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Originally Posted by sufue
hopefully Kobo will get the price drop soon.
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They just approved my price-match request.
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Originally Posted by sufue
Yeah, I don't know why everyone has to add SF or fantasy or paranormal to their mysteries right now.
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It's other way around. The authors you quote are authors known for SFF who happen mix mysteries in the genres they're known for. I don't think this trend ever went away. It's just usually localized. Adam Christopher wrote a bunch of noir mysteries a few years back with a transistors-and-tape robot about 10 years ago, Nick Harkaway's current series is SF with a detective, Lavie Tidhar just finished writing a bunch of vampire detective fiction that's been going on for some years, etc.
In this case we have a non-SFF author adding a bit of SFF, which is usually done without the usual having deep familiarity with the field, aimed at the author's usual "mainstream" readers, so the treatment is considered shallow by fans.