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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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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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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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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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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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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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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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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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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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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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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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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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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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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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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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      29. It's no accident H.G. Wells wrote both Time Machine and The Outline of History (one of the most popular history books ever).

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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      30. It's no accident that science fiction writers are also often historical novelists: Kim Stanley Robinson, Nicola Griffith, etc.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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      31. In writing about Middle Ages in "Hild" Nicola Griffith uses same skill set she applies to her SF, imagining radically different world.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014

      32. Let's go back to Hitler. One impact of Hitler was that he forced a revival of thinking on "Great Man" theory of History.

      7:28 AM - 22 Nov 2014 from Regina, Saskatchewan
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 22 Nov 2014
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          33. In the wake of Hitler, 1940s/1950s saw a) academic revival of biographies (Donald Creighton) & narrative history (Mattingly's Armada)

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        3. The Godwin Bot‏ @GodwinCollector 22 Nov 2014
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        1. Greg L‏ @tohu777 22 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet The Hitler/Speer idea of "Ruinengesetz" (Law of Ruins) also seems very science-fictional, planning the icons of the future's past

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