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| Alex Haley |
a U.S. author celebrated for his pulitzer prize-winning work of historical fiction, Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), a publication whose subsequent television broadcast adaptation spawned a national discussion about race and race relations (b.1921--d.1992). |
| earthman |
a male human being, or person native to earth, esp. in science fiction. |
| Ernest Hemingway |
U.S. fiction writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954 (b.1899--d.1961). |
| fantasy |
fiction containing highly imaginative, grotesque, or supernatural elements. [1/5 definitions] |
| fiction |
writing that tells a story made up in a writer's imagination. Fiction is usually written in prose, not poetry. Novels, short stories, and tales are pieces of fiction. [1/2 definitions] |
| fictional |
of, relating to, or in the category of fiction. [2 definitions] |
| fictionalize |
to make fiction out of (actual events or people). |
| fictitious |
of, relating to, or composed of fiction. [1/2 definitions] |
| Harry Potter |
the main character in a fantasy fiction series written by British author J. K. Rowling. The character is a young wizard, and the series relates his trials and magical adventures. |
| H.G. Wells |
British author and social critic, born Herman George Wells, celebrated for developing the genre of science fiction. |
| J. K. Rowling |
pen name of British author Joanne Rowling, best known for her fiction series relating the adventures of a young wizard named Harry Potter (b.1965). |
| Martian |
in science fiction, a creature from the planet Mars. [1/2 definitions] |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. [1/2 definitions] |
| metafiction |
fiction writing in which the author and the techniques used by the author are consciously emphasized while concern for verisimilitude is minimized. [2 definitions] |
| mystery |
a book, play or other piece of fiction about a crime that is puzzling. [1/2 definitions] |
| nonfiction |
written works that are not fiction. Textbooks, biographies, and essays are examples of nonfiction. |
| novel1 |
a long work of fiction, usually having a plot and characters. |
| personae |
the characters in a play, novel, opera, or other work of fiction; dramatis personae. |
| poetic justice |
an outcome in real life or fiction in which someone receives a reward or punishment that is peculiarly or ironically appropriate. |
| pretense |
an act or instance of pretending; sham or fiction. [1/4 definitions] |
| real life |
reality; not fiction, fantasy, or representation of reality. |
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