I like to talk about things that are both accepted as literature, and are clearly genre works. And to point that out.
So, Vonnegut does belong in the non-genre list, because he's respected that way. Some of his books also belong on the genre list... although, since I've only read one, I'll let you decide which ones.
My opinion is, so he uses science fiction tropes as literary devices and not as "real" things. He still uses them... and every science fiction writer is using them as a literary device on one level or another.
And I get so fed up with the idea the just because something is good (that is, respected by High-Brow culture) it can't be a genre work.
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So, Vonnegut does belong in the non-genre list, because he's respected that way. Some of his books also belong on the genre list... although, since I've only read one, I'll let you decide which ones.
My opinion is, so he uses science fiction tropes as literary devices and not as "real" things. He still uses them... and every science fiction writer is using them as a literary device on one level or another.
And I get so fed up with the idea the just because something is good (that is, respected by High-Brow culture) it can't be a genre work.
Kiralee