fan fiction
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fan fiction
- /fæn fɪkʃən/
Sounds like faan fiction · Rhymes with -ɪkʃən
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From fan + fiction.
noun fan fictions · fanfiction · fan-fiction
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Fiction, typically amateur, created by fans, incorporating the characters and concepts of a commercial media property, typically without permission from the author or owner.
In the latest issue of Astounding, our old pal and brother-fan, Milt Rothman makes his professional debut under the pen name: Lee Gregor. And Milt is to be congratulated on the story.... it is definitely pro and not fan fiction.
Similar: fanfic
- A work of fan fiction. This can be, as you note below, quite fun and entertaining, but I do think that it is very easy for people to lose track of the fact that all of these "speculations" are just fan fictions that have little to do with what Tolkien actually wrote.
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Fiction about fans and fandom created by members of fandom.
fan fiction - Sometimes improperly used to mean fan science fiction, that is, ordinary fantasy published in a fan magazine. Properly, the term means fiction about fans, or something about pros, and occasionally bringing in some famous characters stf stories. It may refer to real fans by name (Tucker
Similar: faan fiction
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noun fiction made by fans
| Español | fanficción, fánfic |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 팬 픽션 paen piksyeon |
| 日本語 | ファン・フィクション fan fikushon |
| 中文 | 同人小說 /同人小说 tóngrén xiǎoshuō, 同人文 tóngrénwén |
| हिन्दी | प्रशंसक की कहानी praśansak kī kahānī, फ़नफिक्शन fanphikśan |
| Português | fanfic |
| Français | fanfiction |
| Deutsch | Fan-Fiction |
| Italiano | fan fiction |
| Русский | фа́нфик fánfik |
| עברית | ספרות חובבים |
noun work of fan fiction
| Français | fanfiction |
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