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English
Etymology
From geo- + fiction. Ostensibly coined by future members of the Dutch Geofiction Association (founded 1984).
Noun
geofiction (uncountable)
- The conception and creation of a fictional cartographic design that is the setting of a work of fiction or of one's imagination; worldbuilding.
2011, Stijn Reijnders, Places of the Imagination: Media, Tourism, Culture, Ashgate, →ISBN, page 111:It may, however, be regarded as typical that this is often the type of story in which undue attention is paid to the description of the 'ficticious' geographical environment (a striking example being the geofiction of The Lord of the Rings).
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