Comments on: The economics of fiction http://futurismic.com/2009/03/19/the-economics-of-fiction/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2009/03/19/the-economics-of-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-21679 Paul Raven Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:48:50 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6585#comment-21679 I'll be quite honest, Kate - it was an entirely unresearched assumption on my part, and I apologise for any unintended slight it may have caused. I was unaware of there being an active fandom around romance literature. Actually, if I'd thought about it, I should have guessed - and for exactly the reasons the two economists mention in the video! Thanks for stepping in and bringing me up on that; genres aren't so different once you get beyond the fences and look in from the outside. :) I’ll be quite honest, Kate – it was an entirely unresearched assumption on my part, and I apologise for any unintended slight it may have caused. I was unaware of there being an active fandom around romance literature.

Actually, if I’d thought about it, I should have guessed – and for exactly the reasons the two economists mention in the video! Thanks for stepping in and bringing me up on that; genres aren’t so different once you get beyond the fences and look in from the outside. :)

]]> By: Kate Eltham http://futurismic.com/2009/03/19/the-economics-of-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-21674 Kate Eltham Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:57:35 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6585#comment-21674 Hi Paul, love Futurismic and have been following for a while. I'm intrigued by your assumption that, as a genre, science fiction is more socially cohesive than romance novels. There seems little basis for this (and, for that matter, Screen Sleuth's claim that the intelligence level of romance readers varies more widely). In my experience, the romance genre is one of the more socially cohesive genres out there and would easily rival SF on that score. Is there some research you're aware of? Because if we're purely observing that fans are well-organised and build vibrant communities, both in person and online, there's plenty of evidence of that in both romance and SF. Keep up the great posts. Thanks! Kate. Hi Paul, love Futurismic and have been following for a while. I’m intrigued by your assumption that, as a genre, science fiction is more socially cohesive than romance novels. There seems little basis for this (and, for that matter, Screen Sleuth’s claim that the intelligence level of romance readers varies more widely). In my experience, the romance genre is one of the more socially cohesive genres out there and would easily rival SF on that score. Is there some research you’re aware of? Because if we’re purely observing that fans are well-organised and build vibrant communities, both in person and online, there’s plenty of evidence of that in both romance and SF.

Keep up the great posts. Thanks!

Kate.

]]> By: Screen Sleuth http://futurismic.com/2009/03/19/the-economics-of-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-21622 Screen Sleuth Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:37:34 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=6585#comment-21622 I think also the intelligence level of people who read romance novels varies more widely than those who read sci-fi books, which changes up the demographics, to put it nicely. I think also the intelligence level of people who read romance novels varies more widely than those who read sci-fi books, which changes up the demographics, to put it nicely.

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