All in all, it took about three years to thoroughly hoist the Movement on its own petard. Cheap Truth was killed off in 1986. I would like to think that this should be a lesson to somebody out there. I very much doubt it, though. But the dreaded C-Word will surely be chiseled into our five tombstones.
Public disavowals are useless, very likely worse than useless.
And that covers a lot of ground. I've always had a weakness for historical fantasies, myself, and Shiner writes mainstream novels and mysteries. Shirley writes horror. Rucker was last seen somewhere inside the Hollow Earth. William Gibson, shockingly, has been known to write funny short stories.