Genre classification is just pattern recognition - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T10:12:53Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:6245?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A6335&feed=yes&xn_auth=no"Large breasted midget rodeo…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:67492007-03-16T18:39:21.555ZSteve Allanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/SteveAllan
"Large breasted midget rodeo porn is a genre. At least, if it isn't my career's fucked."<br />
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Oh, that was you?
"Large breasted midget rodeo porn is a genre. At least, if it isn't my career's fucked."<br />
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Oh, that was you? "Crime writers who are routin…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:66642007-03-16T17:31:02.052ZSandra Ruttanhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Sandramre
"Crime writers who are routinely lionized can hold my attention until the end of a book on the strength of how they construct a plot, but I have no interest in reading those books again. The point is the puzzle, and there's nothing else there."<br />
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The only thing about this is it is a generalization. I have read crime fiction novels that I consider to be far more character studies, insightful and powerful. And I do re-read those books.<br />
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My husband has probably read LOTR 4 times just since we've…
"Crime writers who are routinely lionized can hold my attention until the end of a book on the strength of how they construct a plot, but I have no interest in reading those books again. The point is the puzzle, and there's nothing else there."<br />
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The only thing about this is it is a generalization. I have read crime fiction novels that I consider to be far more character studies, insightful and powerful. And I do re-read those books.<br />
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My husband has probably read LOTR 4 times just since we've been married. <br />
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And I have read some work that falls under the 'literary' category that wasn't worth reading once. <br />
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Nobody can read Patterson or Brown and say they completely understand crime fiction based off that alone. There is a wide range within the genre, in the same way there's a wide range within all categories. Some work will appeal to us. Some work will touch us in a profound way. Some won't, and the list will be different for every single person here.<br />
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Nobody will persuade me that Bruen's Jack Taylor series, for example, or Lippman's standalones aren't every bit as powerful and insightful - if not more than - much non-genre work produced. Classification is a marketing…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:64462007-03-16T13:05:42.413ZKaren E. Olsonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/keolson
Classification is a marketing tool. My book Sacred Cows had "a mystery" slapped on the front of it, but when it came out in paperback it said "a novel," indicating that somewhere along the line it had transformed itself into something perhaps "higher" than a lowly mystery. Why? Marketing. It's the same damn book.
Classification is a marketing tool. My book Sacred Cows had "a mystery" slapped on the front of it, but when it came out in paperback it said "a novel," indicating that somewhere along the line it had transformed itself into something perhaps "higher" than a lowly mystery. Why? Marketing. It's the same damn book. Hey, I love Doris Day. I stil…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:64362007-03-16T11:55:30.059ZJude Hardinhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/festus
Hey, I love Doris Day. I still get all choked up when she sings Que Sera, Sera in Hitchcock's American version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. :)
Hey, I love Doris Day. I still get all choked up when she sings Que Sera, Sera in Hitchcock's American version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. :) putting Descarte before the w…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:64272007-03-16T11:17:41.091ZJ.D. Rhoadeshttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JDRhoades
<i>putting Descarte before the whores.</i><br />
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I'm sorry, Stephen, but we have to kill you now.
<i>putting Descarte before the whores.</i><br />
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I'm sorry, Stephen, but we have to kill you now. Mmmm. Fried Toni-brains.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:63762007-03-16T07:47:43.266ZDaniel Hatadihttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/danielhatadi
Mmmm. Fried Toni-brains.
Mmmm. Fried Toni-brains. You should see what I can do…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:63622007-03-16T06:38:18.726ZStephen Blackmoorehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/sblackmoore
You should see what I can do with Cartesian thinking and a bunch of Vegas prostitutes. You know, putting Descarte before the whores.
You should see what I can do with Cartesian thinking and a bunch of Vegas prostitutes. You know, putting Descarte before the whores. I really like the way Stephen…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:63462007-03-16T04:26:07.159ZDaniel Hatadihttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/danielhatadi
I really like the way Stephen King presents himself, at least in what I've read. The book On Writing Horror has a speech he gave at an award ceremony and I think he had some great views on genre, summarised by that quote you have up there.<br />
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I'm not sure that we can or should separate business entirely from art, but as long as we follow our hearts ... damn, that's sounding a little too Doris Day for me. <br />
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But you get my point. I agree with yours. :)
I really like the way Stephen King presents himself, at least in what I've read. The book On Writing Horror has a speech he gave at an award ceremony and I think he had some great views on genre, summarised by that quote you have up there.<br />
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I'm not sure that we can or should separate business entirely from art, but as long as we follow our hearts ... damn, that's sounding a little too Doris Day for me. <br />
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But you get my point. I agree with yours. :) Heisenberg and Gilligan in th…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:63402007-03-16T04:12:39.484ZToni McGee Causeyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ecouteuse
Heisenberg and Gilligan in the same paragraph? Are you people trying to fry my brain?
Heisenberg and Gilligan in the same paragraph? Are you people trying to fry my brain? Ha. Go around and blow up one…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-16:537324:Comment:63392007-03-16T04:10:27.050ZToni McGee Causeyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ecouteuse
Ha. Go around and blow up one freakin' thing with a Tranny along for the ride, and no one lets you forget it. <br />
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Of course, the title of Book 3 is going to be Bobbie Faye's Vigilante Ta Tas.
Ha. Go around and blow up one freakin' thing with a Tranny along for the ride, and no one lets you forget it. <br />
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Of course, the title of Book 3 is going to be Bobbie Faye's Vigilante Ta Tas.