2011 "Genre of the Month" Poll

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Originally Posted by OrphanPip

Loosely defined, an episodic story about the adventures of a traveling roguish hero.

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Interesting. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by OrphanPip

Ha, you're not out of touch Paul. Pulp fiction is the term for the cheap low cost mass publishing of short stories and from the early 20th century, often genre fiction. You could consider them the roots of today's cheap romance novels and other formulaic mass market paperbacks.

Some good authors wrote for the pulps though, because it was a way to make money fast because they were paid by the word instead of by sales. The publishers relied on producing a consistent flow of stories for a niche market rather than producing successful novels that would get republished.

Most lesbian pulp, as you can imagine, was lesbian themed erotica written for men by men.

Edit: Gay and lesbian pulp fiction is rather negatively viewed by gay people these days, because they perpetuated a lot of negative stereotypes. Some, mostly of the lesbian variety, have been seen as early important cultural expressions of a gay identity. However, gay pulp tended to be much more negative because obscenity laws tended to require that it contain an explicitly anti-gay message in it.

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Cheers. A good explanation.

I nominate Short Story Collections and Horror.

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

I nominate Short Story Collections and Horror.

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Oh I wish short story collections had been nominated (great idea), but unfortunately Juniper the nomination process has ended and we are now voting on what was nominated.

Aww...

The voting at the moment:

Science fiction 10

Gothic novel 9

Ancient Greek/ Roman Literature 8

Comic novel 8

Dystopia 8

Steampunk 8

Bildungsroman 7

Picaresque 7

Post-colonial 6

Historical fiction 6

Realistic 6

Existentialism 5
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Campus novel 4

Psychological thriller 4

Family Saga 4

Utopian 3

Fantasy 3

Lesbian pulp 3

Dream visions 2

Autobiography/ biography 2



The first 12 genres above the line will be included in next year's reading selection.

I voted for all the options that I could understand (which were very few!). :p

Results at the moment:


Science fiction 17

Gothic novel 13

Dystopia 12

Steampunk 10

Ancient Greek/ Roman Literature 10

Historical fiction 9

Comic novel 9

Bildungsroman 9

Picaresque 8

Realistic 7

Psychological thriller 7

Existentialism 7
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Post-colonial 6

Fantasy 6

Campus novel 6

Utopian 5

Family Saga 5

Lesbian pulp 3

Dream visions 3

Autobiography/ biography 2

Seems a good top 12 at the moment. Glad my choice of picaresque is proving popular, should be good for a larf! Surprised fantasy isn't further up, though i'm not a fan.

Going once...

Poll result at the moment:

Science fiction 17

Gothic novel 13

Dystopia 12

Ancient Greek/ Roman Literature 11

Historical fiction 11

Bildungsroman 11

Comic novel 11

Steampunk 10

Picaresque 9

Existentialism 8

Realistic 8

Psychological thriller 7

Fantasy 7
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Campus novel 6

Post-colonial 6

Family Saga 6

Utopian 5

Dream visions 3

Autobiography/ biography 3

Lesbian pulp 3


"Psychological thriller" and "Fantasy" are competing for the 12th place.

i want both!!

In 2011, we will be reading books from following genres:

Science fiction

Gothic novel

Dystopia

Ancient Greek/ Roman Literature

Historical fiction

Bildungsroman

Comic novel

Steampunk

Picaresque

Existentialism

Realistic

Fantasy

Some good genres in there.

sounds fun :) i hope i have time to join in. screw college.

Why was fantasy chosen over psychological thriller when both had 7 votes?

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Originally Posted by Nikhar

Why was fantasy chosen over psychological thriller when both had 7 votes?

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Because a choice had to be made and I thought, "Who better than I?"

"Fantasy" as a genre encompasses more books so I have decided to go with that.

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

Because a choice had to be made and I thought, "Who better than I?"

"Fantasy" as a genre encompasses more books so I have decided to go with that.

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rofl....:smilielol5:

you've always been so modest scher. :D