Fiction in a sentence as a noun

I quipped to colleagues that I felt like I was in a science fiction movie.

"But I read mostly nonfiction because I always want to learn more about how the world works.

I think it's sad that the first reaction to this is to think of it as something from "dystopian" science fiction.

Sorry to be dense, but is this fiction or an actual open resignation letter?

Those estimates are often wrong though, because the idea of annual 12% returns is complete fiction.

In fact the idea of any particular percentage annually is fiction.

Request: change the title by appending "fiction" so that folks like me don't start reading to try and figure out how the **** a person can be sued while in the womb.

What these people do not realize is that great fiction can provide more information about the world, humanity in general, and what's even more important, yourself, then you can ever glimpse by reading another Gladwell book.

And it is amazing!When was the last time in living memory that a person could read most works of science fiction and say "Yeah, with the right kind of funding, we can have that in 10 years"Stop lamenting the lack of progress and look around.

To acknowledge that "equality of opportunity" is a vicious fiction and understand that not as a call to any particular political ideology, but as a fact of the universe that we must reconcile with any political ideology.

How'd they make it to so many other stores?The kids physically go to the store to buy school computers?The kids are such good actors that they fooled the author & all other salespeople?A teacher would actually allow kids to pretend that they're disabled?No bulk discount or pre-arranged deal?All other employees in the mall were mean to deaf kids?Author doesn't remember which Apple product was debuting?I hate to be "that guy" -- but this story is most likely fiction.

Fiction definitions

noun

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

noun

a deliberately false or improbable account

See also: fabrication fable