Thread: Why lump SF and Fantasy together
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Old 08-03-2012, 12:09 AM   #141
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Sure, but so do, for example, C.S. Lewis's "Narnia" books, don't you think?
Apparently the original "Hardy Boys" series was a lot more complex than the versions we have now; when they were rewritten in the 50's, they were dumbed down because they had to compete with TV. (They also took out a lot of racist bits, too.)

The books used to be advertised as being "For boys aged 10-14" - I had read pretty much all of the ones in the library by the time I was 10; I wonder if the age range was carried along from the older books. I don't see many 14 year olds being interested in Hardy Boys books.
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