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Steven Lyle Jordan · 09-26-2010, 09:35 AM

It occurs to me: Maybe we should take the old stories set in, for instance, underwater cities on Venus, and instead of calling them Fantasy, consider them Alternative Reality, a parallel universe where Venus did not succumb to global warming, retained its water, and supported alien life.

There may be a number of old stories that could be considered this way, as well as all recent Steampunk stories.

Do we need a fourth law to cover Alternate Reality SF?

09-26-2010, 09:35 AM	#182
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	It occurs to me: Maybe we should take the old stories set in, for instance, underwater cities on Venus, and instead of calling them Fantasy, consider them Alternative Reality, a parallel universe where Venus did not succumb to global warming, retained its water, and supported alien life. There may be a number of old stories that could be considered this way, as well as all recent Steampunk stories. Do we need a fourth law to cover Alternate Reality SF? Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 09-26-2010 at 09:38 AM.