Pynchon was here first. from a WSJ review. Slipstream fiction.

[Dave Monroe]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/slipstream-fiction-goes-mainstream-1423072888

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:27 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> '....weaving of the real and unreal is part of a fast-growing strain
> of fiction some call slipstream. The label slipstream encompasses
> writing that slips in and out of conventional genres, borrowing from
> science fiction, fantasy and horror. The approach, sometimes also
> called "fantastika," "interstitial" and "the New Weird," often
> feathers the unexpected in with the ordinary, such as the hotel in Ms.
> Link's new collection of stories "Get in Trouble," where there are
> side-by-side conferences, one for dentists and another for superheroes
> in save-the-world costumes and regalia....'
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