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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
That definition works pretty well for me. But I'd say it leaves out quite a bit of fiction: romance, mysteries, thrillers, westerns (traditional), historical fiction, action-adventure, inspirational... etc.
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See, maybe this is why I don't have my head around the idea of what 'Speculative' means.
Basically, it's already covered for me under the term 'Fiction'. I've never needed another term to encompass it all.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
But for the sake of this discussion, let's just limit it to scifi/fantasy. The reason I know that most authors are caving to publisher pressure to turn something into a series is because there's almost no true stand-alone books being published in the scifi/fantasy genres. If the authors were left to their own devices, I would expect more of a balance between series and stand-alone... as exists in the other less "speculative" genres.
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But as I asked in the post above. Why couldn't the first book in a series be taken as a stand-alone if you chose, as long as it's a complete story? Can't you just pick up the first, read it and walk away?