Adrian Dawson's Blog - Posts Tagged "scientific-fiction"
Genres and all that Jazz
Aha - when you hit the wrong button and it publishes with no copy in the body - that's when the back button comes in handy!!
My publisher sent me a copy of the Press Release to go into the press packs for my next novel - Sequence. The opening paragraph goes as follows:
SEQUENCE is a conspiracy story with a difference – a high-concept thriller that’s as cool as Raymond Chandler, as compelling as Dan Brown and as stunningly inventive as Michael Crichton. Fusing high-end technology, scientific fiction, myth, religion, cryptology and noir fiction, Adrian Dawson’s narrative fizzes with thought-provoking ideas, wit and tension.
Whilst I can see that the pr people are trying to "sell" the book into as many genre categories as possible I have to admit that when I'm writing I don't think about genres....at all...
Well, its definitiely a thriller, but it is also scientific fiction, and crime and noir....my books don't fit easily into any one genre, they are a heady mix of all the best bits, and just what the story needs...and as it would appear I am giving my publisher something of a headache, I am going to propose a new Genre category....in tribute to one of the best bands on the face of the planet for all they have contributed to music...and that genre is...a Queen album novel!!
Feel free to offer alternative genre suggestions...and be nice people!!
Adrian
My publisher sent me a copy of the Press Release to go into the press packs for my next novel - Sequence. The opening paragraph goes as follows:
SEQUENCE is a conspiracy story with a difference – a high-concept thriller that’s as cool as Raymond Chandler, as compelling as Dan Brown and as stunningly inventive as Michael Crichton. Fusing high-end technology, scientific fiction, myth, religion, cryptology and noir fiction, Adrian Dawson’s narrative fizzes with thought-provoking ideas, wit and tension.
Whilst I can see that the pr people are trying to "sell" the book into as many genre categories as possible I have to admit that when I'm writing I don't think about genres....at all...
Well, its definitiely a thriller, but it is also scientific fiction, and crime and noir....my books don't fit easily into any one genre, they are a heady mix of all the best bits, and just what the story needs...and as it would appear I am giving my publisher something of a headache, I am going to propose a new Genre category....in tribute to one of the best bands on the face of the planet for all they have contributed to music...and that genre is...a Queen album novel!!
Feel free to offer alternative genre suggestions...and be nice people!!
Adrian
