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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Jim Butcher is a fantasy author who works hard to make it credible. But I agree at root, per DMcCunney's list, it is still "impossible."
I take slight issue with DM's definition of historical fiction, "It didn't happen in the past, but could have." I believe some historical fiction MIGHT have happened. We don't have enough information to know for certain so the claim of fiction is true. But it doesn't mean it "didn't" happen.
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By definition, "fiction" means "Didn't happen". If we ever discover it
did happen, it's no longer fiction.
Unless you want to create in in-between genre for "might have happened but we don't know for sure", I'll stand by my definition.
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Dennis