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Science Fiction | 40 | 56.34% | |
Fantasy | 23 | 32.39% | |
Historical Fiction | 10 | 14.08% | |
Mystery/Suspense | 23 | 32.39% | |
General Fiction | 6 | 8.45% | |
Classics | 10 | 14.08% | |
Romance | 5 | 7.04% | |
Humor | 3 | 4.23% | |
Action/Adventure | 6 | 8.45% | |
Horror | 2 | 2.82% | |
Non-fiction | 17 | 23.94% | |
Erotic | 5 | 7.04% | |
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03-13-2008, 11:31 PM | #16 |
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03-14-2008, 02:18 PM | #18 |
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Doesn't matter: The question is "What is your favorite genre?" Not "Which genres do you read?"
I voted for science fiction as my fave. I'm actually surprised by this breakdown: I expected to see less of a difference between SF and the other categories, based on discussions on these threads. Also, though romance is one of the most popular e-book genres, I guess the romance readers don't hang out at this site. |
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I read Mystery/Suspense, Action Adventure, Romance, and the Classics of course.
I love Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte. My two favourite books of all time are Pride and Prejudice, and Jane Eyre. Mag. Last edited by Maggie May; 03-14-2008 at 07:31 PM. |
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03-15-2008, 11:21 AM | #21 |
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My understanding is that that is exactly right... and if you haven't heard, Harlequin books maintains that romance e-books are the best selling genre of all. Like I said, they're clearly not hanging here (they must all be doing discussions around the Harlequin site!).
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i voted for :
- Mystery / Suspense (D.L. Sayers, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Tonino Benacquista, Léo Malet, Fred Vargas, SS Van Dine, Dickson Carr / Carter Dickson / etc., Conan Doyle and Christie of course, actually far too many to list...), - Classics (Jane Austen, Boris Vian, Camus, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Molière, Kafka, Ionesco, Gombrowicz, Sartre...), and - Humour (PG Wodehouse, Raymond Queneau, Douglas Adams, Sempé / Goscinny (le Petit Nicolas !), James Thurber, Oscar Wilde, Jerome K. Jerome...). i couldn't choose fewer favorites than that. I would have added Historical Fiction (well, more accurate would probably be Historical Mysteries, like Anne Perry, so i can get some edification with my entertainment), General fiction (is Nabokov Classic, or General Fiction ?? he is one of my favorite authors...), non-fiction (if only for Feynman : i love science and math, from afar mostly since i don't know enough about either to do anything practical, but i like reading articles... nano-technology is CRAZY !!), and possibly Science fiction as well, but you did say not to go too crazy. i chose humour for writers like PG Wodehouse and Queneau who are among my favorites (although a lot of my favorite mystery writers can be very funny as well ; Dorothy L. Sayers, Maurice Leblanc, ES Gardner and Léo Malet come to mind). i don't think i would want a new genre just for them, i already have a hard enough time fitting things into categories (see my dilemma about historical mysteries above). dave barry (or whoever) can sit next to Wodehouse ; it doesn't mean i have to read him. i see i am in good company here. Tompe and I could probably have a lot of fun sharing books, unless we both already have identical libraries, since our tastes seem to be pretty close. i love Jane Austen as well (so far it seems everyone does, which i find encouraging !), and although it was not proposed in the poll i love comics as well !! yay Tintin ! my favorite is le Capitaine Haddock... however i have never thought of reading them on my eb1150... |
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My favourite genre is, without doubt, Science Fiction. I wonder if those of us who like this genre do-so because we don't like the world we live in and simply enjoy escaping into realms with fantastical technologies, new worlds and alien races. Perhaps we see in some of our favourite authors and their stories a hope for the future which doesn't seem to be apparent in the circumstances which we find ourselves.
Can anyone explain to me why there are so many pathetically awful films [that's movies for you colonists ] made of our favourite genre. Science Fiction writers have such brilliant ideas which are usually reduced to an orgy of special effects, bad dialogue and second-rate acting. It used to be bad special effects - but at least that's improved. Thank goodness the synapses will always produce a better picture than the the screens at the local fleapit. Hmmm, that's a good point - why am I worrying about films when I can read a book? Tommy |
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