Xenofiction

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Xenofiction is a niche genre of speculative fiction centered on stories told from the viewpoint of non-human characters, particularly animal, often focusing heavily on the effects of the characters' species on their lives, and how their lives differ from those of humans. The genre is closely associated with adventure fiction and is common in children's literature. Xenofiction stories often make use of "soft" anthropomorphism that retains most of the characters' animalness, ecological themes, and invented non-human vocabulary. Well-known examples of the genre include The Call of the Wild and Watership Down.

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