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Poll Question: Which prose fiction genre do you prefer?
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    Posted: September 14 2010 at 05:49
Inspired by a recent thread about science fiction / fantasy and prog (a thread I must confess I did not fully unterstand Embarrassed) I made up this poll. So which is your favourite genre in prose fiction literature?
I know that there is much overlapping, (for example science fiction and fantasy), but just choose, what you think most applies to you.

I vote SF which is closely followed by Action/Thriller/Conspiracy/Spy. I do not like Fantasy much, although many of my favourite bands and their album covers seem to be inspired by it.
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I voted "other" for non-genre fiction. Then I realised it's by definition not a genre. Now I feel so silly. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Inspired by a recent thread about science fiction / fantasy and prog (a thread I must confess I did not fully unterstand Embarrassed) I made up this poll. So which is your favourite genre in prose fiction literature?
I know that there is much overlapping, (for example science fiction and fantasy), but just choose, what you think most applies to you.

I vote SF which is closely followed by Action/Thriller/Conspiracy/Spy. I do not like Fantasy much, although many of my favourite bands and their album covers seem to be inspired by it.


If it's any consolation, I didn't understand that thread either (and I started it Confused)

I voted 'other' meaning it's mostly novels I read (yeah, that's pretty wide ranging but none of those critters fall into the categories provided)


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I think, the non-fiction genre (political, sociological, economical, technical, historical, philosophical books and essays etc.) might be a different matter, so I excluded it from the list. But those, who prefer non-fiction, don't you also read some fiction?

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I read for true escapism, so for me it is science fiction. 
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well my head is in the clouds so you can guess which genere i like, i'm a fantasy geek, i'm also trying some sci-fi, crime-books, and teanage angst books (thoe i become depressed reading them), I can't read to realistic books becouse i'm too easy to be influence by the caractes,
 
i get to easaly cought in the moment, and I'm also tendncies to believe to to much of what the book is feading me with its theme, I'm not often to crittical of what i'm reading, and when thing gets intriguing I believe it (until) someone else gives me another prespective, (sometimes I have problems getting the grip of the total sum of signs and info which makes me not think of certain thoughts to analytical)
 
I need someone elses analytical voice to guide me so I see the prespective
 
I once saw a Interview with David Irwing (the so cald historian and holocoust-denier) on Norwegian television where he told he's background, he's research, an how he interpretated he's source. My probelem regarding this is that I tend to (not sympethise)but agree to some extent (even though deep in me I know that I should listen to it with a crittical ear), but somehow some of he's statments make sence, until the next segment arrieve where one gyu (who have seen the hole interview backstage, but was not precent in the tv-studio simultaniously)
that when that guy said that you could not take Irwins so cald source for legetime, and that the way he resrearches is not bound in true accademic fashion which made me change my mind about Irwing to a more crittical one
 
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Love novels. But Western stories above all. It keeps me reminding about my good old Camargue.


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Sci-fi for sure.  
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

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The Ringworld series gets creepy. And I don't mean in a good way.

I don't know, I would have voted sci-fi several years ago but now I don't know.
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

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I mostly read philosophy, so I voted other, but I do read some older Sci-Fi (like Wells, Orwell) so I guess that's my favorite fictional genre.
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Can't beat Asimov/Herbert/Lovecraft...
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I don't read fiction.
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Originally posted by Conor Fynes Conor Fynes wrote:

Can't beat Asimov/Herbert/Lovecraft...
Dick, Clarke, Wells, Vonnegut...
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Originally posted by Conor Fynes Conor Fynes wrote:

Can't beat Asimov/Herbert/Lovecraft...
Lovecraft was a incredibly poor writer. If you like his weird ideas, I understand (The Colour Out of Space was neat), but he did not understand how the vast majority of people act and use the English language. That makes sense when you look at his isolated life, but it doesn't make his practically autistic prose any easier to get through.

It's embarrassing, I actually haven't sat down and read a book in a long time, although I'm reading something in practically all my free time. Stupid internet...
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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

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The Ringworld series gets creepy. And I don't mean in a good way.

I don't know, I would have voted sci-fi several years ago but now I don't know.


yeh, I've barely read anything in the last couple years
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
The Ringworld series gets creepy. And I don't mean in a good way.

I don't know, I would have voted sci-fi several years ago but now I don't know.


yeh, I've barely read anything in the last couple years

Me neither, I keep wanting to change that, but that darn ol' internet keeps distracting me.
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