mundane adj. 2
denoting a subgenre of science fiction characterized by a rejection of themes considered scientifically implausible (as faster-than-light travel, alternate universes, etc.)
Associated chiefly with Geoff Ryman; discussed extensively in Ritch Calvin, Mundane SF 101 (SFRA Review #289 (Summer 2009) pp. 13ff).
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2004 et al. Mundane Manifesto
Geoff Ryman
The number of themes and flavors open to Mundane fiction include robotics, virtual realities, enhanced genomes, nanotechnology, quantum mechanics… Please continue.
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2004 et al. Mundane Manifesto
Geoff Ryman
The Mundanes promise To produce a collection of mundane science fiction consisting of stories that follow these rules: No interstellar travel… No aliens… No alternative universes [etc.].
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2009 Mundane SF 101 in SFRA Review (#289) Summer 14/2
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Ritch Calvin
The characteristics defined as mundane SF have long been around.
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2016 in SFX (#277) Sept. 107/3 (review)
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The collection finds space for stories [such as]…the Mundane SF future-history of ‘The Water Thief’.
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Geoff Ryman, "Mundane Manifesto"
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