Comments on: ‘wingnut schlockbuster business’ http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/02/24/wingnut-schlockbuster-business/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bene D http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/02/24/wingnut-schlockbuster-business/#comment-7525 Bene D Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:34:54 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2264#comment-7525 Since I haven't read this one, I'm hesitant to say that. Formulated fiction doesn't have much wiggle room. The Handmaids Tale was not marketed this way Mike. I'm not objecting to apocalyptic fiction, if you like that genre, that's fine. If you like the genre I'm assuming you understand what is, and that it is fiction. I'm objecting to the marketing. Rather than have the shock and panic that Orson Wells faced, it's like we're getting slowly eroded with marketing lies. This publisher isn't being creative - this is over the top. Again. Godsend wound up as an ad on Drudge - people believed it was real. We're getting dripped on, and dripped on until the marketing is so blurred we shouldn't be surprised when people can't tell the difference. For what? To sell books? Since I haven’t read this one, I’m hesitant to say that. Formulated fiction doesn’t have much wiggle room.

The Handmaids Tale was not marketed this way Mike.
I’m not objecting to apocalyptic fiction, if you like that genre, that’s fine. If you like the genre I’m assuming you understand what is, and that it is fiction.
I’m objecting to the marketing.

Rather than have the shock and panic that Orson Wells faced, it’s like we’re getting slowly eroded with marketing lies. This publisher isn’t being creative - this is over the top. Again.

Godsend wound up as an ad on Drudge - people believed it was real. We’re getting dripped on, and dripped on until the marketing is so blurred we shouldn’t be surprised when people can’t tell the difference. For what? To sell books?

]]> By: Rev. Mike http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2006/02/24/wingnut-schlockbuster-business/#comment-7523 Rev. Mike Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:22:25 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=2264#comment-7523 I'm not particularly shocked by the premise or by the marketing. The book itself sounds like a rehash of <i>The Handmaiden's Tale</i>. I’m not particularly shocked by the premise or by the marketing. The book itself sounds like a rehash of The Handmaiden’s Tale.

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