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That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Legolas Send a noteboard - 11/05/2011 08:53:14 PM
I tend to consider Spec Fic as an umberella category that includes fantasy and science fiction (themselves genres which are sometimes so broad they are becoming meaningless). I was therefore going to read one fantasy, one sci fi, and if I read one I couldn't categorise, or another one that fit one of the two others, I would count that as spec fic.

Obviously I consider fantasy and sci-fi to fall under the broader "spec fic" category; but the Challenge being to read one of each, it seems logical that the one that's referred to as "spec fic" would belong to that part of the "spec fic" category that is neither fantasy nor sci-fi. To me that seems logical, anyway. :P
What is Lies of Locke Lamora to you, for example? It is not sword and sorcery (although there is both swords and sorcery in it).

Fantasy. Not much room for doubt there, in my opinion... sure, it's fantasy that borrows heavily from mafia and crime novels, and is set in a Venice clone more than a traditional fantasy world, but even so.
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I'm counting Summer Tree as spec fic nossy - 10/05/2011 07:16:15 PM 779 Views
I figure the idea is "spec fic" covers everything that's, well, spec fic, without being fantasy / SF Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:09:31 PM 749 Views
Huh Camilla - 10/05/2011 10:28:58 PM 847 Views
That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Legolas - 11/05/2011 08:53:14 PM 838 Views
Re: That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Camilla - 11/05/2011 08:54:52 PM 774 Views
I'd have to agree with Rebekah that e.g. The Time Traveller's Wife qualifies. Legolas - 11/05/2011 09:00:03 PM 759 Views
Gaiman's short stories? Camilla - 12/05/2011 10:54:59 AM 848 Views
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Indeed. Rebekah - 10/05/2011 10:37:51 PM 808 Views
I'm glad our fearless leaders are so sure. nossy - 11/05/2011 01:31:52 AM 907 Views
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I entirely agree, evidently I phrased my opinion badly though... *NM* Legolas - 11/05/2011 08:55:00 PM 341 Views
Sure, I'll give it a shot. *NM* Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 385 Views
Pure pimpage: In a few weeks, I'll have a story being published in an anthology that'd meet this Larry - 11/05/2011 11:18:17 PM 789 Views
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