16. "Fatherland" based on one strand of histriography of Nazism, but that premise has been challenged by more recent work.
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17. If we accept argument by some historians that knowledge of Holocaust widely shared in Nazi Europe, what becomes of "Fatherland"?
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18. Why are alternative history novels considered part of science fiction, even if not set in future & featuring no technology?
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19. One explanation is that time-travel (creating new timelines) & parallel worlds are scientific concepts, so alternative history is s.f.
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20. As per Darko Suvin, science fiction involves "cognitive estrangement" based on novum. Alternative history falls into that definition.
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21. More radically, I want to argue modern science fiction and modern historical thinking were born at the same moment, 18th/19th century
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22. Of course there were historical chronicles before 18th century as well as lots of proto-science fiction (Lucien, Donne, Milton, Kepler)
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23. But both historical chronicles & proto-science fiction very different than new thinking that emerged out of French Revolution.
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24. French Revolution forced us to think of history in new way, with new emphasis on ruptures and uncontrollable social forces.
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25. Out of French revolution emerged more ambitious historical writing (Michelet, Walter Scott) and science fiction (Mary Shelley)
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26. Later in 19th century, impact of French Revolution augmented and taken much further by Darwinian Revolution.
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27. Darwin changed not just how we think about the past but also the future. If past was very different, future will also be very different
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28. Out of Darwin we get far-future science fiction of H.G. Wells & Stapledon imagining the post-human future.
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