So, realistic contemporary fiction is written and set more or less in the present

[conuly]

But time moves on. What, exactly, do you call "realistic contemporary fiction" once it's no longer contemporary? It's not exactly historical fiction either, since writers of historical fiction generally make specific choices in bringing the past to life, ideally with few or no whoppers of mistakes.

I sometimes say "then-contemporary", but... well, it sounds a bit silly, doesn't it?

(On a related note, it looks like now people are less likely to say "issues book" and more likely to say "social issues book", is that accurate? I'm not loving a change that involves using more words to get to the same meaning, but okay.)

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Comments

[conuly]

I really like the joy when I find a book, especially if people gave almost no information. (I have a rule: if somebody's asked for a book before, somebody else will ask for it again. That works a lot on those books with almost no information!)

I only make fun of people some of the time. ("It takes place in a time when things were hard for black people in America" will never not be funny.)

[ionelv]

That uttering would be completely valid if they meant “harder” when they wrote “hard”. It also reveals a lot about their knowledge of the past and especially the present. As to getting joy from helping others who are looking for something they lost, I rather help others find something new (especially the young) instead of helping the older find something they barely registered in the first place.