The New Weird is a literary current coined in late 90s. It's a fantasy sub-genre that combines fantastic elements like magic and supernatural with science fiction and steampunk elements. One of its prominent features is that, as opposed to the classic "high fantasy" of Tolkien, it debates socio-economic, political and philosophical matters set in a fantastic world creating powerful allegories. The writers of this current pay much attention in creating plausible and consistent settings. The most important authors are China Mieville, Jeff Vandermeer and Michael Swanwick but also some of the works of Haruki Murakami and Neil Gaiman are considered New Weird fiction.