The debate about "genre" vs. "literary" fiction, that is. I agree with some of the Bookninja commenters: some sort of genre categorization (or "ghettoization" if you want to be militant) is necessary. Otherwise, we'd never be able to find anything we liked. That doesn't mean, however, that you can or should dismiss a whole genre. It may not be your thing, but it doesn't automatically mean it's trash. And there is a middle ground, you know, between schlock and "littrachure", of books that are just fun and entertaining. Not worth stressing out over where in the bookstore they're placed.
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