Ah, Wikipedia says:
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Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts.
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Um. So... that would be everything I read. NON-speculative fiction is basically now just Cozy Mysteries and Tom Clancy thrillers, no?
Well, and Jane Austen, if you took the zombies out, I guess.
But Atwood, Marquez, and Rushdie are apparently speculative. So as an "umbrella" term it encompasses more than it keeps out. Huh.