The same is true of older Detective or Thriller fiction. In traditional, ye-olde, Mystery fiction, the mystery is all-important and the characters and atmosphere are fleshed out as a by-product, if indeed they get fleshed out at all.
Of course it can be backed-up by anything you like: science fiction, fantasy, deviant psychology, whatever you want. Instead, it often concentrates on the everyday, and things becoming very strange, or out of place. No giant conspiracies, no huge space-faring or mine-dwelling empires, poised to take over the world or anything like that. It tries to be subtle, usually, and avoid things being 'epic'. But, being modern, it has some important differences. Slipstream, at least as I see it, is the modern approach to the Mystery/Macabre genre. The 'unexpected', is most important in Slipstream. I personally - and I'm not alone - see Roald Dahl as the grandfather of Slipstream, particularly with regard to his ' Tales Of The Unexpected' works. A number of authors identify themselves as Slipstream authors, and it is starting to appear as a genre/category on book listing sites.
'Slipstream' is a neologism and may be regarded as somewhat dubious, but it is getting used more and more. I am going to write a small piece on it up on my GoodReads blog, but I don't know when, so please take the below as my views. Even as a casual science fiction reader I've heard of hard science fiction before, but what is "slipstream"? You describe the book as "Slipstream and Hard Science Fiction". Rob: A little about the book, before we get started on the technical side. The others seem to be getting very good responses, but Black Prince is the one that makes 'em jump up and down. Jon: Ah that's fantastic! A lot of people seem to *love* that story (if I may be so bold). I couldn't put down "Black Prince" once I started. Rob: Hi Jon, I read a little bit, to get a feel for your writing.
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