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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 9710006" data-attributes="member: 30438">Same. I'm a fast reader, but these days I find a 500-page book daunting, and that after a certain point, they really need to work hard to justify that page count.I watched the Super/Man documentary over the weekend (would recommend it highly, but to say it packs an emotional punch is an understatement). Anyway, one of the things that struck me is that when the 1978 Superman was made, plenty of people in Christopher Reeve's life were against him doing it. They said it was just kids' stuff. Yet today, there are tons of dissertations and scholarly articles on Superman. People are increasingly understanding that comics, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, these are genres that have something to say, are worthy of analysis.Unfortunately, there are still plenty of critics that draw a line between "literature" and genre work. Which frequently is an imaginary line, anyway. Beowulf on one side and Lord of the Rings on the other isn't really a defensible position.</blockquote>