Alternative histories (Fiction)
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Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Here are entered collections of fiction in which the plot or setting assumes an alternative outcome of an historical event. Speculative works of history that present alternative outcomes of historical events and subsequent changes in history are entered under [Imaginary histories.]
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005000827
- info:lc/authorities/sh2005000827
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2005000827#concept
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- Alternate histories (Fiction)
Broader Terms
Sources
- found: Work cat.: 2003439666: Nedelkovich, Aleksandar B. British and American science fiction novel, 1950-1980 with the theme of alternative history, 1999.
- found: GSAFD, 2000
General Notes
- Here are entered collections of fiction in which the plot or setting assumes an alternative outcome of an historical event. Speculative works of history that present alternative outcomes of historical events and subsequent changes in history are entered under [Imaginary histories.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Imaginary histories]
Change Notes
- 2005-02-07: new
- 2005-03-28: revised
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