I won't comment on the adult vs YA subdivide because I feel like that well has been thoroughly poisoned by decades of capital D discourse ahahaha.

I think its like "can we take out all the fantasy/sci-fi elements and still have a compelling narrative", and if yes I'd put it in the literary square in my mind.

The Buried Giant is another fantasy novel that I would classify as literary because it feels way more introspective, less spectacle, more... literary I guess?? for a lack of another term. Station Eleven is another example I'd shelve with literary over sci-fi.

Parable is less interested in the map aspects, because the story is about the people who inhabit this world, it's about how groups of people adapt to the end of the world. Although there are 'fight' scenes, its never about the spectacle, it's about what it means. Its very introspective in that way.

Although both are about very similar things, the way the stories are structured makes me want to shelve Parable as 'literary' while Broken Earth as 'sci-fi'. Broken Earth has a lot more active moving parts, has a glossary, a very detailed map, it feels more of a spectacle (this is good!) while--

Although things need to be shelved somewhere but sometimes I find myself disagreeing with where they've bene placed. (And a caveat that I like both lol) A couple of examples: I've been reading Parable of the Sower recently and have been interested in how it compares to The Broken Earth Trilogy.

I think the answer is very personal depending on the answerer but for me, the difference between literary vs not is its relationship between the prose/narrative/its vibe and genre conventions. Is the book playing by expectations or does it break out into its own?

Damn that's Kang's The Vegetarian spell check out here showing something about itself. 😬

Yeeeessss !!!!

*activates your trap card* What is your favorite Yu-Gi-Oh monster u think ppl sleep on.

I had a feeling something like this was happening. Not to "20 20 vision" post but this very clearly felt like merch first game second. (And a game of a size that isn't normally 'tacked on')

Learning that save/load isn't as bad as it looks I swear. (Order of operations is way worse)

Yeeess!!! I just got to summer 1! (And got my first cat ahaha) It's fascinating to see how much they improved on Grand Bazaar!!!! I have made so many notes lol. (Also apparently this game was made in Unity????? I thought I recognized the pathfinding LOL)

Thank you UU!!!!