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Originally Posted by JSWolf
And who is this WE? Personally, I do sometimes like a more narrow theme (depending on the theme). I like the idea of non-fiction. I also like the idea of fiction. The thing is, if the idea is to go as wide as possible, then why have themes and why not just go for any book? See, too wide and we could get too many different types of books. I think it should sometimes be narrowed more than you want.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I see no reason not to have a narrowish theme. It depends on the theme and what you are trying to get out of it
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I agree with you. I don't see why we sometimes can't have themes that are about something in particular, in addition to the anything goes themes. I think that's one reason themes such as "War" and "Revenge" appealed to me. It's a tad bizarre to insist narrowly on broad-based themes only!
Where we disagree is that I think once the theme is set, people are free to nominate whatever they think fits. We're not going to vet nominations for appropriateness. But narrower themes? As long as they're not genre themes, why not?