Justine Larbalestier

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1. Marie Says:

   Slightly off-topic Justine, but I’m curious-

   What do you think of this.

   P.S. I agree with jennifer, aka literaticat mostly, but I’m a teen, and haven’t read huge amounts of Adult Fiction.

   February 5th, 2008 at 1:06 am

2. David Moles Says:

   fiction focusing on the concerns of people over 25.

   was that so hard?

   (excludes most of what’s published as non-YA fiction, I admit, particularly in genre, but what can you do?)

   February 5th, 2008 at 12:26 am

3. jennifer, aka literaticat Says:

   sucky and boring, mostly.

   February 5th, 2008 at 12:36 am

4. Patrick Says:

   I’m still trying to understand women’s fiction. Is it illegal for me to read it?

   February 5th, 2008 at 6:48 am

5. Gwenda Says:

   Stinky?

   February 5th, 2008 at 7:16 am

6. Camille Says:

   Uh… isn’t that generally the euphemism for porn? (I am not being facetious!)

   If we’re talking the actual category and not the marketing lingo, “adult” fiction winds up being anything in the mainstream, the template from which all “genres” — YA, chick, fantasy/SF, Queer, action, romance — are deviations of some kind. (I don’t approve of this, but it is sort of… what happens.) “Literary fiction”?

   I’ll stop abusing quotation marks now!

   February 5th, 2008 at 2:25 pm

7. David S. Says:

   Anything published by Playboy or Penthouse. Adult fiction journals such as these are very popular amongst male YA readers too, go figure…

   February 5th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

8. Mary Elizabeth S. Says:

   Nope, for the same reasons that I didn’t try to define YA. :]

   ~Mary

   February 6th, 2008 at 12:06 am

9. jonathan Says:

   Adult fiction is anything not good enough to make it into junior or teen.

   And along the lines of what other people have said, I’ve had a couple of strange looks when showing people around the library and say, “this is where we keep all the adult DVDs”

   February 6th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

10. bennett Says:

    i just wrote the longest post and was rejected because i forgot to fill in my email address. justine, is it floating in your comment approval somewhere or is it gone for good?

    February 8th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

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