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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-01-07 06:25 pm

[ SECRET POST #2197 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2197 ⌋

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[personal profile] velvet_mace 2013-01-08 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not so secretly of the opinion that the vast bulk of literary fiction will be forgotten nearly instantly, while the books that become the literary classics of tomorrow will probably be taken from the genre and best seller shelves. For that matter, many of the most loved classics we read today were best sellers and genre fiction of yesteryear.

(Anonymous) 2013-01-08 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
This is why I hate it when people talk about "classics" as if they're a genre in and of themselves. Because they're not. Name pretty much any genre of literature, there's probably at least one book in that genre that is considered a literary classic and has its praises sung by the very same people who dismiss genre fiction as trash.

(Anonymous) 2013-01-08 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hey. You managed to say more or less what I meant to upthread, but much more concisely. I'm not a fan of most literary fiction precisely because it gets labeled timeless without actually passing the test of time.