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Originally Posted by Nyssa
As for the poll, I really do not understand how asking people for their opinion narrows the appeal of the book club yet having two months with the same genre does not.
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It seems to me that there may be two months of the same genre intentionally, for a purpose. I am not sure who made the initial list or how it was devised. However, looking over the list, perhaps classic was listed twice because it is so different from all the other genres, while some of the others are quite similar, such as mystery/crime, thriller/suspense and horror, as well as sci-fi and fantasy.
Then, since we're throwing everything out here, there are other missing categories, such as drama, and adventure, that I'd personally love to see on the list. No list will ever be perfect, but I think whoever made this one did a pretty good job considering all our diverse tastes. I definitely do not feel that only two months of classics is overdoing it.
I also like the idea of a Nobel/Pulitzer prize-winning category though - what say we combine sci-fi/fantasy into one category and replace the other with prize winners?
