I'm not sure if it's a genre or what it would be called if it was but i'm thinking something counterculture (subversive?). Something from the hippies, beats...
Horror
Sci-fi
Fairytale fantasy
Comic novel
Young adult
War novel
Erotica
Counter-culture Literature
Urban fantasy
New Weird
Gothic
Fantasy
Detective fiction
Crime fiction
Epic fantasies
Morality Plays
Novel of Manners
Thriller
Historical fiction
Philosophical Novel
Chick-lit
I'm not sure if it's a genre or what it would be called if it was but i'm thinking something counterculture (subversive?). Something from the hippies, beats...
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I guess that might be called Beat Lit, although that's a specific time and place and counterculture can exist at any time.Originally Posted by papayahed
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There is no limit (as long as it is one nomination/one member).The Book Club readings are fiction only.I thought there were more genres than listed in the wikipedia. I'll have to think about it. I didn't see chic romance novels on that list.The Wikipedia article is only a guide. If you would like to nominate a genre that is not listed, you are welcome to do soScher a question must the nomintations come from that list or was that just a rough guide/idea?
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You need to have at least 50 posts to be able to nominate or vote.
Nominations so far:
1. Horror (Brigitte)
2. sci-fi (Manolia)
3. fairytale fantasy (Nightshade)
4. comic novel (bouquin)
5. young adult (motherhubbard)
6. war novel (Virgil)
7. erotica (Jozanny)
8. Beat Lit (Papayahed)
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I think that I'll nominate urban fantasy.
Yes, I'll do that.
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Can we make it counterculture Lit? ohh or finge lit? I don't want it to be just beat writers I was thinking it coould include all eras, hippies, gen x, etc..
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Will Urban Fantasy cover "New Weird"? I was surprised we just didn't have a general "fantasy" genre nominated. Oh well, if not I nominate "New Weird."
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What about my nod to gothic?There is no limit (as long as it is one nomination/one member).The Book Club readings are fiction only.The Wikipedia article is only a guide. If you would like to nominate a genre that is not listed, you are welcome to do so
Nominations so far:
1. Horror (Brigitte)
2. sci-fi (Manolia)
3. fairytale fantasy (Nightshade)
4. comic novel (bouquin)
5. young adult (motherhubbard)
6. war novel (Virgil)
7. erotica (Jozanny)
8. Beat Lit (Papayahed)I've made more than 50 posts.
Nominations so far:
1. Horror (Brigitte)
2. sci-fi (Manolia)
3. fairytale fantasy (Nightshade)
4. comic novel (bouquin)
5. young adult (motherhubbard)
6. war novel (Virgil)
7. erotica (Jozanny)
8. counterculture Lit (Papayahed)
9. Urban fantasy (Taliesin)
10. New Weird (Drkshadow03)
11. gothic (Wessexgirl)
12. Fantasy (Nossa)Sorry, I thought you were just agreeing with learntodiscover.What about my nod to gothic?
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What about detective fiction?
How'd we end up reading Papillion??? In theory that wasn't fiction
Last edited by _Shannon_; 09-15-2008 at 05:58 PM.
I feel so very very very old reading of this particular nomination. Drk has no mercy!
Now for the non-teasing question: What are the characteristics of *New Weird* as you understand them?
Who proposed erotica?Was it some salacious adolescent?
(Only teasing you Jozy.)
Last edited by Virgil; 09-15-2008 at 07:54 PM.
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I wrote somthing but my computer crashed and now Ive forgotten what most of the ramble is and am not amused.
All I can rember is this: I was going to say somthig along the lines of come on people there are loads of genres we havent gone anywhere near yet let alone subgenres and even though I have voted I though a few ideas could go a miss :
Adaptations
chick lit
family sagas
weepies
uplifting blah blah I was working my way down the shelves of one corner of my library
OH I know
what would you call those books based on charchetre from classic novels etc which I guess can be intresting especially when you read the original, but at this moment the only ones I can think of by title I couldnt, wouldnt even read, such as Mr Darcy takes a wife, Mr Knightly's diary and Mr Darcy and me, although there was the novel with the boy on crutches from christamas carol had to solve some kind of murder... that one wasnt THAT bad.
oh and eyre affarie of course, which is BRILLIANT, but I think technically classed as a satire...
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ohhh or how about historical fiction, somebody should nominate that...
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Hey that was in the original post
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