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'''Secret history''' stories may range from very SFnal to only mildly SFnal. Characteristically they feature a secret conspiracy — often run by an organization — or a secret species; otherwise, supposedly normal life persists. Secret history stories pop up particularly in science fiction. They are, effectively, a subcategory of alternate history; but rather than supposing some major event went another way, they suppose a group of manipulators, hidden conspirators, minor events, unknown events, that conspired to get us here, today, to the place we are.) | '''Secret history''' stories may range from very SFnal to only mildly SFnal. Characteristically they feature a secret conspiracy — often run by an organization — or a secret species; otherwise, supposedly normal life persists. Secret history stories pop up particularly in science fiction. They are, effectively, a subcategory of alternate history; but rather than supposing some major event went another way, they suppose a group of manipulators, hidden conspirators, minor events, unknown events, that conspired to get us here, today, to the place we are.) | ||
Some examples (not necessarily feminist SF): | |||
* Secret history organizations: The Watchers' Council in Buffy; the Talamasca in Anne Rice; etc. | * Secret history organizations: The Watchers' Council in Buffy; the Talamasca in Anne Rice; etc. | ||
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* [[Theodore Roszak]]'s ''[[The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein]]'' | * [[Theodore Roszak]]'s ''[[The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein]]'' | ||
* Dan Brown's ''The Da Vinci Code'' | * Dan Brown's ''The Da Vinci Code'' | ||
* Neal Stephenson's ''Cryptonomicon'' | |||
* "[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]" | * "[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]" | ||
[[Category:Genres]] | [[Category:Genres]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:37, 1 August 2007
Secret history stories may range from very SFnal to only mildly SFnal. Characteristically they feature a secret conspiracy — often run by an organization — or a secret species; otherwise, supposedly normal life persists. Secret history stories pop up particularly in science fiction. They are, effectively, a subcategory of alternate history; but rather than supposing some major event went another way, they suppose a group of manipulators, hidden conspirators, minor events, unknown events, that conspired to get us here, today, to the place we are.)
Some examples (not necessarily feminist SF):
- Secret history organizations: The Watchers' Council in Buffy; the Talamasca in Anne Rice; etc.
- Steven Barnes Blood Brothers
- Octavia E. Butler's Wild Seed
- Theodore Roszak's The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein
- Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code
- Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon
- "Alias"