I agree – I was trying to be conservative in my assessment. You could easily argue that the vast majority of ones I did NOT highlight (Pirates, Ice Age, Nemo/Dory/Lion King/Jungle Book, etc.) still fall within the genre of fantasy. That just makes the point even stronger – nearly every one of the Top 100 grossing films of all time are sci-fi/fantasy. But when you talk to so many people about reading a sci-fi or fantasy book, you often get the response that they don’t like those genres. Perhaps the real truth is that most people just don’t like to read… anything. The difference is that when you say you don’t like a particular genre, you sound selective. When you say you don’t like to read at all, some might think that makes you sound a little… hmm… shallow?
K.

Of course, I don’t watch many contemporary movies of any kind.

To each his/her own, as they say (which I suppose means we’re all peculiar in our own ways). But to clarify, the list I shared here is not my own. It’s the list of top grossing films. My only point was that, considering how many people tend to say they don’t go in for sci-fi and fantasy, there are an awful lot of sci-fi and fantasy titles making an awful lot of money.

I may watch Skyfall… and I do like cars ( which means I do like animation).. but spare me from the rest of your movies… they may be blockbusters, but I have never had the slightest itch to watch them. I hope am not peculiar.

Notifying the proper authorities in the 1st arrondissement as I type. Thank you for your spectacular research and reporting.

Kolan,

It took me longer than expected due to other commitments, but today I clicked PUBLISH on the stand-alone ebook for Cloak of Black, Mantle of Sorrow. As I said to you earlier, I want to give you a free copy for prodding me to do this. Email me at keith@keithsoares.com and I’ll make sure you get the book.

Cheers,
K.