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Originally Posted by toomanybooks
I hate articles like these because it makes people who simply genuinely enjoy reading this particular genre look bad.
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I did not get that from the OP article:
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My own downmarket literary fetish is male-oriented historical fiction (histfic). Swords and sails stuff. I'm happier reading it on an e-reader, and keeping shelf space for books that proclaim my cleverness.
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Nobody in this humongous thread puts down people depending on what genre of book they read, but many (including the OP article author!) seem sure that there are large number other people out there who care.
Looking down on people for reading genre fiction is, in my experience, uncommon. Looking down on people for not reading at all is much more prevalent.