Mundane science fiction is a niche literary movement within science fiction that developed in the early 2000s, with its principles codified by the Mundane Manifesto in 2004, signed by the author Geoff Ryman and the 2004 class of the Clarion West Writers Workshop. The movement proposes mundane science fiction as its own subgenre, typically characterized by a setting on Earth or within the Solar System, a lack of interstellar or intergalactic travel or human contact with extraterrestrials, and a believable use of technology and science as it exists at the time of writing or a plausible extension of existing technology.
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Defining TraitSetting on Earth or within the Solar System, with plausible existing technology 1 Defining Trait Connections
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Source Mundane science fiction (Wikipedia)
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1. Mundane science fiction (Wikipedia)
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typically characterized by its setting on Earth or within the Solar System
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developed in the early 2000s
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Mundane science fiction (MSF) is a niche literary movement within science fiction that developed in the early 2000s, with principles codified by the "Mundane Manifesto" in 2004, signed by author Geoff Ryman and the "2004 class" of the Clarion West Writers Workshop.
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