Andy Weir: hey dudes and dudebros Weir: did you hear about the hot new marketing genre that's taking the literary world by storm? Weir: we call it MANtasy Weir: it's like fantasy Weir: but for HIM!
King: fantasy for guys? King: how does it work? Weir: just imagine it as a sister genre Weir: i mean a BROTHER genre King: i get it Weir: to GUY-ence fiction and BROrror Weir: that didn't quite work Weir: but you get the idea
Weir: just imagine, genre fiction without all that girly stuff Lovecraft: i like the cut of this guy's gibe Stoker: i've always said that there's too many girls in genre fiction Stoker: i mean honestly Stoker: who wants to see that?
Weir: imagine Weir: it's like regular fantasy Weir: except that you smoke cigars and ride ATVs across the desert King: hey this doesn't sound so bad Weir: and all the fantasy monsters are bacon-flavored King: this sounds great! Poe: yeah it's about time we had a space for guys Koontz: let's do it!
King: this is such a great innovation! King: why didn't anyone think of fantasy that appeals to men before? Robert E Howard: now hold on thar partna King: it's 2 gun bob! Poe: 2 gun bob! Lovecraft: 2 gun bob! Koontz: 2 gun bob! Barker: 2 gun bob!
Howard: it's about time we brought back fantasy for hombres Howard: let the girls have their romantasy Howard: this here's the campfire for dudes being bros Lovecraft: yes! yes! King: yeah! Poe: yes! Koontz: yeah! Barker: yeah! Patricia Highsmith: yeah! King: Lovecraft: Barker: Koontz: Poe: Howard:
Howard: finally, us fellas can enjoy a nice fantasy romp without any of them girls around to ruin it King: yeah! just us guys Mary Shelley: sup fuckers King: Poe: Lovecraft: Barker: Koontz: Shelley: what's going on here King: Poe: Lovecraft: Barker: Koontz: Shelley: someone wanna explain this
Shelley: what's all this Lovecraft: IT WAS 2 GUN BOB'S IDEA!!! Poe: howard! Lovecraft: I'm sorry, what was i supposed to say?!? Lovecraft: i can't take this kind of pressure!!! Shelley: 2 gun bob, huh Howard: andy weir said it first Weir: now hold on there Weir: i was merely explaining a trend