http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/blog/is-speculative-fiction-at-it%e2%80%99s-zenith/ Science fiction and fantasy book reviews, discussions, and news. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:03:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/blog/is-speculative-fiction-at-it%e2%80%99s-zenith/comment-page-1/#comment-98 darkened jade Mon, 18 May 2009 09:43:06 +0000 http://www.bestfantasybooks.com/blog/?p=175#comment-98 I agree that there are a lot of people jumping on the bandwagon and using the basic cliches of the genre to get in on something that is currenlty selling. However, there are always new and fantastic books in these genres. Admittedly, you wouldn't know that from you average book shop that has the same hundred or so books from the same authors as every other book shop. Go online and just follow the author blogs, scroll through amazon or lulu or any of the other online sellers. You will find some of the most amazing gems - nestled in amongst a whole pile of rubbish. That is always the way of books. You have to look deeper to find the one you are after. I agree that there are a lot of people jumping on the bandwagon and using the basic cliches of the genre to get in on something that is currenlty selling. However, there are always new and fantastic books in these genres. Admittedly, you wouldn’t know that from you average book shop that has the same hundred or so books from the same authors as every other book shop. Go online and just follow the author blogs, scroll through amazon or lulu or any of the other online sellers. You will find some of the most amazing gems – nestled in amongst a whole pile of rubbish. That is always the way of books. You have to look deeper to find the one you are after.

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