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The transition of Genre fiction into literature.
I’ve been wondering how some works genre fiction becomes literature in the long term and I’ve indentified a filter pattern and stages.
1 Authors that were once genre fiction, but become all time classics, despite having sometimes questionable quality. Books on this stage are over 100 years old. If they were written today, they would be by any standards, genre fiction, but due to they influence, they are considered literature today. Exemples: Shelley, Dumas, Verne, Stevenson, Swift.
2 Authors that are on the verge of becoming literature. These writers write books that are sometimes less plot driven that the ones on the first category, but they are getting more respect over the last few decades. Unlike some of the others of the former category, some of them are known for their quality, not their influence. Most of them will inevitably become literature on the long term,. Exemples: H.G. Wells Christie, Tolkien, Conan Doyle.
3 Authors with big chances of becoming literature. Same as before, but some of them still might lose steam since they are newer. Exemples: Herbert (because of Dune), PDK, Bradbury, Christie, Tolkien, Wells, Asimov.
4 Recent authors that have chances of becoming literature. Since their output is very recent it’s impossible for us to be sure which genre fiction authors of our time will become or not literature. It’s possible that Wolfe, Gibson and Le Guin will, but it’s also possible that even King or Rowling will. It’s up for the next generations.

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