Thread: Empty genres; or what to do with all those -punks?
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Old 05-15-2022, 04:11 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
Because I'm a grouch! I already mentioned it in posts #1 and #5


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Also, I'm not trying to get these stupid genres removed from public consciousness. But it can be an interesting discussion on what practical use many of these seemingly silly tags are to others.
Yes, my last post was more aimed at JSWolf.

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I have The House in the Cerulean Sea (and just bought Under the Whispering Door, which is on sale today)! I bought them to support a gay author. Or maybe I was a closet hopepunk reader all along!


In solidarity, I'll admit that my inner grouch appears whenever someone asks for recommendations for books without romance. Yes, people like what they like, and of course there are lots of great books without any romantic love. But when I see someone declaring that they want to avoid books with romance, I think of that obnoxious letter Isaac Asimov wrote to some SF magazine when he was young, demanding real SF stories for he-men, free from females and love.
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