RUMIR
Karen Burnham alerts me to a useful acronym derived from Joanna Russ: “The stories are routine, unoriginal, mildly interesting, and readable.” It covers the majority of short fiction published by the SF magazines.
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Everything Is Nice 
[…] Dark Laughter’ is a fun story enlivened as always by Chabon’s wit but it is very much RUMIR *. Ho […]
‘The God Of Dark Laughter’ by Michael Chabon « Everything Is Nice
7 October 2008 at 22:48
[…] we have two examples of RUMIR that awards should weed out but instead tend to elevate. ‘Selected Program Notes From The […]
2013 Nebula Awards – Short Story | Everything Is Nice
10 March 2014 at 15:46
[…] However, whilst I don’t particularly like either of the Tor.com stories, at least they are RUMIR and have their heart in the right […]
Hugo Voting – Short Fiction | Everything Is Nice
23 July 2014 at 20:42