I'm confused. Do you mean that the literary critics are simply ignoring the SF/F elements of a book when they review it, because to mention them would somehow diminish the book?


I don't think it would diminish the book, but I do believe the literary critic thinks it would. When they do mention it, it seems to usually be in the context of the book transcending the genre it belongs to, because it apparently needs to for the literary critic since they can't lower themselves to review simply a genre book.