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Jack Tingle · 06-23-2011, 09:28 PM

You're way overthinking this. It's speculative fiction no matter what. In particular, since Flint (in 1632) provided a sci-fi fig leaf, it's sci-fi. Flint is also generally a sci-fi author, so that's consistent. It is also, secondarily, alt-hist, simply because the Ring of Fire caused a branched timeline (also noted in 1632, IIRC). So it's an Everett 'Many Worlds'[1] quantum physics example, also sci-fi-ish.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

[1] As opposed to a more common Bohr (or Copenhagen) interpretation of quantum physics.

06-23-2011, 09:28 PM	#52
Jack Tingle Punctuation Fetishist Posts: 557 Karma: 1070000 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Bluest Commonwealth In East America Device: Kindle PW, Nexus 7 (2013), Galaxy S5 phone, Galaxy Tab 4 8.0	You're way overthinking this. It's speculative fiction no matter what. In particular, since Flint (in 1632) provided a sci-fi fig leaf, it's sci-fi. Flint is also generally a sci-fi author, so that's consistent. It is also, secondarily, alt-hist, simply because the Ring of Fire caused a branched timeline (also noted in 1632, IIRC). So it's an Everett 'Many Worlds'[1] quantum physics example, also sci-fi-ish. Regards, Jack Tingle [1] As opposed to a more common Bohr (or Copenhagen) interpretation of quantum physics.