New sub-genres
Once upon a time, cyberpunk was new. And so was steampunk. Somebody was the first, or a handful of people were the first, to figure out some new characteristic properties.
How much standardization on trope and aesthetic is needed to define a sub-genre, and how little? When does it cross the line into rigidity and triteness, or degenerate into vagueness? And, more importantly, how can I get me some of that we-love-you-and-will-buy-your-books-in-our-thousands sub-genre mojo?
posted by Laura E. Goodin @ 9:34 PM (permalink)
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I dunno, Laura, but when you've got it sussed, post it to my blog, too:-)
Stir the stew! Deconstruct and reconstruct the categories! Queer the oppositional binaries! Rah! Rah! Rah!
yours in the struggle,
On the opposite side of the spectrum, you have Zappa's Big Note: everything in the universe is vibration, and so all music is an overtone of The Big Note.
Cheers,
~Karl
word verification: "lensive" . . . optical, or thoughtful?
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