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I am always amazed at how many folks choose to die on the hill of SF vs scifi. I'm on the "meh who cares" side of that fight. Snorted my porridge out of my nose laughing at fe-fi-fo-fum! 😂

That was fun. Love Bye Fi and Cry Fi and also Why Fi 😂

I like when you stir the pot 😁 it gets interesting! Yes new terms would be fun . Greg you are definitely on to something here . I’m kind of curious 🤨 have you ever come close to crying over a book? Possibly a tear ? Cool new idea Greg

🤣 I LOVE this Greg! I vote that Horror fiction should be "Terri-fi"

Social media creates a fist fight over a game of marbles. I don't like the term sci-fi because it sounds lazy to me. Just say science fiction, is what I tell myself. Same with LOL, just type out "laugh out loud."

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I read some martial arts books once. It was Muay Thai-Fi

Hahaha! That was a good time!

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Of these, I think the term “Guy Fi” may catch on. It’s funny how the term “Sci Fi” has stuck around while the audiophile term “Hi Fi” has faded away.

Whether you call it Science fiction or Sci-Fi , it is not a genre, it is a setting. The same goes for Fantasy, or historical stories. I.e. if you set a crime thriller in 5000AD it is classed as Science fiction. The same story in another universe would be Fantasy, and set in 5000BC a historical or period novel. In all cases the story is still a crime thriller, with a similar plot line and characters, as only the setting has changed. So before you start worrying about renaming "genres", make sure that they really are genres.

Mystery novels shall now be known as Who-Where-When-and-Why-Fi.

The correct term is *skiffy* 😉

A term that many readers hate that my brain just clung to is ‘Sick Lit’ for books such as The Fault in Our Stars, My Sisters Keeper etc.

Hilarious. Clever. So true, though. But just for the record, it's S-F (for me). I miss Omni, man. The look, the feel, the fiction, everything about it. If I had the money, I would collect them.

Bye-Fi is priceless 😂

This was hilarious. Bravo!

One more, I think fiction which has telepathy or telekinesis should be called Psi-Fi.

I think philosophical fiction should be Phi-Fi. Awesome, amusing video!

Fantastic!

I think Cry-Fi is going to take off!

Brilliant, Greg! Well done!

Nice. I hope “Sci-Fi” is never fully welcomed, as I will have to find another way to annoy the pedants ;) Anyway, I especially like reading books about the Mutiny in the Bounty: do you have any suggestions as to what this sub genre could be called?

I have those same editions of Conan. Anyway, it's good to know that others go through same crises of conscience (I'm only being slightly facetious) whern it comes to reading goals. I think I would classify you as a "power reader." Cheers.

You are awesome

Did you cheat? Does it matter what we think? Even if all your subscribers think you did not cheat, at the end of the day, the only opinion that matters is your own. So, for what it's worth, no, I do not think you cheated. 😇

It’s Robert E Howard’s birthday today, so we’ll let you off…

You couldn’t have left those books behind. No cheating going on there 😊. Totally agree on Pynchon. Great progress on RWYO 👍🏼

It would have been criminal to leave that set at the library. I believe the booktube group I follow is the most conscientious people I have ever known. Thanks.

No, you definitely did not cheat. You absolutely could not have passed up these volumes.

Eve looks like a fascinating read

I am definitely gonna have a big Sagan phase this year

Dalton Trumbo went on to write screenplays. However, he was black listed by Sen Joe McCarthy so some of his work was written under a pseudonym. His true name was latter restored to those films. I’m not sure whether he was still alive at the time that was done.

I’ve read some but the others are going on my tbr. Great video. Lots of inspiration 😊

I 💯 separate the art from the artist and I will not be getting rid of my books . My books are my favorite hobby to enjoy. Great discussion Greg . I can see your point about this subject clearly.

I have high respect on the book Johnny Got His Gun , one of a kind of book that impacted my life in a way I never forget.

Great vid as always Greg! I just added three to my TBR.

Thank goodness those pages are documented!

The first novel I read by Gaiman was The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I thought it was OK, but not great. I then read American Gods and thought it was dreadful. This was before the allegations, and the allegations would not have stopped me from reading his books. However, disliking his books would (and did). I have also heard that Victor Hugo was a mean man, but I love Les Miserables and it will always be in my top 5 books of all time.

As a big re-reader myself, I’m even more interested in best re-reads - so good they read it twice (at least)! Some great books on here and some I can’t believe I haven’t read yet - Fahrenheit 451 in particular. Carl Sagan’s book sounds great. Yes, alien abductions seem to have died down in recent years! 😂

Imagine a world where only good people are allowed to read good books written by good people. Interestingly Agatha Christie's books would disappear if there were no bad people.

I rarely reread, I think I should do it more. The Long Walk is my favorite Stephen King book. Fahrenheit 451...Celsius 232.

I have only read a few of these but I'm going to put the the others on my TBR. Thanks Greg!

Excellent!

Agree

I enjoy opera, but if I eliminated every piece composed by a misogynistic jerk, my collection would be nearly empty. You have to separate the art from the artist.

I’m not gonna not watch Coraline again 🤷🏻‍♀️

I really dont see what you achieve ny getting rid of books you already have. The book is the book, if it's good it's good. Its like the calls to boycott films containing actors who have expressed obnoxious views. If it doesnt leak into their pergormances and push a message, the actor (or author) is irrelevant in terms of personal behaviour. However, is there a different question if you don't yet have Gaiman's books? In that case, do I want to give them money they dont yet have? Thats a more difficult wuestion for me but in the end, if the book is still good, I may read it but from a library

For folks who have bought/already read his books before this came out, it doesn't make you a bad person, but I'm going to treat him in the same way I treat Diana Paxson and Marion Zimmer Bradley and not buy any of his books. His book on Norse Mythology is popular among Norse pagans and if I'm not going to buy any more Paxson and Zimmer Bradley books, why should I buy his? There was always something telling me to stay away from Paxson's work and the same with Gaiman.

The Booktube Prize provided great nonfiction in 2024. Biographies, and science, and history, and not too many memoirs. I am afraid the 2025 crop will not be as good…