Author Archives: lavietidhar

Americlones n. “Foreign” characters in science fiction and fantasy novels written by American authors, where any similarity to real nationalities or culture is entirely coincidental. Uses: Those Russian and Chinese characters in Greg Bear’s Eon? Totally Americlones!

Über SMOF n. Hypothetical secret master in the world of science fiction fandom (SMOF meaning Secret Master of Fandom). It has been hypothesised that such a being may be linked to the giant lizard conspiracy. Usage: One Über SMOF to find … Continue reading →

Readercon Diet, The. A zero-tolerance approach to dieting, but really it’s ok to eat as much as you like as long as you say you’re sorry for it afterwards. SEE ALSO: Pulling The Asimov.

UmlautPunk n. a kind of thriller detective fiction featuring the use of ulmauts; sometimes referred to as “Scandinavian Crime”; usually features a) serial killer b) anti-Semitism / historical links to the Holocaus c) women as victims d) umlauts. Usage: Jo Nesbo’s UmlautPunk novels … Continue reading →

Elfing v. The act of writing an elf book; though there is no such thing as one elf book. There are only series; such an endeavor typically includes writing about dragons and dwarfs as well; there is no elfing under 120,000 words of … Continue reading →

YetiPunk n. A sub-genre of science fiction or fantasy featuring yetis; by extension, any story featuring {cryptozoology}. The classic example of YetiPunk is the short story “Unicorn Variations” by {Roger Zelazny}. Also notable is “The Yeti Behind You” by {Jeremiah Tolbert}. … Continue reading →

Penile Science Fiction n. also Penile SF, “hard” science fiction, or simply SF. Distinct from Vaginal Science Fiction, which is fantasy.

Nussbaumian Text n. an item of literary criticism, most commonly addressing a television series, and which is often longer than the actual series it is studying; an epic narrative of geek criticism; the reading or writing of which is termed … Continue reading →

Commanist n. member of an ideological faction common in groups of extremist editors, in which the humble comma is regarded as a classist agent provocateur which must be exterminated at all costs for the glory of the punctuation revolution. Uses: Writers … Continue reading →

Blurbosity n. – a verbose blurb; an over-long, overtly gushing blurb fest suggesting the work in question is a combination of the Bible, Giant Size X-Men #1, War and Peace and Lord of the Rings, and that its author is … Continue reading →