Quote by Terri Windling

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most publishers didn't have an adult fantasy list. They had science fiction lists, which they stuck a little bit of fantasy into.

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adu

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This quote suggests that in the early years of the speaker's career, the genre of adult fantasy was not well-defined and often overlooked by publishers. Instead, publishers primarily focused on science fiction and would occasionally incorporate elements of fantasy into their science fiction lists. The quote highlights the lack of distinction between adult fantasy and science fiction at the time, indicating a lack of recognition for the unique characteristics and potential of adult fantasy literature.

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