tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post5836419289085107619..comments2024-03-12T12:38:23.542-04:00Comments on The Kind of Face You Hate: A Mouse Hasn't Exploded for More Than a Yearbill r.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2856547151523423474.post-71983415564202468652015-11-15T18:45:52.796-05:002015-11-15T18:45:52.796-05:00I think a large part of Vonnegut's "pissy...I think a large part of Vonnegut's "pissy" stance on genre was in regard to the marketplace. "Serious" novels were published in hardcover and got reviewed in "important" publications and made the author some moulah as opposed to having your work in drug store paperback racks. I always took his attitude to be less about his own snobbery and more about money and how external opinions of the genre would affect how much of it he would make. <br />Which doesn't mean he was right to slight the genre, but you know...[insert graphic of dancing pigeon]blankemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365996473198811188noreply@blogger.com