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Originally Posted by DrNefario
Publishers don't seem to have too much trouble putting one or the other on the back cover. It's just stores and libraries that pile them all together.
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Its all because sci-fi and fantasy don't register on anyone's scale of great Literature. They aren't part of any of the literary movements, don't strive toward incomprehensibility, and prove that Literary fiction really does have conventions that must be obeyed.
I think the last one is the greatest offence, because of how much effort the average Literary editor or professor will put into denying that Literary fiction has rules and conventions, right before ripping apart a manuscript for violating those same conventions.