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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Can't argue on the historical point. If authors don't want to research, they need to create fantasy worlds that "look like" whatever they want to define it as, but not market it as historical (mystery, romance, etc). I see many do this and call it steampunk. That works because you can't really expect it to be accurate if you label it steampunk!
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I call it Mistoricals or Fairytale Romance. Avon calls it Historical Romance but there isn't an ounce of history in it.
What even more sad is I've seen authors who I know can write decent dumb down their writing lately. At first I wonder if they gotten lazy or maybe it's the editor who knows really but it's really sad.
I do like Steampunk but these aren't sci-fi in anyway. More like Alternative Universe where Modern meets Regency and produces some scary results.