[HairOfTheDog]

Comix, you think I am dissing your book, I am not. I have not said one negative thing about your beloved book... I am turned off by your snobbish behavior toward any of the other much-loved stories that you have no trouble dissing. I find it funny, really funny.

[PJ-Comix]

And I'm not dissing SF. I really like (and read most of) Vonnegut, Asimov, Heinlein, etc.. Recently, however, SF books have lost much of the earlier quality. However, I do like to place different categories in fiction. It's done at libraries, bookstores, and by most everybody....including me and thee (whether or not you admit it).

Hey, I also love the (early) Mickey Spillane books but I definitely distinguish his stuff from novels. I prefer to see the Spillane books with Raymond Chandler and others of that genre. Whether or not folks admit fiction genres exist (Sci Fi, Detective, Romance, Westerns, etc.) they DO exist.