tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1022880825859700264.post8882846698690625748..comments2024-03-21T09:11:45.159-04:00Comments on Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action: The Writer Will Take Your Questions Now (#111) -- Literary Genre Writingseanhtaylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04904457463544311851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1022880825859700264.post-56579063646839758762012-03-16T17:05:41.225-04:002012-03-16T17:05:41.225-04:00"A good story is just a good story." <..."A good story is just a good story." <--- That's gospel, baby. That'll preach. *grins*seanhtaylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904457463544311851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1022880825859700264.post-75706283074644502702012-03-16T10:37:15.047-04:002012-03-16T10:37:15.047-04:00This weekend I'm going to see SF author Gene W...This weekend I'm going to see SF author Gene Wolfe honored by the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (http://chicagoliteraryhof.wordpress.com/). <br />"Genre" is just a technical term for marketers. A good story is just a good story.<br /><br />"He's the finest living male American writer of SF and fantasy – possibly the finest living American writer." ~ Neil Gaiman<br /><Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016802159573871360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1022880825859700264.post-53885490751231920322012-03-16T07:22:43.029-04:002012-03-16T07:22:43.029-04:00I agree with you actually, Erik, but the marketing...I agree with you actually, Erik, but the marketing magnates who determine such things and set the rules have defeated us soundly in the court of public opinion.seanhtaylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04904457463544311851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1022880825859700264.post-73736376532232885982012-03-16T07:10:39.997-04:002012-03-16T07:10:39.997-04:00I disagree that pulp is a genre, Sean. It's a...I disagree that pulp is a genre, Sean. It's a style through which genres are filtered, yes, and it was definitely a specific medium at one time.<br /><br />But a genre? No more so than comic books.<br /><br />I'm just being argumentative, cap'n, but I'm also right for once. (;Erik Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17407967478679583845noreply@blogger.com