Comments on: Love tech? Enjoy SF? Hate romances? Then you’re part of a pattern—and e-publishers should pay attention http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/03/love-tech-enjoy-sf-hate-romances-then-youre-part-of-a-pattern-and-e-publishers-should-pay-attention/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/03/love-tech-enjoy-sf-hate-romances-then-youre-part-of-a-pattern-and-e-publishers-should-pay-attention/#comment-783767 David Rothman Sat, 03 May 2008 20:02:13 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/03/love-tech-enjoy-sf-hate-romances-then-youre-part-of-a-pattern-and-e-publishers-should-pay-attention/#comment-783767 You're onto something, Joseph. I agree. David You’re onto something, Joseph. I agree. David

]]> By: Joseph Gray http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/03/love-tech-enjoy-sf-hate-romances-then-youre-part-of-a-pattern-and-e-publishers-should-pay-attention/#comment-783680 Joseph Gray Sat, 03 May 2008 18:44:37 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/05/03/love-tech-enjoy-sf-hate-romances-then-youre-part-of-a-pattern-and-e-publishers-should-pay-attention/#comment-783680 The poll also shows that a large percentage of respondants read Mystery. This fits with my reading habits as well. A Miss Marple mystery or a Brother Cadfael story is something I really enjoy. And of course there are the ever popular Sherlock Holmes stories (which I have read several times since I was a kid). I think that Science Fiction and Mystery are both popular with the same crowd for the same reason. They both involve plots that make you think and both present a puzzle to solve (usually). As for Asimov, many of his SF stories were presented as myteries or puzzles. He also wrote straight mystery stories. The poll also shows that a large percentage of respondants read Mystery. This fits with my reading habits as well. A Miss Marple mystery or a Brother Cadfael story is something I really enjoy. And of course there are the ever popular Sherlock Holmes stories (which I have read several times since I was a kid).

I think that Science Fiction and Mystery are both popular with the same crowd for the same reason. They both involve plots that make you think and both present a puzzle to solve (usually).

As for Asimov, many of his SF stories were presented as myteries or puzzles. He also wrote straight mystery stories.

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