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Originally Posted by darryl
The theme is a very wide one. I can't say that any of the books nominated are outside of the theme, though the connection is sometimes a bit tenuous. I too would have expected to see more science fiction nominations or even the odd ghost story. The process for selection is both democratic and fair, and of course everyone is free to vote according to their preferences. I would however be interested in the attitude of those participating to Science Fiction. I would like to read posts from those who will not or are unlikely to nominate or vote for a science fiction book. What is your reason if there is one other than simply not liking the genre? I make no criticism and have no intention of questioning your views or arguing the issue. Just curious.
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I'm going to answer this indirectly. It seems to me we've had relatively few genre nominations and no selections in the club history and I suspect it's partially by design and partially inadvertent, but taking it hind-foremost, I think staying mainstream is best for participation. So to the extent that people have a reason that's not dislike for not voting for a particular genre, maybe it's a recognition of that.
Genre does tend to be polarizing; people like it or don't. In a specifically genre category that someone doesn't like it can be entertaining and useful to tease at the edges of it to find something palatable to nominate, which used to be my strategy in the old MR Book Club, but why force people to jump through that hoop? In the end, successful nominations are the ones a plurality will vote for.