Dr Douglas Cowie, a lecturer in creative writing at Royal Holloway London University, in Egham, said commercial fiction, romantic or otherwise, was usually a popular library choice.

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OK, maybe the Orwellian type of world in that iconic commercial is more science fiction and good advertising than real life, but Facebook and Apple are showing some hints of a healthy relationship, which may mean we might live to see the day where the two tech giants work together.

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The commercial made us remember the wonder of science fiction, the films made us wonder what had become of science fiction.

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Without residential and commercial mortgage loans marked to market, bank financials are works of fiction, just like Japanese banks' financials were in the early '90s.

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If this is the first commercial implementation of graphene, we're not going to grumble, even if it's not the science fiction-like super product we'd been hoping for.

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