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English
Etymology
From science fiction + -eer. Compare fictioneer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.əns ˌfɪk.ʃənˈɪə/, /ˈsaɪ.ɛns ˌfɪk.ʃənˈɪə/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Noun
science-fictioneer (plural science-fictioneers)
- (dated, fandom slang) Creator of science fiction.
1951 September 3, “Medicine: Departure in Dianetics”, in Time, volume 63, number 10:The cult of dianetics, which was going strong a year ago (TIME, July 24, 1950), has some of the features of a new religion. Its founder, Science-Fictioneer L. Ron Hubbard, claimed that his "science of the mind" could cure all mental and most bodily ills, make supermen of truly devoted converts.
1994 April, Interzone, number 82, page 64:Science-fictioneers such as Robert Sheckley, Joe Haldeman and Frederik Pohl.
- (dated, fandom slang) Fan of science fiction.
1940 November, Mort Weisinger, “Looking Forward”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 18, number 2, page 8:We wonder how you science-fictioneers would have greeted the theorists of the year 600!
1946 May, Forrest J Ackerman, Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 37, number 3, page 93:The 4th World Science-Fiction Convention, first full-scale meeting of science-fictioneers since 1941, will be held in Los Angeles on July 4-5-6-7.
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