>>6
and how horribly bland their characters are.
How can you speak so badly of the genre that brought us Ponter Boddit, Lenie Clarke (mermaid of the apocalypse), Bren Cameron, and Apollo Papadopulos?
>>4
Oh, fine. I think this genre is considered by many to just be “weird stuff”. Like it or not, but most people aren't looking to learn a whole new world every time they crack open a book from a series they haven't read before. Maybe you get excited when you read something that makes absolutely no sense (when you're sure it will become clear in the future/with more thought), but I think the average person is just irritated. Consider how often this happens to you (in a good book), then consider how often it's going to happen to a person who isn't familiar with genre conventions. It would be like mixing up Gravity's Rainbow, A Clockwork Orange, and a few electronic circuit schematics, then asking a person to figure it out as they went along. By its very nature, it's limited to people who like to work their brains.