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MyGodItsFullofStars Since: Feb, 2011
#1: Dec 14th 2011 at 1:14:00 PM

I find that every five years I go from liking Science Fiction to liking Fantasy. It's almost like The Magic Goes Away / The Magic Comes Back, but for what I'm reading. Currently fantasy is on peaking on my preference meter, but the forces of science are gathering on the horizon and my metaphorical wizard's spells are starting to fizzle. How about you all? Do you yo-yo?

And if so, any explanation for why this could be the case? It seems like a bit of an industry thing too, as it seems that they go through a similar cycle of "what's selling like hot cake".

Galeros Slay foes with bow and arrow Since: Jan, 2001
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#2: Dec 14th 2011 at 4:15:26 PM

I pretty was much just into Fantasy from when I was about 13 until I was 22 (23 now), which is when I started getting into Horror. Although I never really stopped reading Fantasy either. I am also now trying to get into Science Fiction as well.

edited 14th Dec '11 4:36:32 PM by Galeros

Sparkysharps Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Dec 14th 2011 at 11:03:32 PM

Nah, I've pretty much been sci-fi, lovecraftian horror and urban fantasy all my life.

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
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#4: Dec 14th 2011 at 11:08:28 PM

I've been reading more literary fiction lately. But I usually read old stuff regardless of genre, so I don't think it's an industry thing.

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NoirGrimoir Rabid Fujoshi from San Diego, CA Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#5: Dec 14th 2011 at 11:29:20 PM

Yo-yo-ing, no, getting tired of a genre and trying something different, yes. I went from being sick to death of Epic Fantasy to being sick to death of Urban Fantasy, and now I'm honestly not sure where to go next, because so far as I can tell the only Science Fiction I find at all consumable is Anne Mc Caffrey and Lois Mc Master Bujold. I've been reading a bit of classic lit off and on here, as well, like I read the first two Sherlock Holmes and I read Pride And Prejudice. It's hard to find stuff that doesn't feel tired and flat.

Of course this could be my Dysthymia talking.

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#6: Dec 15th 2011 at 11:56:24 AM

Sort of. When I first started reading chapter books I hated fantasy, but around middle school I loved it. Now I don't really like it as much.

MrShine Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#7: Dec 15th 2011 at 2:45:05 PM

I did on a really long time-scale. As a teen I read pretty much only fantasy, then I read Dune and Foundation and for the next eight years didn't read fantasy at all in favour of science fiction. I thought fantasy was too immature, because a lot of the fantasy I had read as a teenager WAS immature. But a few years ago I got back into reading fantasy after reading some that I found totally mind-blowing, and I pretty much read plenty from both genres these days. I do still pick and choose my fantasy books REALLY carefully though, as my tolerance for a lot of things common to the genre is very low, so i do a lot of research before I try a new fantasy author.

JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
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#8: Dec 15th 2011 at 3:26:31 PM

Between short fiction and novels, mostly, with some poetry thrown about in between. But that's not so much "genre" as "form".

Unless, of course, one goes by the fact that most of the short stories I read are of the Weird and most of the novels merely weird.

edited 15th Dec '11 3:29:13 PM by JHM

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ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
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#9: Dec 15th 2011 at 10:37:35 PM

In high school I liked fantasy and only fantasy. After that I discovered modernism/postmodernism and "experimental" fiction generally. Nowadays I don't read any particular genre; I'll pick up anything that seems like it might be interesting.

So, basically no.

edited 15th Dec '11 10:38:10 PM by ImipolexG

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ShadowBane Through A Mirror Weirdly from Venezuela Since: Mar, 2013
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#10: Jun 2nd 2013 at 6:38:22 PM

I switch genres every time I get a new book, having been to most things (except sci-fi). It doesn’t matter as long as the premise gathers my attention. The Yo-Yo-ing happens with the Tone of the books, going back and forth from Lighter and Softer to Darker and Edgier.

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