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fjtorres · 07-17-2016, 11:29 AM

The point is that if a book is billed as one genre, be it SF, Mystery, or Romance it will be judge by the standards and expectations of that genre.
Most readers won't say "it's not really SF" or "it's not real Romance". They'll say it's bad SF or Bad romance because it doesn't deliver what they expected.

The number of people who will say "it's not SF but it's a good mystery" is minimal. Most genre readers prefer that books live up to their billing. Truth in advertising and all that.

07-17-2016, 11:29 AM	#27
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The point is that if a book is billed as one genre, be it SF, Mystery, or Romance it will be judge by the standards and expectations of that genre. Most readers won't say "it's not really SF" or "it's not real Romance". They'll say it's bad SF or Bad romance because it doesn't deliver what they expected. The number of people who will say "it's not SF but it's a good mystery" is minimal. Most genre readers prefer that books live up to their billing. Truth in advertising and all that.