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High Fantasy (Lord of the Rings, Dwarf Fortress, etc.)

0 (0%)

Low Fantasy/ Midieval Fantasy (A Song of Ice and Fire)

1 (14.3%)

Science Fiction (Hitchhiker's Guide, Star Wars, etc.)

2 (28.6%)

Steampunk (Don't know any specific work)

2 (28.6%)

Apocalyptic (Somewhat vague, but I'll count it)

0 (0%)

Historical (RTW, Documentaries, Old diaries)

0 (0%)

Romance (Many possible settings)

1 (14.3%)

Horror (Again many possible settings)

0 (0%)

You like/hate all genres equally.

1 (14.3%)

Other (Everything I missed, please post what)

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 7

[Yoink]

Definitely medieval settings. From crusading nights, to norse raiders, to bandits... And low-fantasy medieval stuff is good, too. I'll read most anything though, really, except for Harry Potter. Why are those books and movies still being made?!
Also love comics. So many comics. My favourite at the moment is definitely The Goon, although I've been reading the Walking Dead as well.

[RedKing]

@ein, I have nothing against the two, I'm just more interested in asking about setting based genres, as opposed to romance which could be applied to any setting.

So then you're asking favorite settings instead of genres.

In which case, it really depends on the story. But you typically can't go wrong with Earth, circa 1880-1900. Lots of fertile ground for stories there.

[counting]

Speaking of Victoria Era and steampunk, I am always interested in building a Victorian era mechanical computer with steam power. And there is a novel about it too - The Difference Engine.

And thinking of a fantasy and alternate history setting that Charles Babbage took the idea of George Boole (They lived in the same period) and built a working model of Calculus Machine based on binary  instead of decimal system. How would a world in the late 19th century be like? What kind of mechanical binary computer would evolve into after 50 years (since 1830s)? Will we jump into a semi-digital era 100 years earlier with mechanical computer and telegram internet forum, using pouch card translator to type topics on paper? I like to think it might be possible and imagine what it would look like.

And binary mechanical computer is absolutely doable. In fact the first computer Z1 is one of them. And someone in the steampunk community is working on designing a workable one too - the rod logic of Babbage-Boole Rodulator. (I am more of a popular science readings guy, than science fictions.)

[Nivim]

Any genre will do, because there are good books/games/movies/whatnot in any genre. I choose a book/game/movie/whatnot based on what I feel like at the moment in question.

Which is what I entered this thread to clarify; the vague genres say absolutely nothing about a book's quality and worth to be read, and limiting to yourself to a genre or certain group of genres stunts you and makes it harder to find clear and quality works. When I finally finish the booklist, I will not be organizing anything by genre, but instead by the experiences and effects most often gleaned.