If You Like It Then You Should Have Glued Some Gears On It

Originally posted on mishaburnett:

Those of you who have been following this blog for a while know that I have a rather uncomfortable relationship with the concept of genre. On the one hand, I really, really don’t like it, on the other hand, I absolutely hate it.

Genre has always struck me as the lowest sort of pseudo-intellectual caste system, a hierarchy based on superficial characteristics. Itshoehorns stories into stereotypicalcircles. If you write a Science Fiction story, then you mustw...