[HPFGU-OTChatter] Literature

[the.gremlin at verizon.net]

I really should think before I get on my soapbox:

I wrote:

"I have always drawn a strict line between 'literature' and 'fiction'"

GulPlum responded:
"Considering 90% of what is considered "literature" is fiction, how do you explain that dichotomy?"

Forgot to clarify. In bookstores, general fiction usually means mysteries, romance, SciFi, true crime, and fantasy. However, I think that contemperary fiction (stuff that's pretty much been written in the past 50 years, with the few exceptions that I can't remember right now) should be included under the giant sign that says "General Fiction" (or, if you're in Borders, that italicized 'b'). The heading of 'literature" would mean books that we associate with the classics and the literary canon. 

Did that clear it up? I hope? Because it's kinda hard to explain...and I think I sprained my thumb or something yesterday and it sorta hurts to type...


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