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Related termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Fiction (Latin: fictum, "created") is a branch of literature which deals, in part or in whole, with temporally contrafactual events (events that are not true at the time of writing). In contrast to this is non-fiction, which deals exclusively in factual events (e.g.: biographies, histories). From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What's the difference between fiction, mass market fiction, and trade fiction? Q. When I read book lists in newspapers and magazines it has different types of books. For example one list would be mass market fiction and another list will just be fiction. Asked by redshirt34 - Sun Feb 3 21:02:50 2008 - - 3 Answers - 1 Comments A. The terms "mass market" and "trade" refer to paperback book sizes. Mass market paperbacks are the small ones (approximate 4.25 inches wide and 6.75 inches high). Trade paperbacks are usually the same size as a hardcover edition but have soft covers. The reason to separate them in something like a best-seller list would be that the mass market editions are cheaper than the trade editions, which are cheaper than the hardcover editions, so sales figures will be different depending on the edition. A lot of my friends will wait (about a year) for a book to come out in paperback instead of buying the hardcover. Answered by Cathy S - Sun Feb 3 21:15:00 2008 What is the oldest fiction or non-fiction work on the topic of Love? Q. Fiction, non-fiction, religious, poetry. And, if you have any helpful hints on how to further research this elusive subject, I would "love" to get your advice. Asked by lightbringer1979 - Wed Sep 19 20:00:25 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. The Bible. Answered by witchgurl2684 - Wed Sep 19 20:06:57 2007 What qualities would a book have to have to be considered science fiction?
Q. I have heard the argument that some stories claim to be science fiction and are not. A popular example is Star Wars. It is set in the past rather than the future and has many fantasy elements. The technology level is not comparable to most other science fiction. I am curious because I have written something of similar situations. In my book, there are multiple planets and space travel. There are also ancient prophecies, 'magical' items and some worlds have little to no technology beyond modern means. Some have even less. Would this be considered science fiction, even though it is not futuristic and doesn't have common sci-fi elements like robots? Asked by alfeebester - Fri Oct 24 20:07:16 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. To be considered "science fiction," a book or story would need to have the setting, background and/or some of the elements be based on science or technology. It doesn't matter at all whether it's set in the past or future. Another name for it is "speculative fiction" to emphasize that the science or technology is something we don't have yet. The author is speculating how things might be if we did have the technology. So anything with space travel is science fiction or speculative fiction, because we really can't do much more than get to the moon and back or orbit Earth in a stellite right now. And of course, people wrote of traveling to the moon before we could do it. "Hard science fiction" inlcudes more of the scientific details. A… [cont.] Answered by MavistheMaven - Fri Oct 24 21:17:52 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "fiction" Quotes about fiction, the type of literature using invented or imaginative writing instead of real facts. Sourced
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