TY - GEN AU - Truby, John TI - The Anatomy Of Genres : How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works SN - 9780374539221 (PB) PY - 2023/// CY - New York PB - Picador KW - Science fiction, science, society, and culture KW - Fiction / Technique N1 - The world as story Horror: religion Action: success Myth: the life process Memoir and coming-of-age story: creating the self through fiction and nonfiction Science fiction: science, society, and culture Crime: morality and justice Comedy: manners and morals Western: the rise and fall of civilization Gangster: the corruption of business and politics Fantasy: the art of living Detective story and thriller: the mind and the truth Love story: the art of happiness The future of storytelling N2 - "A guide to understanding the major story genres and how to write them" ER -