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Old 08-26-2014, 03:58 AM   #64
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I don't think it can be. How would you explain Steampunk?

Science fiction can and should be a sprawling genre too, science exists behind everything we are and all that we do. Science-fiction is often seen as the fiction of spaceships and aliens, and there has been some justification for seeing it that way. But it needn't be, and some authors have managed to take a broader view on occasion. And that's not new. I've just finished reading over some H. Beam Piper science-fiction stories (1950s and early 1960s stuff) that try to re-tell historical events (according to Piper's particular political bent) in a new context. And coming forward from that there are several Michael Crichton's stories (that might better be called science thrillers, perhaps) that avoid the too familiar stereotype - and in this historical fiction thread, his book Timeline springs to mind.
Yes Crichton, e.g placed Jurassic Park in 1989.
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