mundanes

He, like many living among the "mundanes," is charmed by magic to appear fully human so as not to arouse panic and undue attention from a bipedal, talking wolf walking around the city.

Archive 2009-11-01

He, like many living among the "mundanes," is charmed by magic to appear fully human so as not to arouse panic and undue attention from a bipedal, talking wolf walking around the city.

Getting Graphic: "Fables: Legends in Exile" by Bill Willingham

Many of his coworkers -- what the science fiction world called "mundanes" -- were aspiring writers who never managed to finish or submit stories.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact

They think and live in a different mindspace than "mundanes" and there is a communications gap and giant gaps in other areas as to goals, values, interests, approaches to the universe, assumptions....

Making Light: Scholarly works to avoid citing at all costs

Along the way, and partially because the "mundanes," i.e., those who weren't science fiction fans, coöped the term and began mis-using it, it came to mean something different to hardcore fans of the genre.

Archive 2009-03-01

Science fiction fans call non-fans "mundanes," Martial artists believe in their hearts that their arts are superior.

How Many Do You Know?

I don't want to close the field to 'mundanes'; I want to embrace them, to show them exactly why I think SFF is vital, important culture.

Archive 2004-02-01

I don't want to close the field to 'mundanes'; I want to embrace them, to show them exactly why I think SFF is vital, important culture.

Childhood's End

I don't want to close the field to 'mundanes'; I want to embrace them, to show them exactly why I think SFF is vital, important culture.

The Problem of Humor

I don't want to close the field to 'mundanes'; I want to embrace them, to show them exactly why I think SFF is vital, important culture.

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