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Originally Posted by Manabi
I do have to question just how good he is at his job to state that Baen "specializes in works of 'military SF'". It doesn't seem like that's even the majority of what the publish, and as others have pointed out in the thread, Baen was founded to publish adventure SF, which certainly includes military, but is not solely military. He may be a sci-fi fan, but he appears to have a blind spot about Baen that extends to not even researching their catalog before making such statements. That's hardly what I consider professional. (But is, sadly, about par for the course for most journalism nowadays.  ) |
Specializing in military SF does not preclude publishing other works. It can make up an inordinate proportion of their catalogue without making up the majority. Dr. Nefario's take is probably more informed than my own:
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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I'm very surprised at the suggestion that Baen are not primarily associated with Military SF (and that Mil SF is not primarily associated with Baen). I'd have thought fans and non-fans would accept that. Isn't that what their fans are going there for? Isn't that kind of what it means to be a fan of the Baen brand, and not simply a fan of the individual authors?
It's pretty hard to think of another imprint which is so strongly identified with a small subgenre, and which has such a well-defined identity. Maybe a tie-in publisher, like Black Library.
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