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Fiction (from the Latin fingere, "to form, create") is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. A large part of the appeal of fiction is its ability to evoke the entire spectrum of human emotions: to distract our minds, to give us hope in times of despair, to make us laugh, or to let us experience empathy without attachment. Fictional works—novels, stories, fables, fairy tales, films, comics, interactive fiction, cartoons, video games, Anime—may be partly based on factual occurrences but always contain some imaginary content. The term is also often used synonymously with literature and more specifically fictional prose. In this sense, fiction refers only to novels or short stories and is often divided into two categories, popular fiction (e.g., science fiction or mystery fiction) and literary fiction (e.g., Victor Hugo or William Faulkner).
Fiction is largely perceived as a form of art and/or entertainment, although not all fiction is necessarily artistic. Fiction may be created for the purpose of educating, such as fictional examples used in school textbooks. Fiction is also frequently instrumentalized by propaganda and advertising. Fiction may be propagated by parents to their children out of tradition (e.g. Santa Claus) or in order to instill certain beliefs and values. Fables with an explicit moral goal are not necessarily targeted at children, however. Fiction may over time blend with factual accounts and develop into mythology. Many atheists perceive religion as no different from any fictional tale, whereas members of religious groups typically explain their beliefs with faith and/or historical figures/events; and claim they are fundamentally different from fictional tales (although they may call other religious views fictional). The sociological school of constructivism argues that every view of reality is fundamentally a construction of the self and that a safe distinction between fact and fiction is impossible, whereas the philosophy of naturalism holds that reality can be approximated and truth can be demonstrated through usefulness, allowing the distinction from fiction.
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#quote from Pulp Fiction: "stickin' your tongue in the holiest of holies ain't nothin' like givin' a foot massage" #pulpfiction #quotations
DaveyHo69 (Davey Ho) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:08:20 -0000
#quote from Pulp Fiction: "stickin' your tongue in the holiest of holies ain't nothin' like givin' a foot massage" #pulpfiction #quotations
"I Just wanna run hide it away run because their chasing me down" :) The Downtown Fiction
mayzcorn89 (Mayra) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:08:13 -0000
"I Just wanna run hide it away run because their chasing me down" :) The Downtown Fiction
Leigh Brackett (ology): Romance and Glamour In Science Fiction ... - http://tinyurl.com/ygwkdx8
sciencefi (sciencefi.co.cc) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:06:35 -0000
Leigh Brackett (ology): Romance and Glamour In Science Fiction ... - http://tinyurl.com/ygwkdx8
Failure Ahoy: Science in the Name of Science Fiction | Scifi Picks - http://tinyurl.com/ygh4pk7
sciencefi (sciencefi.co.cc) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:05:53 -0000
Failure Ahoy: Science in the Name of Science Fiction | Scifi Picks - http://tinyurl.com/ygh4pk7
Feels like heaven fiction factory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzo_l_u-p8
Rob_Newport (Rob) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:04:58 -0000
Feels like heaven fiction factory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJzo_l_u-p8
RT @noolmusic: Fiction ? A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!. #fact
miadsoriano (Mia DelaCruz-Soriano) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:03:38 -0000
RT @noolmusic: Fiction ? A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!. #fact
Allworth Press - Publishing books for photographers, graphic designers, artists, writers, musicians, actors. Plus general interest self-help business, legal, and money guides.
Meta Description: [ Allworth Press provides practical, accessible information books for a creative community of specialists such as artists, photographers, designers, and authors, as well as an expanding line of legal and financial how-to books for the general public. Their titles have received numerous recommendati... ]
Apecs Press - Welsh stories and educational resources.
Meta Description: [ Apecs Press publishes stories with a Welsh dimension and language resources for schools based on the stories. ]
Aran Press - Publishes plays and novels, established in 1983.
Arcade Publishing - Publishers of quality American and world literature and non-fiction.
Meta Description: [ Arcade Publishing, publishers of quality American and world literature and non-fiction. ]
Avocet Press, Inc. - Independent publisher of a wide variety of quality literature from contemporary poetry to mysteries to fiction.
Meta Description: [ Avocet Press is a small independent publisher of fine fiction and poetry ]
BelleBooks, Inc. - Publisher of novels and short story collections about growing up in the southern United States.
Meta Description: [ BelleBooks, publisher of books about or set in the South. ]
Black Heron Press - Publishes quality fiction and nonfiction. Authors span the many genres found in modern, cutting-edge fiction and poetry.
Black Plankton Press - Publishes speculative fiction, including novels and the periodical The Rejected Quarterly
Boston and Blue Street, Inc. - A multimedia based publishing and recording company and the exclusive source for books by writer, John P. Anderson.
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Breakaway Books - Publisher of literary sports books, including fiction, poetry, and essays.
Meta Description: [ Breakaway Books is a publisher of thought-provoking works by, for, and about athletes. ]
Carson's Pub - Independent publishers of creative literary works.
Chick Springs Publishing - Small publisher of suspense novels.
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Coffee House Press - A nonprofit literary publisher of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction.
Meta Description: [ Coffee House Press is an award-winning, nonprofit literary publisher. We produce books that present the dreams and ambitions of people who have been underrepresented in published literature, books that shape our national consciousness while strengthening a larger sense of community. ]
Cormorant Books - Publishing new literary fiction for the adult market from the Canadian mainstream and the ethnic minorities.
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Cosmo Books - Publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels, collections and anthologies. A division of Wildside Press.
Meta Description: [ Cosmos Books. Publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels, collections and anthologies. A division of Wildside Press. ]
Cumulus Press - Publishes fiction and poetry.
Domhan Books Publishers - Publishers of hardcover, paperback, and ebooks in all genres from romance to historicals to sci fi, plus non-fiction. Domhan, pronounced DOW-ann, is the Irish word for universe.
Meta Description: [ An on-line publishing house for all genres of fiction and non-fiction. Romance, historicals, thrillers, Christian, science-fiction and fantasy, children's, teens, westerns, prize-winning, Irish and more. ]
Durban House Publishing Company, Inc. - Publisher of quality commercial and literary fiction. Agented submissions only.
Ediciones Nuevo Espacio - Publishing House for Spanish, Latin-American and Latino/latina Writers. Fiction and Academia, publish Books and CDBooks. Site in Spanish.
Meta Description: [ The first on line Publishing House. Publishes in Spanish or bilingual: fiction, academic books by Hispanic Writers. How to books (Manuales) for Latinos by Latinos. Manuscripts: Welcome! ]
Fantasist Enterprises - A publishing company devoted to fantasy literature.
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Fiction Collective Two - An open, noncommercial publisher of fiction.
Fiction-Net - Fiction book publishers and literary agents, plus sales and literary agent resources.
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Foundling Press - UK publisher of limited editions by authors including T. S. Eliot, Henry James, Alexander Pope, William Empson and Sir Thomas Urquhart
ImaJinn Books - Specializes in romance books dealing with the supernatural, paranormal, fantasy, futuristic, and time travel
Imperium Proviso Publishing - A small publisher, not a subsidy press, offers to readers, and is seeking book length fiction/nonfiction manuscripts, and collections of poetry and short stories
Meta Description: [ Imperium Proviso produces fiction/nonfiction from new and unknown authors in English, all major foreign languages, and braille. We offer books to overlooked readers such as the blind. We offer a venue for new and unpublished authors. ]
InfoNet Press - Independent publisher of fiction that explores the limits of cyberspace.
Mardel Books - Publisher of fiction and educational titles.
Moving Parts Press - Fine art publisher of limited edition artists' books and poetry.
New Leaf Books - Small press publisher specializing in quality hardcover, paperback and e-book editions of fiction and nonfiction titles.
No Exit Press - Independent publisher of crime fiction.
Meta Description: [ No Exit Press main page ]
Panther Creek Press - Publishing fiction, non-fiction and poetry by both first-time and established authors.
Meta Description: [ Panther Creek Press is dedicated to publishing fine fiction, non-fiction and poetry by both first-time and established authors. ]
Patrician Publications - Offering historical fiction, sports, baseball history and vegetarian books.
Pendleton Books - Publisher of horror, fantasy, romance, and young adult.
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Port Town Publishing - Small company which publishes 4-5 titles per year. New, unpublished authors are welcome.
Pulp Books - Underground and contemporary fiction from the UK.
Meta Description: [ New and underground fiction from the UK ]
Rowan Press New Age Books - Small press publishing and sales of alternative spirituality fiction. Paperbacks and e-books.
Salvo Press - Publishes mysteries, thrillers, and literary books in trade paper and audiobook formats.
Meta Description: [ Salvo Press offers titles in the mystery, suspense, thriller and espionage genres. ]
Shoelace Publishing Inc. - Publisher of fiction, including mysteries, short stories and poetry.
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Snake Nation Press - Small non profit press, publishes several contest issues yearly, as well the Snake Nation Review, fiction and poetry.
St. Mary Publishing Company - Publisher of leather spinster books, books about happily single careerwomen who live alone in a coupled world voluntarily.
Taurus Publishing - Formed in 1994 primarily to publish and market Mamim Gun series of action, adventure, and espionage novels written Nicholas Boving.
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The Do-Not Press - Independent British publisher of contemporary literature. Site includes information on authors and submission guidelines.
Meta Description: [ The Do-Not Press- leading independent publisher of crime, noir, literature, modern fiction and art in britain, uk ]
The Hawk Publishing Group - Publisher of quality books in a variety of fields and genres, including literary fiction, speculative fiction, and biorgraphy.
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The Paper Journey Press - Small press in Durham, North Carolina, publishing fiction and historical narratives.
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Timberwolf Entertainment - Publishers of science fiction, fantasy, and suspense novels.
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Top Publications' Website - Publisher specializing in mainstream popular fiction. Website features contact details, news and submission policies for authors. Located in Texas, United States.
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TripleTree Publishing - Publisher of uncommon fiction. Site includes contact and submission information.
Tundra Books Online - Publishes high-quality, awarding-winning books for children including fiction, non-fiction, and picture books.
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picture books, fiction, and non-fiction for children and young adults. We publish in French and English. Our
books have also been translated into Spanish, Japanese and Arabic ]
Versus Press - Independently owned small publisher looking for emerging and established writers.
Wandering Star Publishers - Publisher of illustrated books featuring the work of author Robert E. Howard.
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Wildside Press - Publishing company for mysteries, science fiction and romance. Book information, advice for writers and other information.
Willowgate Press - Independent publishers of quality fiction in all categories. Welcomes agented and unagented manuscripts.
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Wynkin deWorde - Promoting the work of authors from Europe and the Middle East. Includes external reviews, contact details and information about current authors. Located in Galway, Ireland.
Meta Description: [ deWorde book publisher, Galway, Ireland. Promoting the work of authors from Europe and the Middle East . ]
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