Full record for fix-up n.

Definition	a novel constructed from shorter material written separately
OED requirements	antedating 1975
Earliest cite	A.E. van Vogt, 'Reflections of A.E. van Vogt'
Comment	Jeff Prucher submitted a 1997 cite from a Locus interview with Jonathem Lethem. Matt Freestone submitted a 1988 cite from John Clute's "Strokes". Treesong submitted a 1979 cite from John Clute in the "Encyclopedia of Science Fiction". Cory Panshin submitted a 1975 cite from A.E. van Vogt's autobiography, "Reflections of A.E. van Vogt", which is widely thought to be where the term originated. Cory Panshin submitted a 1989 cite from Alexei and Cory Panshin's "The World Beyond the Hill". Jeff Prucher submitted a 2002 cite from Ursula Le Guin's "The Birthday of the World and Other Stories". Jeff Prucher submitted a 2002 cite from Gwyneth Jones in 3SF.
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for fix-up n.

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1975 A. E. Van Vogt Reflections 135	Fix-up novel consisting of Film Library , The Search , Far Centaurus , and 50% new material.
1989 A. Panshin & C. Panshin World beyond Hill 470	That this indeed was the point implicit for van Vogt in ‘Black Destroyer’ and ‘Discord in Scarlet’ would be confirmed in 1950 when he put these stories together with two others and added new material to make what he would call a ‘“fix-up” novel’—The Voyage of the Space Beagle.
1990 M. Bishop More Than a Masterpiece? in Quantum — Sci. Fiction & Fantasy Rev. Spring 6/1	First, it became a ‘novel’ by a route often pursued by genre science fiction writers in those days, namely, the route of the ‘fix-up.’
2002 G. Jones Re:Views in 3SF Dec. 64/1	Ray Bradbury's From The Dust Returned is billed as a new novel from the grand master. In reality it's a fix-up of several stories featuring Ray Bradbury's 'Addams Family'—the Elliotts, assorted children of the night; and the spooky great house they inhabit in up state Illinois (a Gormenghast of the prairies).