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Originally Posted by alansplace
Hmmm...to start off, in the last 3 or 4 years Steven Lyle Jordan has visited and posted in this thread 8 to 10 times and I've planned to do so, but never actually read any of his books.  
...ok, I've read pretty much all of Hugh Howey's stuff (except for I, Zombie) as well as privately emailed back and forth with him. I also just recently (this past August) read and enjoyed immensely, Ready Player One. Though both the Silo series and Ready Player One take place in fairly grim futures, I didn't think of them as any sub-genre of SciFi, but just as SciFi novels set in a grim future. Of the other stuff mentioned I've no specific knowledge.
I see no point in creating all of these sub-genres?!
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I find subgenres useful and helpful when cataloging my books and when writing a review. If its labeled as "scifi" but reads more like "horror", that will have an effect on how I review the book, even if its a good story - especially if I was specifically looking for, and therefore expecting, "scifi"; or worse not wanting to read horror at that time.