What’s My Line — er, Genre? — win a prize!

[mmegaera]

 

I have a question for those of you who’ve read any or all of my Time in Yellowstone series, and there’s something in it for you if you win.

It seems like a simple, stupid question.

What genre are these books in?

Yes, time travel is obvious.  Go beyond that, if you can.  Go bigger, go broader.   Are they science fiction, even without a time machine?  Are they fantasy, even though they’re not epic or urban?  What else might they be?  And what do you think they are?

Name that genre!  And please, only a genre you’d find on Amazon, the genre you’d type in to find stories like mine, not a made-up genre or a description.

Whoever comes up with the best answer, including why, will win a $25 Amazon gift certificate.

Oh, and if you haven’t read any of my books, go here for a free Kindle copy, or here for a free anything else digital copy of my Time in Yellowstone short story Homesick.

 

Mirrored from Repeating History.

Comments

[archangelbeth]

For Amazon, Historical Fantasy? They've got historicalness, and the time-travel is less device (SF) than Just Happens (thus, Paranormal or Fantasy).

(Look, I found The Princess Bride filed under Historical Fantasy. So I figure it can take a lot.)

Historical Paranormal/Paranormal for Sojourn, but I don't know if that's a category for Amazon.

Historical Plus Time-travel might be another description, but again, dunno if you can wedge that into Amazon search easily. O:/

[mmegaera]

The last two are not Amazon categories, alas. Time travel is a subset of romance or science fiction, neither one of which fit [wry g].

The other reason I'm trying to find a niche, though, isn't just Amazon. It's so that I can find out where the people who like these kinds of books hang out. Casting my net wide *doesn't* work, alas.

[archangelbeth]

I'm poking at the top-100 in the Romance->Time Travel segment, and I'm not sure you couldn't put at least some of the books there.

That said, "Western Time Travel" or "Historical Time Travel" might be the the rest of the niche. O:/

[mmegaera]

They've been in Romance>Time Travel pretty much since the beginning, mostly for lack of anywhere else to put them.

Someone suggested I put Sojourn under steampunk, except, of course, that there aren't any fancy gadgets [wry g].

[archangelbeth]

Well, if you want some fancy gadgets... ... ... ... ............... *beth frowns* Yeah, no, doesn't really work so well, does it...

[mmegaera]

Nope.