Meanings
comparative more stefnal · superlative most stefnal · alternative stfnal
- Of or relating to science fiction.
Throughout the novel, in fact, Cambias alludes to many stefnal icons and tropes in knowing and humorous ways that never go over the border to self-indulgence or parody.
2021 May 16, Paul Di Filippo, “Paul Di Filippo Reviews The Godel Operation by James L. Cambias”, in Locus1 more example
"We" is us newsstand-borne writers, such, for particular instance, as Frederik Pohl, whose literary career began in the 1930s pulps and has been wedded to stefnal evolutions as few other careers have.
2012, Algis Budrys, Benchmarks Revisited 1983-1986, →ISBN, page 144
Origin
Abbreviation of scientifictional.
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