http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/20/2009-hugo-award-nominations/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/20/2009-hugo-award-nominations/#comment-143290 Casey Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11454#comment-143290 The term generally means fiction that is written with the intent of fitting into a specifically genre - basically, the stuff that has its own section in a bookstore. SciFi, horror, mystery, romance... But it's used in the SciFi/Fantasy context a lot because of the niche short fiction and reviewing market that's built up around it (fanzines and such), the idea being that it's often ignored by mainstream media or at the least, defined by its genre. The term generally means fiction that is written with the intent of fitting into a specifically genre – basically, the stuff that has its own section in a bookstore. SciFi, horror, mystery, romance… But it's used in the SciFi/Fantasy context a lot because of the niche short fiction and reviewing market that's built up around it (fanzines and such), the idea being that it's often ignored by mainstream media or at the least, defined by its genre.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/20/2009-hugo-award-nominations/#comment-270875 Casey Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11454#comment-270875 The term generally means fiction that is written with the intent of fitting into a specifically genre - basically, the stuff that has its own section in a bookstore. SciFi, horror, mystery, romance... But it's used in the SciFi/Fantasy context a lot because of the niche short fiction and reviewing market that's built up around it (fanzines and such), the idea being that it's often ignored by mainstream media or at the least, defined by its genre. The term generally means fiction that is written with the intent of fitting into a specifically genre – basically, the stuff that has its own section in a bookstore. SciFi, horror, mystery, romance… But it’s used in the SciFi/Fantasy context a lot because of the niche short fiction and reviewing market that’s built up around it (fanzines and such), the idea being that it’s often ignored by mainstream media or at the least, defined by its genre.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/20/2009-hugo-award-nominations/#comment-143174 Chris Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:32:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11454#comment-143174 What exactly is "genre" fiction? What exactly is "genre" fiction?

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/20/2009-hugo-award-nominations/#comment-270874 Chris Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:32:00 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=11454#comment-270874 What exactly is "genre" fiction? What exactly is “genre” fiction?

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