alternative history
noun
(also mainlyUSalternate history)[CorU]
abookorstorythatconsiderswhat would have been theresultifeventshadhappenedin a different way to how theyactuallyhappened, or thetypeofbookorstorythat does this:
Thebookis analternativehistoryin whichPresidentCharles LindberghleadsAmericaintofascism.
With thisnovel, she hassuccessfullyaddedto thelongliterarytraditionofalternatehistories.
Thenovelis abrilliantpieceofalternativehistory, withcharactersyou reallycareabout.
analternatehistorynovel
[C]
apieceof writing thatdescribespasteventsfrom a differentpointofview:
Thebooktellsanalternativehistoryof London through thelivesof theresidentsof onestreet.
He has written abrilliantalternatehistoryofbaseballfrom thepointofviewof thoseobsessedwithitsstatistics.
- Theauthorsmade Ada Lovelace acultfigurewith thepublicationoftheiralternativehistorynovel, The Difference Engine.
- MostalternatehistoriespublishedinEnglishare dystopias,depictingasocietythat isdramaticallyworseas aresultof the differentoutcome.
- Thenoveltellsanalternativehistoryof Britishpopculture.
- Thewebsiteis aresourceforfansandcreatorsofalternatehistory, agenredealingwith "what if"scenarios.
- Hergoalhas been to write analternativehistoryof Los Angeles from thestandpointofgroupswho are usuallyexcludedfrom thediscussion.
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- action hero
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- anapest
- anti-literary
- antihero
- fictionality
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- genre fiction
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- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy
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