Fiction

PoindexterOglethorpe

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7. Something else to note is that "literary" fiction is simply another genre.

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 11:40 PM

Jan 2020

Like mystery, or science fiction, or romance.

I tend to feel contempt for those who say haughtily, "I ONLY read literary fiction" (like my sister) and who miss out on a lot of good stuff.

I also have a friend who only reads mysteries, and I likewise don't get that. Mysteries are great. Literary fiction is great. Westerns are wonderful. And so on. Please, please read a variety. No you don't have to read everything, but read more than one genre.

Actually, my sister reads more genre fiction than she realizes. But she never reads science fiction (the fool!) not even the stories that I write and publish. Alas, it's her loss.

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Something else to note is that "literary" fiction is simply another genre. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2020 #7

Any genre hermetic Jan 2020 #8

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