Charlie StrossMay 20

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20th May 2026. If not your current genre, what genre would you write?

This is your daily scheduled reminder that genres are just marketing labels.

I write SF/F, and I had a breakout success in 2007 with a novel about crime inside MMOs. In the UK, it hit its fourth hardcover reprint within 2 weeks of publication and my subsequent book advances quadrupled!

Turns out it went gold because Waterstones systematically misfiled it under "crime", not SF/F …

Show threadskryMay 20
@cstross Halting State? I loved that book!
Show threadCharlie Stross
@skry Yup, also sequel "Rule 34". (The third book was destroyed by reality repeatedly overtaking it then stealing its beer and pantsing it on the way out the door.)
May 20 at 10:32amWeb