have a review if you're interested: https://www.arwz.com/zinereviewRSG1.html
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 10:22 pm
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Haven't read it yet, but I do have it. American Gods is the only Gaiman I have read so far.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:47 am
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It's good. More light-hearted with more emphasis on the humor. But still one of the better reads I've found this year.
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