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So exposure makes something literary? Phelix Send a noteboard - 22/12/2009 08:06:27 PM
King is about as Mainstream as an author can be, truly embedded into popular culture over the last 35 years.


That just doesn't seem to fit... I mean, we have Tolkein and Lewis who have been major parts of pop culture for longer than King, and they are patently Fantasy. Is it that their books have elves and magic, where Kings have ghosts, clowns, and aliens?
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Categorizing of fiction books... Phelix - 21/12/2009 07:42:29 AM 1109 Views
There isn't one. Ouranid - 21/12/2009 11:40:31 AM 770 Views
I guess you have a point... Phelix - 21/12/2009 09:51:54 PM 728 Views
This is down to the USA not having a separate horror section, I believe. Werthead - 22/12/2009 03:25:04 AM 766 Views
Um...? rebelaessedai - 22/12/2009 04:08:50 AM 773 Views
That is not standard in all the larger bookstore chains... Barnes & Noble and Borders in particular. Jacob - 22/12/2009 02:53:13 PM 767 Views
So why does King get to be "literature"... Phelix - 22/12/2009 07:31:14 PM 771 Views
Most likely because of the money and movies associated with his name... Jacob - 22/12/2009 07:46:14 PM 695 Views
So exposure makes something literary? Phelix - 22/12/2009 08:06:27 PM 767 Views
Nope... just where it gets shelved in a book megastore. Jacob - 22/12/2009 08:41:56 PM 722 Views
Interesting. Phelix - 22/12/2009 08:46:23 PM 905 Views
I have always seen King in the horror section, never in literature. *shrugs* everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:06:47 AM 659 Views
Huh. rebelaessedai - 23/12/2009 03:11:58 AM 757 Views
Pretty sure Barnes & Noble has horror. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/12/2009 03:34:57 AM 327 Views
Every Borders I have ever been in has a horror section. everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:05:25 AM 751 Views
Aside from Barnes & Noble and Borders and Books-A-Million, maybe I guess? Ghavrel - 22/12/2009 05:55:20 AM 805 Views
Not Borders. They have always had a separate horror shelf next to fantasy/sci-fi. *NM* everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:03:27 AM 323 Views
Whoa, dude. We've been in a Borders together! *NM* rebelaessedai - 23/12/2009 03:43:11 PM 430 Views
It's true! (you might want to get tested... the last girl I went to Borders with had warts. ) *NM* Phelix - 23/12/2009 05:20:54 PM 373 Views
LOL! I miss you, baby! *NM* rebelaessedai - 24/12/2009 03:28:16 AM 343 Views
Miss you too sugar. Phelix - 24/12/2009 03:31:04 AM 762 Views
You never do! rebelaessedai - 24/12/2009 11:52:05 PM 687 Views
It's true, I do. Phelix - 25/12/2009 09:09:49 AM 855 Views
You better! rebelaessedai - 26/12/2009 11:21:35 PM 698 Views
*crosses heart and swears* Phelix - 26/12/2009 11:26:55 PM 828 Views
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