{"id":1030,"date":"2008-10-10T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2008-10-04T08:55:52","modified_gmt":"2008-10-04T14:55:52","slug":"manfiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/manfiction\/","title":{"rendered":"ManFiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/stephen-king.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1180 alignleft\" title=\"stephen-king\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/stephen-king.jpg?resize=167%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/stephen-king.jpg?w=270&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/stephen-king.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>In the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/img2.timeinc.net\/ew\/dynamic\/imgs\/030731\/175040__king_l.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.ew.com\/ew\/article\/0,,20225323,00.html&amp;h=270&amp;w=270&amp;sz=20&amp;hl=en&amp;start=6&amp;usg=__DfbJGTlLX-XVbwcAxomXlaG2QD0=&amp;tbnid=EIz7KwLMTVilMM:&amp;tbnh=113&amp;tbnw=113&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dmanfiction%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG\" target=\"_blank\">September 16th issue<\/a> <\/strong>of <em>Entertainment Weekly, <\/em>Stephen King coins a new term, &#8220;ManFiction&#8221;. It has become the buzz of the blogs. In Stephen&#8217;s words:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;guys have what my son Joe calls &#8221;manfiction.&#8221; And publishers sell it by the ton. Here&#8217;s a concept so simple it&#8217;s easy to miss: What men want from an Elmore Leonard novel is exactly what women want from a Nora Roberts novel \u2014 escape and entertainment. And while it&#8217;s true that manfiction can be guilty of objectifying women, chick lit often does the same thing to men&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here is who Stephen King considers manfiction writers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert B. Parker<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Kellerman<\/li>\n<li>Dashiell Hammett<\/li>\n<li>Raymond Chandler<\/li>\n<li>John D. MacDonald<\/li>\n<li>Michael Connelly<\/li>\n<li>Robert Crais<\/li>\n<li>Richard Stark<\/li>\n<li>Lee Child<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in what titles we have, please give us a call at 326-7844 and we will get you on your manly way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the September 16th issue of Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King coins a new term, &#8220;ManFiction&#8221;. It has become the buzz of the blogs. In Stephen&#8217;s words: &#8220;guys have what my son Joe calls &#8221;manfiction.&#8221; And publishers sell it by the ton. 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