Geek Syndicate

In which the team try to pin down the essence of genre: what differentiates it from a style; who makes them and how it affects our reading experience.  We go on to discuss the benefits and problems with blurring those boundaries.  Actually, for the first fifteen minutes we try to stop Mattie playing SW:TOR and attempt to discuss a series of books that none of us has actually read - but then we get on topic.  Honestly.The conversation was to have gone on for a good twenty minutes longer but technical difficulties plagued us in the latter part of the episode.  On the plus side, all being well you will be hearing a little more from Scrolls 'somewhere' on the Geek Syndicate Network this month.Genre Blends that we recommend, but didn't have opportunity to discuss properly (or at all in some cases) include Artemis Fowl, the 'Jon Shannow' books, The 'Pax Britannia' series, Coraline, The 'Merrily Watson' series, 'The Tales Of The Otori' series, The Fifth Child, The 'Shadows Of The Apt' series, and Cloud Atlas.  You s