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 Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:22 am
Does anyone else enjoy books that cross genre lines, such as sci-fi mysteries or fantasy westerns (yes, I have read one--I'm going crazy trying to remember the name)?
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:25 pm
I'm not exactly sure why, but I tend to enjoy books when their genres aren't clear. Perhaps it seems like book genres fall into a dull routine (sure, Mystery was cool when Poe laid the foundation, but by now the plots are mostly all the same), so when something unusual comes along, it catches my interest.
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:43 pm
Cross genre can be really interesting. It brings a new twist on an old plot line, and I have no complaints about that.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:16 am
Would you call alternative history fastasy or science-fiction?
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:49 pm
OliviaFalconer Would you call alternative history fastasy or science-fiction? It's called "Historical Fiction" This can range in anything from a story that is wholly accurate in what was going on at the time with totally fictional characters and a made up story* Or something with totally real characters, who really existed, and a completely accurate plot with a fictional element thrown in to spice it up ** * there was a whole series like this... God, what was it's name... Something like "The winter of red snow" or something, It was the story of either the Oregon trail or the trail of tears, I can't remember. I was still in grade school when I read it. ( before Harry Potter came out! ) **The Terimiare series is a good example of this. I am debating weather or not "the dragon ship" falls into this category as well... I don't think so, but it might.
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:39 am
I was thinking more like the alternate histories like "What if the South won the Civil War" or "What if the Axis won World War II"? (That was a good book-- In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove)
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:53 pm
Depending on what you are trying to do with a topic like that. Do you want to tell a story with characters, or inform the world as to what you think would happen in a what if situation.
To tell a story like that is entirely fiction.
to inform is, well, informitive.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:31 am
I've never actually read a true cross-genre book.
Well, yes... fantasy romance, but there is probably romance in every genre.
Fantasy-western... sounds pretty interesting.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:28 am
I wish I could remember what fantasy western I was thinking of, but I think Stephen King's Dark Tower series would fall somewhat in that category.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:50 am
OliviaFalconer I wish I could remember what fantasy western I was thinking of, but I think Stephen King's Dark Tower series would fall somewhat in that category.
Woah, I think I'm going to have to search for that series now.
Stephen King is the love. <3
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:36 pm
I usually like fantasy mystery or fantasy horror.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:08 pm
Nothing wrong with being creative and crossing genres! whee I almost always prefer fantasy as the main genre, but having mystery, romance, or suspense as a sub-genre can make it even better. cool
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Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:17 am
I've never read any cross-genres, but it would be very interesting.
Now I'll have to look for some.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:32 pm
A lot of what I see are fantasy/romance, or sci-fi/romance. Mystery also seems to lend itself well to crosses.
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