Her favorite genre of literature is biography. From LearnThat.org.
The traditional meaning of the term genre has been distorted. From Wordnik.com. [Genres and niche markets] Reference
Writers making serious dough in genre is good news for everyone. From Wordnik.com. [[UPDATED] Alastair Reynolds Lands Unprecedented 10-Year, 10-Book Deal with Gollancz] Reference
Exorbitant claims are inherent in another title genre: things that have changed the world. From Wordnik.com. [Culture Making] Reference
Because the genre is age old, variation is a welcomed component. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
The disavowal of being a part of the genre is absolutely pretension. From Wordnik.com. [Pretentiousness] Reference
Then I noticed that the genre is also a mirror to better reflect the dark side of human beings. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Han Song] Reference
Past the to-ing and fro-ing and scene dressing, the genre is about the search for a reliable truth. From Wordnik.com. [Baring it All] Reference
Certainly we can continue to be smug in the belief that our genre is an accurate look into the future. From Wordnik.com. [March 2008] Reference
One of the things I dislike most about the genre is the shave-and-a-haircut endings you find in most fiction. From Wordnik.com. [Fiction Review: Jason Sanford's "The Ships Like Clouds Risen by Their Rain"] Reference
What's interesting to me about all these musings on the fate of the genre is the sociological comment it provides. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Science Fiction (yet again)] Reference
LNN: Some of the traits that separate your projects from other short films in the genre is the high production value and the acting. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
She says she wanted to return to pop after a series of what she calls genre exercises, like her country album "Pretty Little Stranger.". From Wordnik.com. [Joan Osborne: The 'Indomitable Spirit' Of NYC] Reference
Maybe the cozy mystery genre is getting too tight. From Wordnik.com. [Melanie Benjamin: Stop the Insanity and Just Write, Already] Reference
And many of them just happen to be in genre shows. From Wordnik.com. [Tube Bits for 10/27/2008] Reference
Why the rumba and not some other Latin American genre?. From Wordnik.com. [When Cuba Invaded America] Reference
But the genre is 'techno-thriller', no doubt about it. From Wordnik.com. [Interview with Jonathan Maberry, author of Patient Zero] Reference
And no genre is more imperiled than science fiction/fantasy. From Wordnik.com. [How High-Definition Is Bad News for SF Flicks] Reference
I think the Fantasy film genre is where SF used to be before. From Wordnik.com. [Did Fantasy Movies Fail To Make A Resurgence?] Reference
There is one type of ending that annoys me more than any other in genre writing. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Which SF/F Books Have The Best and Worst Endings?] Reference
In no way at all does the genre from the inside resemble that seen by outsiders. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: The Hugo Awards - Success at Picking the Best, How Well it Represents the Genre, 2009 Predictions & Overlooked Titles] Reference
Each genre is a genre because its has standards and conventions unique to itself. From Wordnik.com. [Rothfuss on Genre Fiction] Reference
Her impact on the genre is truly significant and should be recognized in this way. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Who Should Be The Next Grand Master?] Reference
Particularly in genre fiction, the text could be weighed down with made up language. From Wordnik.com. [March 2005] Reference
And one welcome addition to the action RPG genre is the early acquisition of a mount. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Sacred 2] Reference
Then he attacks the genre from a new angle when he looks at the conditions of narrative. From Wordnik.com. [August 2006] Reference
Do you really think that pissing off the establishment of a tiny genre is a way to make sales?. From Wordnik.com. [TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley] Reference
Is Rowling qualified to comment on what the fantasy genre is if she doesn't like it or read it?. From Wordnik.com. [Pratchett Pokes Fun at Rowling] Reference
The problem, just like any other genre is not with the genre, but with the chops of the creator. From Wordnik.com. [Is Film a Poor Medium for Science Fiction?] Reference
That said, my tastes in genre movie villains varies, depending on the type of movie I'm watching. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Bad Guys We Love to Hate: The Best Film Villains in SF/F/H (with Various Videos of Villainy)] Reference
The horror genre is of almost no interest to me and the prominence of it on SFC has bothered me for years. From Wordnik.com. [POLL RESULTS: Pro Wrestling on the SciFi Channel] Reference
One of the reasons I enjoy reading science fiction as a genre is that it presents interesting hypothetical situations. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress] Reference
The genre is not about exploring possibilities, as science fiction does, but about losing ourselves in impossibilities. From Wordnik.com. [SF Tidbits for 7/21/07] Reference
The goal is to allow this person to sample the wealth of works and the natural progression of ideas in genre in the intervening decades. From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: New SF/F Recommendations for the Golden Age Reader] Reference
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