What is your favorite fictional genre?
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Mine is sci-fi or horror. I love the mystery and the freaky places your mind takes you, and the way the genres make you think about things in a different way.
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You are really generalizing this genre.  "Fiction" is not a specific type of book, and thus can be considered many things.  However, most fiction novels have some element that is unique to the story and not to the real world, though it is allowed if by accident.  For instance, a fictitious novel about a murder, may match perfectly a murder case with the only exception being the names of the characters, but the story is still fiction because the names are unique and it is being published independently of the actual murder.  Historical fiction, for instance, can have this type of occurence.  William Shakespeare's "Julius Ceasar" is considered fiction, but it is feasible that the events portrayed in the play reflect the true historical death of Ceasar.  Another popular type of fiction is science fiction.  In science fiction, the story is more often based on a scientific hypothesis about some pre-existing knowledge.  For instance, a story about moon travel was considered just imagination until NASA began sending flights to the moon.\nBasically, I am trying to say that a FICTION book is a very poor designation, because it is too vague.  However, fiction does contain at LEAST one invented element, be that a name, a character, or a world.
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My favorite subject is English. Because you can be creative, and write however and whatever you feel.
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SciFi ,  gimme 10 points, dude! (~~)
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Red Herring is my favorite.
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i like MANGA ....\nthe truth is "i am Sailor Moon" LOL \nNice 360 page Slayer .. ^_^
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Well, I will read anything that isn't hard core romance.  I adore fantasy novels with magic, the noble quest, knights, dragons and really really bad guys.
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I actually have three favorites.\n\nThe first book is Shogun by James Clavell.  I've read it so many times it fell apart, and I had to buy a new one. It's about an explorer whose ship runs aground in "The Japans."  He has heard about fabulous riches there.  He finds himself in a strange place where he can't speak the language at all and where the customs are completely alien to anything in his experience.  Worst of all, the samurai can kill him for the slightest of affronts.  Fascinating book actually based on the life of a real person (Will Adams), someone who was the ancestor of a man my family knew in Japan.  He moored his boat next to ours.  \n\nThe second is Watchers by Dean Koontz. It's about a genetically enhanced golden retriever, the man who finds him in the woods, and the Other, a creepy creature. \n\nThe third is The Stand by Stephen King.  This one is basically about a Super Flu which escapes from the lab and proceeds to decimate the country.  There are very few survivors, and they are drawn to one of two places - to an old woman (the good) or to the Walking Dude in Vegas (the bad).  Basically, it's about the battle between good and evil for control of the remaining people.  M-O-O-N that spells great book!!
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Fiction is a genre used to apply to stories while non-fiction is based on facts.
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Back to the Future Triology...\nIt was my favorite when i was 17 years old...
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I believe that fiction is inspired by the truth and fantasy is merely a dream of reality ;-)\n\nI never wear mask, take me as I am, if not then leave me as I am...
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I stick with White Wolfs Werewolf games, I like them the most.  I never got into VtM or VtR, vampires aren't my thing.\nwww.white-wolf.com
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There are so many that I love it is hard to pick just one.\nMovies: \nI love Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind for its ingenuity, romance without cheesiness, and honest look at its characters.\n\nI love the Indiana Jones Triolgy for their campy adventures.\n\nI love High Fidelity for its sardonic wit.\n\nBooks:  \nI love the Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood for the writers ability to make me stop and reread a passage just becasue the prose was so striking.  \n\nI love Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell for holding my interest through 6 separate but thematically linked stories all with different voices.\n\nI love the Professor and the Madman by simon Winchester for indulging my goofy fascination with the OED and making non-fictoin so gosh darn fun.\n\np.s. Their Eyes were Watching God is by Zora Neale Hurston not Toni morrison
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Well, heck, if you like Ellis' work, then Invincible Iron Man is for you.  But then again, Transmetropolitan is one heck of a book...\n\nMy recommendations would be Garth Ennis' Preacher, Dave Sim's Cerebus, Jeff Smith's Bone, Neil Gaiman's Sandman to name a few... But those are mostly indie stuff that you may already know about.\n\nWith that in mind, I am assuming that you want to read about superheroes with quite a bit of depth to them - no shallow cookie cutter stuff for you!\n\nHow about The Powers, Violent Messiahs, Noble Causes, and heck, even Batman, Spiderman, X-men are quite good titles, as they involve well-fleshed out characters.  I'd suggest the Ultimate line with the two Marvel lines, and perhaps someone could add a good series for you to dive into when it comes to Batman, as I know there's a few different titles starring Wayne....
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I like mysteries hard core or historical fiction. Like right now I am reading a book about when yale first started, it has some history behind it, but it is still fiction.
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I LUV the harry potter series..but all time favorite is The Da Vinci Code!!
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Terry Pratchette: Disc world series including, Lords & Ladies, Witches Abroad, Guards, Guards, The Fifth Elephant and many, many, many more. \nTheir histerical! Love these fantasy/humor books! \nThey all take place on this planet that really is flat and flies through space on the back of the great Turtle, A'Tuain who holds up the world on top of four great elephants. (Steeling from Hindu mythology) \nA world where Vampires, Dwarves, Trolls, Werewolves and the whole mythological lot all are real and all live as friends, neighbors and coworkers. \nAll the different adventures and stupid stunts that occur are so funny you just can't put these books down.\n\nCaution, they're addictive!