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message fiction

message fiction noun: fiction that attempts to convey a sociopolitical message, as opposed to mere escapism.

Noun

message fiction (uncountable)

  1. Fiction that attempts to convey a sociopolitical message, as opposed to mere escapism.
    • Goldstein has fallen victim to the trap inherent in message fiction: when a novelist makes the message too prominent, or warps the story to serve the message, the story suffers.1988, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, page 178
    • […] I have already found that I can't write 'message' fiction of any kind. I can only write the kind I like best to read, which is the bang-up adventure type […]Charles L. Fontenay, quoted in 2009, Robert Reginald, Contemporary Science Fiction Authors (page 99)

Questions about message fiction

What does message fiction mean?
Message fiction means fiction that attempts to convey a sociopolitical message, as opposed to mere escapism.
What part of speech is message fiction?
Message fiction is a noun.

Words near message fiction in the dictionary

  1. message broker
  2. message brokers
  3. message control
  4. message coupling
  5. message couplings
  6. message fiction
  7. message in a bottle
  8. message pump
  9. message pumps
  10. message queue
  11. message queues

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