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meeera · 08-16-2020, 05:53 AM

Any SF with a blurb/reviews suggesting that it's ammosexual guff.

Books where all the female characters are described as breasting boobily into the room.

Anything where the very first page contains a dozen or more unpronounceable invented proper nouns.

Anything proclaiming itself to be the Great American Novel.

Plotless Literary fiction where nothing happens except a person examining their terrible life (which is not terrible) and their failed relationships (which only failed because of their own actions).

08-16-2020, 05:53 AM	#34
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,886 Karma: 70183710 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	Any SF with a blurb/reviews suggesting that it's ammosexual guff. Books where all the female characters are described as breasting boobily into the room. Anything where the very first page contains a dozen or more unpronounceable invented proper nouns. Anything proclaiming itself to be the Great American Novel. Plotless Literary fiction where nothing happens except a person examining their terrible life (which is not terrible) and their failed relationships (which only failed because of their own actions). Last edited by meeera; 08-16-2020 at 06:04 AM.