Dictionary

imaginative fiction en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Fiction not based on reality; a class of fiction including but not necessarily limited to fantasy, horror and science fiction.
   • A Journal for Readers, Writers and Collectors of Imaginative Fiction 1947 February 14 – March 14, “Masthead”, in Fantasy Review, volume 1, number 1, page 2:
   • The questions of whether Esperanto has any place in the science fiction field and whether there is any justification for the modification of the English language for the convenience of the imaginative fiction reader, seem both to be issues on which there can be little in the way of a compromise. 1936 December 14, Maurice K. Hanson, “Editorial”, in Novae Terrae, volume 1, number 9, page 3:
   • Particular professors and sober Scotchmen may denounce as childish the desire for imaginative fiction. 1914 March 7, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, All-Story Weekly, Letters:

Synonyms

speculative fiction