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

[Dave Monroe]

CATSCAN 5 "Slipstream"

https://w2.eff.org/Misc/Publications/Bruce_Sterling/Catscan_columns/catscan.05

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 6:54 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.wsj.com/articles/slipstream-fiction-goes-mainstream-1423072888
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> 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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