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30th December 08, 07:43 PM
#1
 Originally Posted by Ted Crocker
The author, Harry Turtledove, writes a lot of fictionalized, alternative history novels; I didn't see anything on this subject or time period, though.
That's not my cup of tea; I don't mind historical fiction, but I try to avoid fictional history.
All "what-if" history must be taken with a dose of salts, Ted, but I wouldn't say I "avoid" it entirely. Military historians, for example, frequently play "armchair quarterback" when studying a particular battle/campaign.
T.
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30th December 08, 07:58 PM
#2
Originally Posted by cajunscot
All "what-if" history must be taken with a dose of salts, Ted, but I wouldn't say I "avoid" it entirely. Military historians, for example, frequently play "armchair quarterback" when studying a particular battle/campaign.
T.
But do we have to creat a world where, for example, Germany won WW II and now we all speak German. That's the kind of alternative fictional history I mean. It's just a personal preference.
* Although, I am impressed with the work that modern historians have done in uncovering... over looked and unexplored history. *
Last edited by Bugbear; 30th December 08 at 08:52 PM.
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