Poll #26: Do you like cross-genre fiction?

Shaun · 05-06-2008, 06:18 PM

Do you like works that have both science fiction and fantasy elements, mystery and western, romance and scifi, etc.? Why?

Rafael Domination · 05-06-2008, 07:18 PM

I don't just like them. I DO them!

While I appreciate genres with a more straightforward and narrow style, I take the cross genres because they can be much more versatile and interesting, since the writer often leads his/her audience to explore new and unique concepts that could be a refreshing break from normal genres.

Zaphkiel · 05-14-2008, 12:41 AM

I love to mix my genres as well. I think it's good to break away from a more...used style.

Chie'N'Kadath · 05-14-2008, 05:21 AM

Absolutely. Almost all my favourite stories are a cross of something (For example, the short story Troll Bridge is a subtle mixture of classic fantasy with modern horror) and the same applies to my favourite movies (Body horror movies are a great example, which are the TRUE sci-fi horror movies, like Alien or VideoDrome. There are way too many people that take sci-fi horror the wrong way. I'm sorry, but just because you add a scientist to a ghost story doesn't make it sci-fi horror.)

Rouge · 05-15-2008, 09:27 PM

It's like Dan Brown or Stephanie Meyer.
He incorporates fiction with totally real stuff.
Her new book, The Host, is romance/sci-fi. I haven't read it yet, but I did buy it.

jordanisonfire · 05-17-2008, 07:21 PM

In my opinion, it's impossible not to have a novel that is one single genre. So, yeah, without cross-genres, we'd have no true literature.

Paradox · 07-05-2008, 08:27 AM

Sci-fi/Fantasy all the way!!!!!!!!!!

I read it, write it, BREATHE IT!!!!

*Paradox*

Clawfire · 01-04-2011, 09:47 AM

It's okay, I guess. I don't like it much when a good fantasy world which should be a completely new world is used as the actual world though. a bit like the Pure Dead books by Cornelia Funke...

FayGee · 01-06-2011, 08:54 AM

I've never really found one that's cross-genre, 'cause I usually read good ol' fiction.

View Poll Results: Do you like cross-genre fiction?
Yes, I like it quite a lot.	15	50.00%
Yeah, it's okay.	14	46.67%
Eh, it's overrated.	1	3.33%
I hate it. Segregation is the way to go!	0	0%
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05-06-2008, 06:18 PM	View Post #1 (Link) Poll #26: Do you like cross-genre fiction?
Shaun Dead Person Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Posts: 5,580 Points: 11.33 Times Thanked: 136	Do you like works that have both science fiction and fantasy elements, mystery and western, romance and scifi, etc.? Why? __________________ The Viking Amoeba Army is here! Run for your lives! Tumblr! Read my published fiction and non-fiction! And check out The World in the Satin Bag novel podcast. Help me become rich and donate! My Random Stuff: --The World in the Satin Bag: My science fiction, fantasy, and writing blog! --Check out Cheese & Crackers Original and Cheese & Crackers Superheroes --The Skiffy and Fanty Show --Duke and Zink Do America (Political Podcast) YWO Stuff: --Buy Survival By Storytelling Magazine (Issue One is available!) Support fellow YWO writers! --And don't forget to buy something from YWO's Zazzle Store! --Follow YWO on Twitter. Spoiler: This is a call to arms, gather soldiers, Time to go to war. This is a battle song, brothers and sisters, Time to go to war.

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Rafael Domination Maker of Worlds Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: If I told you, I'd have to kill you. Posts: 4,380 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 75	I don't just like them. I DO them! While I appreciate genres with a more straightforward and narrow style, I take the cross genres because they can be much more versatile and interesting, since the writer often leads his/her audience to explore new and unique concepts that could be a refreshing break from normal genres. __________________ . . . Should be back by February 2010... SIGN UP FOR THE TW VS YWO ANIMATION! IT'S WORTH THE BRAGGING RIGHTS!

05-14-2008, 12:41 AM	View Post #3 (Link)
Zaphkiel Freelance Writer Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,525 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 31	I love to mix my genres as well. I think it's good to break away from a more...used style. __________________ http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...ire-Knight.gif The stars are shining. The full moon above me. Why does the night pass by? Why couldn’t it last forever? Zaphkiel's Final Product: A Cursed Royalty

05-14-2008, 05:21 AM	View Post #4 (Link)
Chie'N'Kadath Scholarly Apprentice Join Date: May 2008 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 121 Points: 18.54 Times Thanked: 13	Absolutely. Almost all my favourite stories are a cross of something (For example, the short story Troll Bridge is a subtle mixture of classic fantasy with modern horror) and the same applies to my favourite movies (Body horror movies are a great example, which are the TRUE sci-fi horror movies, like Alien or VideoDrome. There are way too many people that take sci-fi horror the wrong way. I'm sorry, but just because you add a scientist to a ghost story doesn't make it sci-fi horror.) __________________ http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7131/siggy2uc3.jpg Colour Guide to who is posting! Chie Kadath Someone once asked us, "How do you both trade places so quickly on the computer to respond to posts?" We shrugged, and responded "We're so close, I think we've become conjoined twins and we just sit and fight over the keyboard."

05-15-2008, 09:27 PM	View Post #5 (Link)
Rouge Wordsmith Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hailsham Posts: 2,793 Points: 26 Times Thanked: 227	It's like Dan Brown or Stephanie Meyer. He incorporates fiction with totally real stuff. Her new book, The Host, is romance/sci-fi. I haven't read it yet, but I did buy it.

05-17-2008, 07:21 PM	View Post #6 (Link)
jordanisonfire Master of English Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: England Posts: 5,130 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 95	In my opinion, it's impossible not to have a novel that is one single genre. So, yeah, without cross-genres, we'd have no true literature.

07-05-2008, 08:27 AM	View Post #7 (Link)
Paradox Novice Writer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: In a Parallel Universe Posts: 15 Points: 10 Times Thanked: 0	Sci-fi/Fantasy all the way!!!!!!!!!! I read it, write it, BREATHE IT!!!! Paradox __________________ "...and so the paradox was revealed." - Xulen, Interdimensional Guardian of Stars, Paradox Revealed (my book) "Ara was walking on top of the ocean, although a nagging thought told her this should have been impossible." - Paradox Revealed (my book) "Mystical guardian entities are people too!" - Guardian Trillessa, Shifters Stories Read more at my site clickie (under deep construction)

01-04-2011, 09:47 AM	View Post #8 (Link)
Clawfire Literary Artist Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: I am where I seem to be. Posts: 497 Points: 30 Times Thanked: 13	It's okay, I guess. I don't like it much when a good fantasy world which should be a completely new world is used as the actual world though. a bit like the Pure Dead books by Cornelia Funke... __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a nonlinear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff. - The Doctor (David Tennant)

01-06-2011, 08:54 AM	View Post #9 (Link)
FayGee Aspiring Author Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: the home is where the heart is! Posts: 686 Points: 22.57 Times Thanked: 28	I've never really found one that's cross-genre, 'cause I usually read good ol' fiction. __________________ YWO Awards 2011: Most Welcoming Member: FayGee Worst Spammer: FayGee Roses are red Violets are blue Some poems rhyme This one doesn't So ha. I collect thank points.