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I don't know what that means. nossy Send a noteboard - 10/05/2011 05:02:15 PM
Half-Dozen Challenge:

Read one Sci-fi, one Fantasy and one Spec Fic book (i.e. three separate books, and they can be books you've read before, if you like).

Ok, what's The Summer Tree? Fantasy, right? Then what the hey is the difference between sci fi and spec fic? I'm printing a list.

Genre Challenge

- Historical Fiction/Alternative History

- Western
check

- Horror

- Mystery/Crime

- (Auto-) Biography
check

- History

- Family chronicle
The Distant Hours might count.

- Allegory/parody/satire

- Surrealist novel

- Extra option for those who can: a novel in a foreign language


I need someone to look at what I've read and tell me what qualifies for what.:P
This message last edited by nossy on 10/05/2011 at 05:07:08 PM
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RAFO Challenges for May and June: what are your choices? Rebekah - 01/05/2011 10:56:11 AM 1037 Views
Right. I have decided. Rebekah - 03/05/2011 12:59:32 PM 814 Views
So. Finished the first of my three. Rebekah - 09/05/2011 07:49:32 PM 781 Views
Are we the only two left doing these challenges? Also: I finished my first as well Camilla - 09/05/2011 07:53:18 PM 760 Views
Maybe. Rebekah - 09/05/2011 07:55:46 PM 827 Views
Re: Maybe. Camilla - 09/05/2011 07:58:03 PM 795 Views
Not at all. But it'll probably be for June, for me, Vanity Fair is taking a while. *NM* Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:11:02 PM 353 Views
No, I'm just wildly behind. Stephen - 10/05/2011 10:07:37 PM 864 Views
And I've changed my mind. Rebekah - 18/05/2011 01:52:16 PM 830 Views
After careful deliberation... Camilla - 03/05/2011 01:44:08 PM 948 Views
I don't know what that means. nossy - 10/05/2011 05:02:15 PM 808 Views
I'm counting Summer Tree as spec fic nossy - 10/05/2011 07:16:15 PM 774 Views
I figure the idea is "spec fic" covers everything that's, well, spec fic, without being fantasy / SF Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:09:31 PM 746 Views
Huh Camilla - 10/05/2011 10:28:58 PM 844 Views
That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Legolas - 11/05/2011 08:53:14 PM 834 Views
Re: That was what I meant, maybe I phrased that badly... Camilla - 11/05/2011 08:54:52 PM 770 Views
I'd have to agree with Rebekah that e.g. The Time Traveller's Wife qualifies. Legolas - 11/05/2011 09:00:03 PM 756 Views
Gaiman's short stories? Camilla - 12/05/2011 10:54:59 AM 844 Views
Some of them would be, yes. Rebekah - 12/05/2011 11:12:05 AM 780 Views
Replay by Ken Grimwood. Rebekah - 11/05/2011 09:00:32 PM 808 Views
MIdnight's Children? jh - 11/05/2011 09:11:24 PM 855 Views
Thomas Ligotti. Michael Cisco. Algernon Blackwood. Larry - 11/05/2011 11:14:45 PM 914 Views
Indeed. Rebekah - 10/05/2011 10:37:51 PM 801 Views
I'm glad our fearless leaders are so sure. nossy - 11/05/2011 01:31:52 AM 902 Views
Speculative Fiction ranagrande - 11/05/2011 02:03:12 PM 823 Views
I entirely agree, evidently I phrased my opinion badly though... *NM* Legolas - 11/05/2011 08:55:00 PM 338 Views
Sure, I'll give it a shot. *NM* Legolas - 10/05/2011 08:10:04 PM 382 Views
Pure pimpage: In a few weeks, I'll have a story being published in an anthology that'd meet this Larry - 11/05/2011 11:18:17 PM 783 Views
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