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Originally Posted by kennyc
Well, there's definitely a subtext in "movements" like this. I don't really know if that is good or bad. The thing is it may encourage people to read, but they may only be interested in reading a certain type of book or author rather than reading in general.
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That's a risk... but it's a risk with most book genres and types, too. Not everybody succumbs to it, fortunately, and for the rest... well, they have to hope that their genre of choice doesn't die off and leave them nothing to read.
Usually, though, the subtext of one genre can be found, to some extent or another, in other genres... for instance, if "vampire romance" went away tomorrow, the "dangerous man" romances and traditional horror genres could fill that void for most, I think. And as people jump genres, they expand their range even further.