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3 days ago · Nor does he hold that there is no difference between the writing of history and the writing of fiction, or that there are no criteria for distinguishing between good and bad historiography. Rather, White’s point was that ‘the various forms of ‘realism’ available to historians all presuppose a ‘precritically’ conceived idea of how ...
2 days ago · Science fiction has historically been sub-divided between hard science fiction and soft science fiction, with the division centering on the feasibility of the science central to the story. However, this distinction has come under increasing scrutiny in the 21st century.
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5 days ago · Beck describes the relationship between academic history and historical fiction as ‘problematic, occasionally turbulent’ (p. 201). Various questions are asked in this vein, including ‘should history and historical novels be treated as either completely different, complementary or inseparably twinned’ (p. 223).
18 hours ago · First of all if our collective history is a lie then this might be comparable to what we might do if our personal history turned out to be a lie - or less than the whole truth. It might be as if our collective past were a joke - nothing but a fantasy constructed by supreme liars and manipulators.
TIL that alternate history stories are considered a sub-genre of sci-fi. This isn't true though, based on your source. The very first sentence says of the section you linked says "Often described as a subgenre of science fiction". Not all alternate history is going to be science fiction. If you made a story about Julius Caesar surviving his ...
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alt. History, Postmodern Lit., and more are all welcome here. **The key is that it be speculative, not that it fit some arbitrary genre guidelines**. Any sort of link or text post is welcome as long as it is about printed / text / static SF material.
5 days ago · Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed.
