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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
No, no. Not us. I was merely commenting on--what I assume--was pwalker8's implication that folks don't really argue about this sort of thing any more. I hear fans nit-picking about what books/authors fit into the various sub-classifications all the time. Arguing about it is a religion for many.
Like you, I don't care enough to argue about what specific books should be considered High Low Epic Urban, etc... I'm more curious about what the labels themselves imply than which books get which labels.
I still don't see any real consistency in how the labels are defined/applied from fan to fan, though. I figure a fantasy book is just saddled with whichever particular sub-label is first applied to it. Whether it be by the author, the publisher or reviewer. *shrug*
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Honestly, most of them seem to just decide that X is HF, or not. It's as if some friend said, "hey, you'll love this HF book," and thus, it is so anointed for eternity. I mean, look at this thread. Most of what's been said as HF, isn't. As in "world-changing events" or the "amount" of magic or this/that. {shrug}. Therefore, it's obvious that the labels aren't working.
Perhaps, only librarians or cataloguers care.
I'll say this, though--I've seen near fights-to-the-death over the labeling of some books, and we all know fans of this or that series/book/character/show/game (you name it) that will go to their grave fighting over whether this happened (Han Shot First!), or not, or this character is really dead, or not and so on.
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