Uchronias. (was: Question of plausibility in Small Rain.)

[David Morris]

Since I'm not yet far enough along w/ *Ada* I can't say whether it's intended
to be an "Uchronia" [from the website: "an alternate history is the description
and/or discussion of an historical "what if" and its possible consequences.
Other names which may be applied to the form include alternative histories,
allohistories, counterfactuals, counterfeit worlds, if worlds, negative
histories, uchronias, etc."], but *Ada* is certainly another planet directly
related to Earth.  The details of this alternate world are interesting mostly
in adding an exotic flavor to the story, but the story rules over the details.

Another "uchronia" I read a few years ago was *The Difference Engine* by
William Gibson and Bruce Sterling.  Fun to read, again for the flavor of the
world thus projected, but here the story is second to the world.

http://www.uchronia.net/bib.cgi/label.html?id=gibsdiffer

David Morris

--- Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.uchronia.net/bib.cgi/label.html?id=naboadaora
> 
> http://www.uchronia.net/

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