Re: More signs of the times

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 (Paul Dormer) wrote:

> I also note that there is a new section in Smiths called Paranormal
> Romance.  It included both Jim Butcher's Dresden books and Laurel 
> K. Hamilton's Anita Blake books, which don't strike me as romances 
> in the modern meaning of the word.

Now there's a coincidence.  Having posted that, I picked up the latest
issue of Locus, which had arrived this morning, and find in their
review of the year that 2007 was the year Paranormal Romance became a
publi****ng category (more or less).  And they too question as to what
qualifies.  Captain Kirk can have a woman on every planet and it still
be an adventure story, but if the lead character is a woman, it becomes
a romance.