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Originally Posted by HorridRedDog
Sci Fi has a long tradition with military backgrounds. Even "The Time Machine" (1895 ) has mention of armys and war.
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Oh, I wasn't counting everything that mentioned armies as military SF--on the contrary.
Take the November 2010 Webscriptions. I was counting _Hammers Slammers_, _Live Free Or Die_ and _One Good Soldier_. Did I get it wrong--are they not military SF?
I agree that _Hominids_ is a very good book, and I don't count it as military SF either.
When you talk about the impossibility of filtering out everything with SOME mention of the military you are arguing against a position much more extreme than the one I took.
I don't mind some Vampire books; I don't mind some Urban Fantasy books, I don't mind some Military SF books I don't mind some High Elven books, whatever.
But when any of these minor subgenres are half of the books a publisher offers, it's perfectly reasonable to see that publisher as offering "mainly" that subgenre.
And let's face it, if you're not into football, one touchdown is very like another. If you're not into cat shows, one Siamese is very like another. And if you're not into military SF, one ravening space-beam is very like another.
So naturally some people would like to see other publishers, with other balances of subgenres and genres, take up e-books in the same way Baen has.
If Baen fills all your e-book needs, and you don't care if any other publisher joins them, that's cool.