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  • I miss both Donald Westlake and Richard Stark, and marvel at the productivity and resourcefulness of Westlake, who could also execute a non-genre novel like The Ax that's one of the darkest comedies and commentaries you could read about landing a managerial position (solution: eliminate the other candidates).

    Drowned Hopes 2009

  • Unusual publications (i.e. non-genre, non-superhero, non-licensed) sought out new markets — publishing on the web or targeting bookstores — since they would be less likely to find their audience and were given no time to grow one.

    Diamond Agrees to Ship What It Offers » Comics Worth Reading 2010

  • Certainly, the novel matches the unfortunate expectations the typical Christian sf fan has of non-genre fiction.

    Archive 2010-05-01 2010

  • Well, first off, one of the reasons for pissedness is that those non-genre authors writing genre works very often deny the ‘love’ you want to send in their direction – and so do their publishers, marketers & etc.

    Let’s talk about the ghetto « 2009

  • This insight could be conveyed in a non-genre story, but chances are it would have much less power, because we would experience the story through our own prejudices and preconceived notions.

    Director's Corner: The Pleasures of Science Fiction odysseyworkshop 2009

  • They are an interesting demonstration of what a writer normally known for non-genre work might produce in the era of Blake's 7 and the Hitch-Hiker's Guide (and Doctor Who when it was very slightly past its peak).

    Before The Screaming Begins trilogy nwhyte 2009

  • Backspace is a non-genre association of authors founded on the principle of "writers helping writers."

    Karen Dionne: For Career Authors, Staying Published is the Real Challenge Karen Dionne 2011

  • Backspace is a non-genre association of authors founded on the principle of "writers helping writers."

    Karen Dionne: For Career Authors, Staying Published is the Real Challenge Karen Dionne 2011

  • Certainly, the novel matches the unfortunate expectations the typical Christian sf fan has of non-genre fiction.

    Book Review for the First Time in Ages! 2010

  • There are awesome non-genre stories out there, but the stories that get the acclaim often seem to have a similar aftertaste to them.

    Let’s talk about the ghetto « 2009

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