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Old 11-05-2008, 02:10 PM   #116
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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.
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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