Sentence examples for skiffy from inspiring English sources

Banks's friend Ian Rankin, creator of the archetypal Scottish detective Inspector Rebus, said he preferred the literary novels to what Banks called his "skiffy" [sci-fi] books.

In fact, most of what the general public thinks of as sci-fi is viewed with some disdain by science fiction fans, who dismiss the genre as "skiffy" and most of the films, books and games it includes as "fantasy" (see below).

I gave in to the write-what-you-know school but with a dose of skiffy hyperbole, mining my own past for exaggerateable experiences.

To those who like their SF grounded in science, Star Wars is reprehensible "skiffy" in the pejorative sense, a flight of fantasy cloaked in science-fiction's clothes.

Call them "space opera" or "space fantasy" or "retro-sf" or "skiffy", any term you like.