Thread: The difference between Science-Fiction and Fantasy
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Old 01-17-2011, 04:45 PM   #69
Andrew H.
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Originally Posted by screwballl View Post
Example: Back to the Future movie
It is alternate history/future AND scifi.
Hmmm...I guess that raises the question of what "alternate history" is, and where you draw the line between time travel and alternate history.

I would call BttF a sci-fi movie about time travel; for me, alternate history is about larger historical processes - Napoleon wins the Battle of Leipzig; the Nazis win WWII; Charlegmagne's son Charles doesn't die...or even the CSA gets AK-47's. Enjoyment of these kinds of stories are enhanced is you know something about the history in question so you can see how, say, the Viking raids are handled if Chas. Jr. lived, etc.

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