Elfpunk
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A subgenre of urban fantasy in which fairies, elves, and other creatures from traditional European folklore exist in a contemporary urban setting. uncountable
"Or, on a more personal level, imagine a world without Heinlein’s literary children, and grandchildren. A world in which fewer writers and artists turned to science fiction and fantasy because Heinlein had not blazed the trail; and therefore a world in which the rich array of fantastic literature — from “hard” sf and “new wave” to “high fantasy” and “dark fantasy,” to “cyberpunk” and “splatterpunk” and “elfpunk” and all the rest — never came to be."
Example
More examples"Or, on a more personal level, imagine a world without Heinlein’s literary children, and grandchildren. A world in which fewer writers and artists turned to science fiction and fantasy because Heinlein had not blazed the trail; and therefore a world in which the rich array of fantastic literature — from “hard” sf and “new wave” to “high fantasy” and “dark fantasy,” to “cyberpunk” and “splatterpunk” and “elfpunk” and all the rest — never came to be."
Etymology
From elf + -punk.
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