Fnac Spain has presented “It is no longer fiction”, a new cultural category with which it focuses on those literary and audiovisual works that, with the passage of time, have ceased to be mere exercises of imagination and have become especially accurate interpretations of contemporary reality. The initiative is based on the premise that fiction entertains and, furthermore, anticipates, projects and contributes to understanding the transformations that end up defining the social and cultural context.
Under this approach, the company proposes a space that invites you to rediscover titles that, decades ago, already addressed issues that are central to public conversation today, from social control and surveillance to the impact of technology on identity or dehumanization. The category is integrated into “Less Smart”, the cultural movement promoted by Fnac with which it seeks to promote a more conscious relationship with technology and reclaim in-person culture as a space for attention, well-being and disconnection.
The initial selection is made up of 50 works, such as “1984” by George Orwell
A catalog that connects past and present
The initial selection is made up of 50 works that have marked different generations for their ability to anticipate social, political, technological or emotional realities. Among them are titles such as “1984”, by George Orwell; “Brave New World,” by Aldous Huxley; “We”, by Evgeni Zamyatin; “The Handmaid’s Tale,” by Margaret Atwood; or “The Trial”, by Franz Kafka. Added to these are more recent proposals such as “Never abandon me” and “Klara and the sun”, by Kazuo Ishiguro; “Silo,” by Hugh Howey; “Homo Deus,” by Yuval Noah Harari; or “Exquisite Corpse”, by Agustina Bazterrica.
As a whole, the proposal highlights the ability of these works to observe their time with exceptional lucidity and project scenarios that are recognizable today. From different genres and periods, all of them share the same quality: having raised questions and tensions that are now part of the present.
The launch of “It’s No Longer Fiction” is also supported by a growing concern among cultural consumers. According to a survey by Fnac Spain on consumer habits, 83% of the people consulted are in favor of regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the creation and distribution of cultural content.
For the company, this data shows to what extent the debate on the relationship between technology, authorship and creativity has ceased to be hypothetical and has become fully established in reality. In this context, the new category recovers key works while proposing a contemporary rereading of stories that already addressed these dilemmas, inviting us to reflect on how many of the fictions that seemed distant have ended up materializing in the present.
