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To better see what this sounds like, consider [http://www.thecenternetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=7012 this story by Mark Rosenfelder], which applies the techniques of [[Expospeak]] to a non-[[Sci Fi]] story.
Note that some recent series -- especially ones which have had mainstream success -- have tried to avoid [[Expospeak]], such as the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who]]''. What they pick up in the mainstream, they often lose on the fringes, as fans become angered and accuse the writers of sloppiness because they ''didn't'' explain everything. A different example of [[Expospeak]] would be [[
A predilection for [[Expospeak]] hasn't prevented [[Police Procedural]] shows such as ''[[CSI]]'' from leaping to the top of the [[Ratings]] (and Dan Brown's books, laden with Expospeak about different subjects, to the top of the bestsellers list), lending credence to the oft-expressed idea that the reason speculative fiction only ''seems'' to be in decline as a genre is because its tropes have been adopted by the mainstream.
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