ludenic

There's an introduction in which Gary, setting up his argument, discusses the "lycopene" and "ludenic" strains in SF, "ludenic" being from the Latin word for "game."

Another Strong Tide of Reviews, Washing In . . . Walter Jon Williams 2008

There's an introduction in which Gary, setting up his argument, discusses the "lycopene" and "ludenic" strains in SF, "ludenic" being from the Latin word for "game."

Archive 2008-05-01 Walter Jon Williams 2008

If so, it makes a mellifluous phrase with "ludenic," but it seems a bit of a stretch.

Another Strong Tide of Reviews, Washing In . . . Walter Jon Williams 2008

Williams's answer is interesting and often delightful, if not always fully worked out, and his angle of approach harks back to classic ludenic SF writers like Zelazny and Farmer, whose pocket universes borrowed as much from fantasy as SF, and who pretty much had to weave them from whole cloth in terms of any sort of SFnal rationale.

Another Strong Tide of Reviews, Washing In . . . Walter Jon Williams 2008

Google lists about 370k hits for "ludic," as opposed to just over 1k for "ludenic."

Another Strong Tide of Reviews, Washing In . . . Walter Jon Williams 2008

Williams's answer is interesting and often delightful, if not always fully worked out, and his angle of approach harks back to classic ludenic SF writers like Zelazny and Farmer, whose pocket universes borrowed as much from fantasy as SF, and who pretty much had to weave them from whole cloth in terms of any sort of SFnal rationale.

Archive 2008-05-01 Walter Jon Williams 2008

Williams's answer is interesting and often delightful, if not always fully worked out, and his angle of approach harks back to classic ludenic SF writers like Zelazny and Farmer ...

Locus Online News 2009

Williams's answer is interesting and often delightful, if not always fully worked out, and his angle of approach harks back to classic ludenic SF writers like Zelazny and Farmer ...

Locus Online News 2009

Williams's answer is interesting and often delightful, if not always fully worked out, and his angle of approach harks back to classic ludenic SF writers like Zelazny and Farmer ...

Locus Online News 2009