tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778253784890578329.post2873758602509883407..comments2007-09-26T08:37:50.607-07:00boychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16661168689510034028noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778253784890578329.post-46529569925182380722007-09-26T08:37:00.000-07:002007-09-26T08:37:00.000-07:00OK Maggie maybe you think you're teasing but you're right on. Mainstream publishers, for whatever reason, have not been in the lead, presumably because they think young men don't buy many books. But the cable nets, starting with HBO, correctly assumed there was a male market analogous to "Sex and the City." So here came "Entourage," which is a critical success, don't know about its numbers. Then "Flight of the Conchords" (which may have been canceled?). On Showtime, "Californication." So TV sees the market, the book publishers are standing by. "Sex and the City" is set to shoot as a feature, and that will be huge, I think.boychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16661168689510034028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778253784890578329.post-89961824246419411092007-09-25T23:32:00.000-07:002007-09-25T23:32:00.000-07:00Ah...now I get it. But why bother with books at all when you've got TV? It's less work and that way you still have a hand free to pick your uh, nose.maggieballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05640460124495557878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-778253784890578329.post-34152729057822055512007-09-24T13:49:00.000-07:002007-09-24T13:49:00.000-07:00I don't think boychik lit (or fratire) would exist or be identifiable as a genre if chick lit hadn't come first. If I were to put on my feminist hat (despite my lack of credentials in that area), I'd say men have a lot of nerve trying to carve out a genre in response to it since chick lit itself could be regarded as a long overdue challenge to the domination of the male-centric story in general literature. It's convenient to label Quentin Cain a fratirist now, although that's not a label you'd associate with his predecessor Jack Kerouac.boychikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16661168689510034028noreply@blogger.com