This kind of snobbery always upsets me - especially since I was raised on SF&F, with some forays into the "classics."

And I found most of those "wanting," as far as quality went. Part of that was stylistic, and on some I've since revised my opinions, being wider-read nowadays. On some, however, the original opinions stand. It always boggled me how the Literary crowd looked down on my favourites - and that it was obvious that they had never even tried reading my favourites, as I had theirs.

I think we just need more cross-genre READING, so everybody gets a taste of what is outside their norms.