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Originally Posted by Rizla
I expected to see some really original works recommended. Something so out-there that a trad-pub, at least initially, wouldn't touch it because it was such a risk. I'm not seeing that. I'm seeing stuff that mostly falls within the known and well-trod territory of story-telling (zombie, mystery, big spaceships, etc). Apologies if I missed a recommendation that is very original.
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Out there in what way?
It's worth considering that people publish books that they hope will sell -if the author doesn't think that a book or story about a were-octopus will sell the author is unlikely to write a were-octopus book for publication- and people will only recommend books that they've read and think others may like. Even if I've read and enjoyed a were-octopus story, I'm not likely to recommend it in response to a general inquiry.
If I want strange and sometimes wonderful and all too often just 'why? how? Brain Bleach please!' material to read I'll go trolling through the recommendation sites for the vast expanses of amateur fiction. (yes, it's mostly fanfic; yes it's mostly horrid drek but not all)
I'm not planning to recommend anything as my memory for which stories are an entertaining mess and which are pro-fic quality isn't reliable.
BTW the were-octopus example is hypothetical although I'm sure there is at least one smutty were-octopus fic out there (see rule 34) .