History Main / NewWeird

* Most of [[NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] stuff:

** ''Literature/{{Coraline}}''

** ''AmericanGods''
** ''AnansiBoys''

** ''Literature/{{Bas-LagCycle}}''

** ''[[{{Literature/Kraken}} Kraken]]''

* Most of [[{{Ptitlen9ir3dhv}} China Miéville's]] writing, actually.
** ''[[{{Literature/Bas-LagCycle}} The Bas-Lag Cycle]]''

* ''[[{{ptitle3k4x5pvi}} The Iron Dragon's Daughter]]'', by Michael Swanwick.

* ''[[{{Literature/Vurt}} Vurt]]''

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* The works of Ann and Jeff [=VanderMeer=]

** ''[[{{Literature/ptitlezd9o58of}} The City & the City]]''

New Weird incorporates elements from certain genres, but tries to avoid being typecast as stereotypical examples of any of them. The purpose of the movement is partly as backlash against [[SciFiGhetto the lack of respect that sci-fi, fantasy and horror works get]]. Proponents of New Weird are of the not unreasonable belief that the reason genre fiction is held in such low regards is because it caters to a very specific audience who likes to read the same sorts of things. The word "Fantasy" becoming almost a [[{{Cliche}} brand name]] that invokes the idea of [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy pseudo-Europeans living in medieval times]] using sorcery while [[{{Tolkien}} Tolkienesque]] elves and/or dragons putter around somewhere in the background. Sci-fi and Horror share similar fates, just with different connotations (spaceships, aliens and explosions for the former, serial killers, monsters and the undead for the latter). [[{{YMMV}} Arguably]], some writers in the genre are playing right into the ScifiGhetto themselves, with the belief that any ScienceFiction that does not involve spaceships, robots and lasers must be an entirely new genre.

New Weird incorporates elements from certain genres, but tries to avoid being typecast as stereotypical examples of any of them. The purpose of the movement is partly as backlash against the ScifiGhetto (and the Fantasy Ghetto and Horror Ghetto). Proponents of New Weird are of the not unreasonable belief that the reason genre fiction is held in such low regards is because it caters to a very specific audience who likes to read the same sorts of things. The word "Fantasy" becoming almost a [[{{Cliche}} brand name]] that invokes the idea of [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy pseudo-Europeans living in medieval times]] using sorcery while [[{{Tolkien}} Tolkienesque]] elves and/or dragons putter around somewhere in the background. Sci-fi and Horror share similar fates, just with different connotations (Spaceships, aliens and explosions, or serial killers, some sort of monster and the undead, etcetera...). [[{{YMMV}} Arguably]], some writers in the genre are playing right into the ScifiGhetto themselves, with the belief that any ScienceFiction that does not involve spaceships, robots and lasers must be an entirely new genre.

See also, ScifiGhetto, SpeculativeFiction and GenreBusting. Not to be confused with BizarroFiction.

* GoingBovine with its fantastical elements being based on hallucinations and its use of MaybeMagicMaybeMundane.

** ''[[{{Literature/Kraken}} Kraken]]'' by China Miéville

New Weird incorporates elements from certain genres, but tries to avoid being typecast as stereotypical examples of any of them. The purpose of the movement is partly as backlash against the ScifiGhetto (and the Fantasy Ghetto and Horror Ghetto). Proponents of New Weird are of the, not unreasonable, belief that the reason genre fiction is held in such low regards is because it caters to a very specific audience who like to read the same sorts of things. The word "Fantasy" becoming almost a [[{{Cliche}} brand name]] that invokes the idea of [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy pseudo-Europeans living in medieval times]] using sorcery while [[{{Tolkien}} Tolkienesque]] elves and/or dragons putter around somewhere in the background. Sci-fi and Horror share similar fates, just with different connotations (Spaceships, aliens and explosions, or serial killers, some sort of monster and the undead, etcetera...). [[{{YMMV}} Arguably]], some writers in the genre are playing right into the ScifiGhetto themselves, with the belief that any ScienceFiction that does not involve spaceships, robots and lasers must be an entirely new genre.

* ''[[{{Literature/Bas-LagCycle}} The Bas-Lag Cycle]]''

* ''[[{{Literature/ptitlezd9o58of}} The City & the City]]''

* ''[[{{Literature/Kraken}} Kraken]]'' by China Miéville

* ''UnLunDun''

* ''AmericanGods''
* ''AnansiBoys''

* Most of [[NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman's]] stuff.
* ''{{Neverwhere}}''
* ''{{Sandman}}''

* ''{{Stardust}}''

New Weird incorporates elements from certain genres, but tries to avoid being typecast as stereotypical examples of any of them. The purpose of the movement is partly as backlash against the ScifiGhetto (and the Fantasy Ghetto and Horror Ghetto). Proponents of New Weird are of the, not unreasonable, belief that the reason genre fiction is held in such low regards is because it caters to a very specific audience who like to read the same sorts of things. The word "Fantasy" becoming almost a [[{{Cliche}} brand name]] that invokes the idea of pseudo-Europeans living in medieval times using sorcery while [[{{Tolkien}} Tolkienesque]] elves and/or dragons putter around somewhere in the background. Sci-fi and Horror share similar fates, just with different connotations (Spaceships, aliens and explosions, or serial killers, some sort of monster and the undead, etcetera...). [[{{YMMV}} Arguably]], some writers in the genre are playing right into the ScifiGhetto themselves, with the belief that any ScienceFiction that does not involve spaceships, robots and lasers must be an entirely new genre.

* ''[[TheCityAndTheCity The City & the City]]''

New Weird tends to incorporate elements from certain genres, but tries to avoid being typecast as stereotypical examples of any of them. The purpose of the movement is partly as backlash against the ScifiGhetto (and the Fantasy Ghetto and Horror Ghetto). Proponents of New Weird are of the, not unreasonable, belief that the reason genre fiction is held in such low regards is because it caters to a very specific audience who like to read the same sorts of things. The word "Fantasy" becoming almost a [[{{Cliche}} brand name]] that invokes the idea of pseudo-Europeans living in medieval times using sorcery while [[{{Tolkien}} Tolkienesque]] elves and/or dragons putter around somewhere in the background. Sci-fi and Horror share similar fates, just with different connotations (Spaceships, aliens and explosions, or serial killers, some sort of monster and the undead, etcetera...). [[{{YMMV}} Arguably]], some writers in the genre are playing right into the ScifiGhetto themselves, with the belief that any ScienceFiction that does not involve spaceships, robots and lasers must be an entirely new genre.

Works in the ''New Weird'' genre are therefore, heavy in their use of [[DeconstructorFleet Deconstructor Fleets]] and MindScrew. Some of them may even take on a [[GenreBusting disdainful stance]] against the genres they hailed from, with liberal amounts of TakeThat. New Weird fiction will often - but does not have to - take place in an UrbanFantasy setting. For some reason, the various "[[PunkPunk punk]]" subgenres are acceptable, if not downright embraced in NewWeird fiction.. For the most part, anything goes as long as it doesn't FollowTheLeader.

Works in the ''New Weird'' genre are therefore, heavy in their use of [[DeconstructorFleet Deconstructor Fleets]] and MindScrew. Some of them may even take on a [[GenreBusting disdainful stance]] against the genres they hailed from, with liberal amounts of TakeThat. New Weird fiction will often - but does not have to - take place in an UrbanFantasy setting. For some reason, the various "[[PunkPunk punk]] subgenres are acceptable, if not downright embraced in NewWeird fiction.. For the most part, anything goes as long as it doesn't FollowTheLeader.

See also, ScifiGhetto and GenreBusting. Not to be confused with BizarroFiction.

* ''[[{{Literature/Kraken}} Kraken]]'' by [[{{Ptitlen9ir3dhv}} China Miéville]]

* [[http://www.southernfriedweirdness.com/ southernfriedweirdness.com]] - a website that compiles NewWeird stories.

* The works of Ann and Jeff [=VanderMeer=]