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fiction

[fik-shuhn] / ˈfɪk ʃən /


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On both occasions, the now shaven-headed "Pulp Fiction" icon wore fetching French berets, a white one for his award and a black one for the premiere of his semi-autobiographical movie, "Propeller One-Way Night Coach".

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The award-winning actor is known for such films as Pulp Fiction, Grease and Saturday Night Fever.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

"Fiction is about sharing experiences," he says -- a process that helps us to be "emotionally prepared when something serious happens to us in life, so we don't fall apart."

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

I was about 12 years old on a family vacation to Italy when I found a Penguin Classic at an Anglo-American bookstore in Rome called “The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

It was a common accident in the Fiction Department.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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