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Originally Posted by issybird
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(English is a weird language
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Don't presume too much about me. I wouldn't avoid (or purchase) any book solely based on genre tags attached to them (except 'herbal horror'. Maybe I should start up herbal horror fandom). Reading your own post, it sounds like you wouldn't either. So in the end, those sub-sub-subgenres are of limited to no use.
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That part of my post was directed to haertig, who wrote
"Too many oddly named sub-genres can be a turn off as well as an invitation."
It seems to me that haertig feels that narrow sub-sub-genres are harmful, while you think they are just useless and annoying -- please correct me if I'm wrong!
Some sub-sub-genres are useful to me, like hopepunk and fantasy of manners. Others aren't.
...I'm starting to get curious about herbal horror, though... My first association was something with triffids
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Urban Fantasy is fantasy that takes place in the real world. It's that simple.
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Hm, yes, I probably agree. At least, thinking about it I'll classify historical novels with magic as urban fantasy too, not just contemporary ones.