Because the romance is not dominant. I was not interested in it at the time (and can't remember it now) and still had alot of story to like and remember. I would not categorize Bujold as romance either for the same reasons. I mentioned it because it has a romantic storyline I found interesting.
The way I defined romance novel the romance is the strongly dominant storyline which it is neither in the Pern books nor in Bujold's books the case. I'd call the first fantasy and the second scifi.
I do agree with what you wrote about the genderstereotypes played here are a result of the world the author lives in. But at the same time they do enforce them.
we can of course simply disagree, we don't even do in most points. I think most of it is a difference in definition.
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Date: 2011-11-28 07:11 am (UTC)Because the romance is not dominant. I was not interested in it at the time (and can't remember it now) and still had alot of story to like and remember. I would not categorize Bujold as romance either for the same reasons. I mentioned it because it has a romantic storyline I found interesting.
The way I defined romance novel the romance is the strongly dominant storyline which it is neither in the Pern books nor in Bujold's books the case. I'd call the first fantasy and the second scifi.
I do agree with what you wrote about the genderstereotypes played here are a result of the world the author lives in. But at the same time they do enforce them.
we can of course simply disagree, we don't even do in most points. I think most of it is a difference in definition.