infodump

The infodump is contemplated by Matt Cheney and Torque Control. [latter link via SFBC blog]

SF Tidbits for 7/21/06 2006

The infodump is contemplated by Matt Cheney and Torque Control. [latter link via SFBC blog]

July 2006 2006

Just felt like nailing a point home about your choice of quote for the infodump, which is a valid complaint btw.

Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 3: The Dragon Reborn (1991) Adam Roberts 2010

The "infodump" remains a perhaps unavoidable limitation of such an effort, one that may even call into question the aesthetic integrity of the effort in the first place.

Genre Fiction 2010

For those who are very knowledgeable about or intensely interested in the period, I can see how the longer 'infodump' sections could prove fascinating.

The Silver Pigs, by Lindsey Davis. Book review Carla 2009

Ideally the exposition "infodump" is inserted elegantly into the narrative, such that it does not impede the flow of the action with the dreaded "expository lumps."

Archive 2006-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006

I'll just say some general things -- first that yes it does seem like we should probably distinguish between "infodump" and "exposition", particularly since "infodump" has such a pejorative feel to it.

Infodump Assumptions 2006

Ideally the exposition "infodump" is inserted elegantly into the narrative, such that it does not impede the flow of the action with the dreaded "expository lumps."

Creamy Walter Jon Williams 2006

Recently Matt Cheney (and later Miriam Burstein) discussed the kind of narrative exposition pejoratively called the "infodump," in which "an author needs to convey a lot of information and does so by coming out and stating it.

Genre Fiction 2010

Cause I can see how this wold go wrong, reading as pointless infodump to a modern audience.

Archive 2009-04-01 Hal Duncan 2009