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"I took the Minnesota multiphasic profile test once, and I tested out as paranoid, cyclothymic, neurotic, and schizophrenic. But I also tested out as an incorrigible liar!"
- Philip K. Dick
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| Scientifiction | ||
| Writing that combines science and fiction. |
As far as anyone knows, this is the first use of "scientifiction", the predecessor of "science fiction".
| ...I am supposed to report Munchausen's doings; am supposed to be writing fiction, scientifiction, to be correct...
 ('Thought Transmission On Mars' by Hugo Gernsback) |
| Technovelgy from Thought Transmission on Mars,
by Hugo Gernsback. Published by Electrical Experimenter in 1916 Additional resources -
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Be sure to read this excellent essay by writer Jack Williamson, published in Amazing Stories Quarterly (1928) about the wonders of scientifiction - Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science.
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