(...) All true... I was talking about the mundanes though! (we know the LEGO model builders (both set designers and the model builders) like stuff they can't necessarily put into sets) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
(...) Na... Mundanes is a much more generic term since it's used in both Hard SF and fantasy, and predates Rowling by at least 10, possibly 20, years... :-) (URL) bunches of other possible references found by googling using "mundanes SF term" as the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Feb-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)