This on Elegant Variation--new genres to branch out into.
Some of my favorites include
Schtick Lit - Footnotes, characters named for colors, and other look-at-me machinations. (See Special Topics in Calamity Physics and, again, Infinite Jest.)
Mick Lit - The literature of Ireland. (See Banville, John and Ruland, Jim.)
Let's think of our own ;)
How about
Flick Lit--for people obsessed with movies (The Star Machine or Choking on Marlon Brando)
Private Dick Lit--novels about detectives (as opposed to mystery novels) (Yiddish Policemen's Union)
Bic Lit--books that were (or that might have been) scribbled by hand in emo cafes (The Bell Jar, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
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My favorite from EV was in the comments section:
[sic] Lit - The literature of intentional misspellings, missing punctuation, and broken-down grammar (See Only Revolutions, Blood Meridian).
How about Shit Lit - no definition needed.
that's awesome, brian. thanks.
ello, there you go dragging those potty-seeking google surfers here!!!
in funny google news, i am the #1 hit under "my mother has a condition"
Crypt Lit is what I call my own books--a mix of dark humor and things that go bump in the night.
As for a new one?
Clit Lit: Novels that are hard for men to find or understand.
I'm always amazed at some of the genres that people try to give life to at writer's conferences. There's always at least one poor soul walking around with an 858-page space/time travel romance fantasy novel they describe as “like Harry Potter, but with more sex and no wizards, and…you know…in space.”
How about we call this Schizo Lit or perhaps Frankenstein Lit
Early YA--Zit Lit
Books with small excerpts or chapters, that make for great bathroom reading: Sit Lit
Mormon Stories with the flavor of "The Big Love": Mit Lit
Mafia books: Hit Lit
Vampire Books: Bit Lit
OK, stop me. I think I could do this all day....
Mantasy: magical hunky firefighters
Plantasy: Business books that make management look like it's as easy as waving a magic wand
Cantasy: Stories of sentient inanimate objects
LANtasy: Stories of the digitization of humans (Tron, The Matrix)
Brantasy: organic cookbooks
jaye's "clit lit" will def bring in the porn surfers now. that also had me guffawing.
i wish i could think of something witty. alas, wit is not one of my strong suits.
angelle--pssst...WIT Lit...as in high-brow, dry humor.
That's good timing, angelle, because my only idea was "Wit Lit" - no plot, story, or consistent characters needed, as long as it's oh so witty. (Alice in Wonderland perhaps)
precie! Curse you! You weren't there when I started typing!
How about HickLit - This would describe stories about most of my relatives.
I'll play!
Ick lit--Books that go into way too much detail in graphic scenes and/or sex scenes.
Lick lit--Books in which cooking plays a large role. Usually includes copious recipes.
Quick lit--Short story collections.
Sick lit--Medical drama. General Hospital in novel format.
This is fun. I'm probably going to be playing this game in my head all evening.
Eclec-lit - books that take a random assortment of things and create a story out of them (see Tom Robbins, also of Cantasy fame)
Santasy - stories about Santa Claus (see the seasonal section in December)
Pissed lit - stories about drunk or high Brits (see Trainspotting...that was a book, right?)
oh my god. you guys have made my day. we had a bunch of long horrible meetings and every time i came back to my desk there were new funny things here.
add to flicklit: "Zeroville"
mclit: beach reads supersized until they are no longer good writing, but 600 pages of melodrama, sugary writing and exaggerated dialogue. warning: sitting around reading this may make you fat.
Zit lit! HAAAAAAHAAAAAAA!
Or SickLit - really, really gross stories. Also known as SlitLit.
DitzLit - never mind, we already have that.
Fit Lit - for those obsessed with the gym - and goodness knows, there's enough material floating around your average gym for an entire library of books!
How about:
Skiplit ~ books about the the new olympic discipline, Hopscotch.
Driplit ~ books on how to handle incontinence.
Liplit ~ the dark side of collogen
Riclit ~ books by people named Rick.
Griplit ~ books you can't put down, literally, because your four year old spilled pudding on it.
Tricklit ~ How to train your dog.
I could go on forever!
Take care
Tory
Yeah, I said I would stop, but....
Books you buy at the airport: Trip Lit
What PBS turns into Masterpiece theater: Brit Lit
Religious romance novels where they only do a lotta kissin': Spit Lit
Any short fiction in Playboy: Tit Lit
Uh...Brit Lit is already an actual "thing." As in, I took several Brit Lit courses in college. :)
Prick Lit--Do I really need to define that?
Skit Lit--Uses theater (from community to Broadway) as the backdrop
Split Lit--divorce fiction
Brick Lit--The opposite of Quick Lit--MASSIVE tomes (i.e., The Historian)
Kvetch lit. For those who like to gripe and need an audience.
I like Ello's too.
You guys took all the good ones!!!!
Only one I can think of:
Clit lit: Erotica for women
Damn!!! Never mind--Jaye said that one!
Okay, I give up...
But these are hysterical!!!
I come somewhat late to this party. Most of the really good ones have been done already.
Not sure if this is recognised in American English, but..... in the UK there'd be a definite niche for Git Lit: the sour ruminations of embittered old men.
Is there already a Vit Lit on dietary supplements? Probably.
And perhaps Slit Lit for the literature of suicide.
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