• Deceptichum@quokk.au
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    2 months ago

    And I addressed that. I wouldn’t even feel comfortable calling said title alt-history.

    Do you think a title like the DaVinci Code is sci-fi because it altered history?

    These sound like fictional drama/thriller books in a period piece setting to me.

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          2 months ago

          In this case, yes. It’s not a serious question. It’s poking at me. Of course I don’t find the DaVinci Code to be sci-fi. The question makes no sense and comes across as aggressive.

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            2 months ago

            The question is because the DaVinci code fits that authors reasoning for why Blake should be Sci-Fi, in that it explores an alternative history.

            It’s a rhetorical question, but that does not belie the seriousness of it.

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              2 months ago

              It explores alternate history but doesn’t contain any sci-fi elements. At least not that I recall. So that made the question seem very unserious to me. Especially since I had already agreed with you that it wasn’t sci-fi.