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DISCUSSION: Unacceptable views?
I was reading a very interesting discussion last night on the Smart Bitches, Trashy Books blog (which generally reviews and discusses romance novels) which stemmed from one of the reviewer’s low rating of The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer – … Continue reading
Discussion – genre fiction
I read a lot of so-called genre fiction – mainly detective novels, sci-fi and fantasy – and I’ve been wondering why certain books tend to be pigeon-holed as genre fiction and others don’t, when they’re superficially about the same concepts. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Discussion, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Science fiction
Tagged genres, novels, pigeon-holing, publishers, retailers, writers
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