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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
. Many people out there like me mostly want to read books about humans on Earth without these other elements. Not that I don’t read books in science fiction or fantasy. They are just a smaller subset of my total reading and so I can group them broadly like that. By the same token, many people only want to read science fiction or fantasies and might just group the rest of stuff as general fiction whereas I break out many detailed categories.
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It’s interesting that you say that, because I’ve wondered if people do fall in those natural groupings. In discussions with friends and family, the reading preferences of most do lean towards ‘general fiction’. Maybe the exception would be mysteries, which seem to have fairly broad appeal.
At one time, most people wouldn’t be familiar with F/SF, but it’s become semi-mainstream on tv & in movies. I wonder if shows like ‘Game of Thrones’ generate more interest in reading F/SF books. Or any reading at all.