There is a sense in which one narrative can be more/less true than another independent of truth of any real-world factual references in them
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At a coarse level, this is the distinction between literary fiction and genre fiction. Great Expectations is a 'truer' story than LOTR.
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But this is also true within genres, including fantastical ones. HHG is a truer space opera than Star Wars though both are based in fantasy
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