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Interesting. Phelix Send a noteboard - 22/12/2009 08:46:23 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?


Horror has always been sort of a between genre in the US. King writes enough cross-genre stuff that most places just stick all his books where it is most convenient. It's also part of the reason that Margaret Atwood is shelved in Literature despite several of her titles being Sci-Fi or speculative by nature... that and she'd probably file a suite against a store that shelved her as a sci-fi author. Also, most stores shelve all of an authors books in one place rather than split them by genre.


Sad that someone would be that offended by being called a sci fi author.

Thank you for your insights. :)
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Categorizing of fiction books... Phelix - 21/12/2009 07:42:29 AM 1112 Views
There isn't one. Ouranid - 21/12/2009 11:40:31 AM 772 Views
I guess you have a point... Phelix - 21/12/2009 09:51:54 PM 731 Views
This is down to the USA not having a separate horror section, I believe. Werthead - 22/12/2009 03:25:04 AM 770 Views
Um...? rebelaessedai - 22/12/2009 04:08:50 AM 776 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 770 Views
So why does King get to be "literature"... Phelix - 22/12/2009 07:31:14 PM 774 Views
Most likely because of the money and movies associated with his name... Jacob - 22/12/2009 07:46:14 PM 697 Views
So exposure makes something literary? Phelix - 22/12/2009 08:06:27 PM 769 Views
Nope... just where it gets shelved in a book megastore. Jacob - 22/12/2009 08:41:56 PM 725 Views
Interesting. Phelix - 22/12/2009 08:46:23 PM 908 Views
I have always seen King in the horror section, never in literature. *shrugs* everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:06:47 AM 661 Views
Huh. rebelaessedai - 23/12/2009 03:11:58 AM 759 Views
Pretty sure Barnes & Noble has horror. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/12/2009 03:34:57 AM 329 Views
Every Borders I have ever been in has a horror section. everynametaken - 23/12/2009 04:05:25 AM 755 Views
Aside from Barnes & Noble and Borders and Books-A-Million, maybe I guess? Ghavrel - 22/12/2009 05:55:20 AM 807 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 325 Views
Whoa, dude. We've been in a Borders together! *NM* rebelaessedai - 23/12/2009 03:43:11 PM 432 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 375 Views
LOL! I miss you, baby! *NM* rebelaessedai - 24/12/2009 03:28:16 AM 345 Views
Miss you too sugar. Phelix - 24/12/2009 03:31:04 AM 765 Views
You never do! rebelaessedai - 24/12/2009 11:52:05 PM 691 Views
It's true, I do. Phelix - 25/12/2009 09:09:49 AM 858 Views
You better! rebelaessedai - 26/12/2009 11:21:35 PM 701 Views
*crosses heart and swears* Phelix - 26/12/2009 11:26:55 PM 831 Views
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