Mundane

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In subcultural and fictional uses, a mundane is a person who does not belong to a particular group, according to the members of that group; the implication is that such persons, lacking imagination, are concerned solely with the mundane: the quotidian and ordinary.[1] The term first came into use in science fiction fandom to refer, sometimes deprecatingly, to non-fans; this use of the term antedates 1955.[2]

In popular culture

Some western cultural examples:

See also

References

  1. brown, rich Dr. Gafia's Fan Terms
  2. Coppa, Francesca (2006). "A Brief History of Media Fandom". In Hellekson, Karen; Busse, Kristina. Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 41–59. ISBN 978-0-7864-2640-9.
  3. Cherryh, C. J.. "FIAWOL and All That".
  4. "The Fanfiction Glossary"
  5. Message by J. Michael Straczynski on Byron's attitude towards "mundanes" in Babylon 5
  6. Simo, "The New Furry's Dictionary"
  7. "Geoff Ryman: The Mundane Fantastic: Interview excerpts". Locus. January 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-23.