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'''Alternate history''' (also called "alternative history", "allohistory", "uchronie" (French)) is a subgenre of SF that takes Earth history and changes some aspect of it. | |||
Works of alternative history have been written almost as long as works of history and fantasy. Modern science fiction has added time travel and parallel universe stories to the panoply of "what-if" stories. | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Sidewise Awards]] for alternate history works | |||
* [[:Category:Works of alternate history]] | |||
[[Category:Genres]] | [[Category:Genres]] | ||
Revision as of 17:24, 24 April 2007
Alternate history (also called "alternative history", "allohistory", "uchronie" (French)) is a subgenre of SF that takes Earth history and changes some aspect of it.
Works of alternative history have been written almost as long as works of history and fantasy. Modern science fiction has added time travel and parallel universe stories to the panoply of "what-if" stories.
See also
- Sidewise Awards for alternate history works
- Category:Works of alternate history