Week 6- SubGenres
       There are several subgenres which are requested in the library setting, and I have investigated three of them.

1) Romantic [or Spicy] Westerns
         Information on this subgenre can be found at westernauthors.com/spicy.htm
         I found this site, like the others in this set, by using Google. Wendi Darlin, Sandy Sullivan, and Beth Williamson are three authors who write in this genre. The appeal of these books is that they combine the elements of the Western and the Romance novels.

2) Roman era Mysteries
         This subgenre also requires poking around a bit to find good info. Google is essential, and like all of the subgenres here, Goodreads always yields results.  The major authors in this subgenre are Ruth Browne, John Maddox Roberts, and Steven Saylor.
            The appeal here is for folks who liked Spartacus, I Claudius, and other Roman Novels, but also enjoy the element of mystery and detection added.

3) Detective Science Fiction
        This subgenre can only be located through Google and Science Fiction websites.    There are several lists floating around with groupings of the top 10 or 25 of these ever written.
       Philip K. Dick- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep [basis for Bladerunner];  Douglas Adams- Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and Isaac Asimov's Caves of Steel.  Of course, the appeal here is for detective or crime investigation stories which take place in the future, in outer space, or using technology which does not yet exist. [i.e. the need to track a criminal to another galaxy through hyperspace, members of criminal families with microchips implanted in their brains for perpetual tracking purposes, etc. etc.]




OHTER POSSIBLE GENRE MASH-UPS might include:

1) Detective Romance

2) Science Fiction Humor

3) Science Fiction Thriller