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The Alternate History: Refiguring Historical Time
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #174837 in Books
- Published on: 2001-01-31
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 130 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
What would the world be like is history had taken a different course? Science fiction literature has long contemplated this question, and this text analyzes alternate history science fiction through a variety of historical models. It raises questions of narrative, writers, temporality and time.
Customer Reviews
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This is no more than a collection of essays on a small sample of sf alternate histories. It's repetitive, sometimes inaccurate in detail, and tries to shoehorn all the stories into a literary-theoretical taxonomy. There are occasional insights (repeated), and it's pleasant to be reminded of a few plots. But it's philosophically confused and misses some of the major texts.
