So the result is a book labeled as fantasy, but conceived according to the rigor of hard-SF. But when a quintessential Science Fiction writer like Stross feels free to play in another genre, no one should be surprised if some of his established strengths carry through the genre frontiers. His process was even amusingly codified on his blog as “ Five rules for cold-bloodedly designing a fantasy series”. Although Charles Stross is better known for idea-crammed Science Fiction, he consciously diversified genre, publisher and readership with The Family Trade, delving into so-called fantasy for Tor Books.
Of course, some authors make an effort to avoid being pigeonholed.
In an American market where 100,000 books are published every year and most people don’t read even one book per month, why should casual readers take a gamble on unproven authors when they can just buy a “name” book knowing what to expect? Most polls prove it: the single biggest reason why people pick up books by specific authors is because they are already familiar with their work.
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