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''Mainstream'' applies to things non-[[stfnal]], non-genre, [[mundane]] — things part of the popular culture of the [[macrocosm]]. The term is typically said of [[books]] or [[media]], e.g. "Magical realism is typically packaged as mainstream literature rather than [[fantasy]]." Or "[[Science fiction]] has become increasingly mainstream."
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'''''Mainstream''''' applies to things non-[[stfnal]], non-genre, [[mundane]] — things part of the popular culture of the [[macrocosm]]. The term is typically said of [[books]] or [[media]], e.g. "[[Magical Realism| Magical realism]] is typically packaged as mainstream literature rather than [[fantasy]]." Or "[[Science fiction]] has become increasingly mainstream."
  
 
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Revision as of 02:14, 12 June 2021

(Did you mean a Kaufman and Tompkins fanzine?)


Mainstream applies to things non-stfnal, non-genre, mundane — things part of the popular culture of the macrocosm. The term is typically said of books or media, e.g. " Magical realism is typically packaged as mainstream literature rather than fantasy." Or "Science fiction has become increasingly mainstream."

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.



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