11-05-2017, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BenG
Think of it as Science Fiction. It did win the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel published in 2016. It's an alternate history where the underground railroad was a literal railroad. So yes, liberties were taken. 
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It also won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel and the National Book Award for Best Novel.
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