scientifiction
English
Etymology
Blend of scientific + fiction. Coined in 1916 by Hugo Gernsback.
Noun
scientifiction (uncountable)
- (dated) science fiction.
- 1916 January, Hugo Gernsback, Electrical Experimenter, page 474:
- I am supposed to report Münchhaussen's[sic] doings; am supposed to be writing fiction, scientifiction, to be correct.
- 1926, Hugo Gernsback, Amazing Stories, "A New Sort of Magazine"
- There is the usual fiction magazine, the love story and the sex-appeal type of magazine, the adventure type, and so on, but a magazine of "Scientifiction" is a pioneer in its field in America. By "scientifiction" I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision.
- 1949, Chad Walsh, C. S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics:
- Lewis's novels are the scientifiction of a philosopher.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:scientifiction.
- 1916 January, Hugo Gernsback, Electrical Experimenter, page 474:
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References
- “scientifiction” in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford University Press, 2007, →ISBN.
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