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What is your favorite fiction genre?
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I have a strong preference for science fiction. But I must qualify that by saying I enjoy reading any well-crafted fiction. And I do like a good mystery from time to time.
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Sci-Fi all the way. I also like any well written genre though. But Sci-Fi, to me, is the only way to really get a sense of escape..to explore, which I like and expect from my reading material.
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Well, a couple of weeks ago i read a book called "Essays on love" by Alain de Botton. De Botton describes the stages of being in love: from its beginning until the break up. I could also mention Hesse, Kafka, Dostoyevsky, Coelho, Unamuno, amongst those i consider philosophical fiction, but as i said, i'm not sure they can be considered in this genre-should there be such a category.
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I love fantasy the most, children's fantasy, that is, especially victorian, like books by E. Nesbit, and mid-twentieth century like Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I also love the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
I also like science fiction, although at the last minute I decided not to vote for it. Mostly I like sci-fi channel on tv, and of course movies like Star Wars and Stargate.
Recently, however, I became aware of H.P. Lovecraft (whose ideas influenced Stargate a lot, actually) and I have absolutely fallen in love with all of his works, the macabre, the horror and the sci-fi.
I kind of wish macabre fiction were on that list, as I might have decided to vote for it. Although I love Redwall, Brian Jacques isn't my favorite author, Edgar Allen Poe is. I know, no one likes Poe anymore. Well, I do.
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Hello evendeathmaydie,
I note you've mentioned HP Lovecraft. Do you like "The rats in the walls"? This is the only story I know, though I must have read a few others.
This is not at all the sort book I normally read, but it was introduced to me by a young man who was doing some work on my computer a few years ago.
I had a look and thought "So this is what young people read!".
Then I prepared an elaborate study project for a literary class (seventeen year-olds in a high school in France). I learnt a lot and spent hours just doing the preparation, but they din't like it-- I think the few boys in the group liked it but it wasn't the rest of the group's cup of tea.
It's a shame because there really was a lot to say.
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Re: What is your favorite fiction genre?
My vote went for other, mainly because there are so many sub-genres. I love fantasy, I love mysteries, and my historical fiction tends to lean towards alternate fiction, which technically would fall under fantasy. I think I need a calculator now .
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Re: What is your favorite fiction genre?
I don't really have one favourite genre. When I have to decide what kind of fiction I read for purposes of entertainment only, then I would choose Fantasy/Science Fiction. But since I had to choose only one I picked Fantasy.
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I have a strong preference for science fiction. But I must qualify that by saying I enjoy reading any well-crafted fiction. And I do like a good mystery from time to time.
George
Exactly. It has to be excellent or I can't even begin to enjoy it. High standards are a curse!
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Re: What is your favorite fiction genre?
Mystery/Detective. Just guessing I would say that genre represents 75% of my reading. Lawrence Block, Dashiell Hammett are always on my list to be read. I also tend to prefer older novels.
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