by I use to work in a bookstore and would see a lot of snobbery towards science fiction literature. I remember two people standing in line, friends, boyfriend or girlfriend, I'm not sure. The woman was berating (in a friendly yet patronising way) the book the man had bought. she was saying how sci-fi isn't proper literature, how it lacked characterisation and emotional depth. I served him first, he bought one of the Science Fiction Masterworks series, I forget which one.
Next I served the woman. She was buying a few books, one of which was The Time Traveller's Wife. The irony was lost on her.
