# Fix-up

- Term: Literature term
- Canonical: https://www.lanternhall.org/lexicon/fix-up/

> A novel stitched together from previously published short stories, revised to connect them. Many fantasy and science-fiction books of the pulp and paperback eras began this way.

A novel stitched together from previously published short stories, revised to connect them. Many fantasy and science-fiction books of the pulp and paperback eras began this way.

**Origin:** Coined by science-fiction writer A. E. van Vogt, who published several fix-ups of his own.

## Quick answers

**What does "Fix-up" mean?**
A novel stitched together from previously published short stories, revised to connect them. Many fantasy and science-fiction books of the pulp and paperback eras began this way.

**Where does the term "Fix-up" come from?**
Coined by science-fiction writer A. E. van Vogt, who published several fix-ups of his own.

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