alternate history

alternate history
a) contrafactual history, a form of scientific speculation used by historians
b) a genre of historical romance and usually science fiction, with a story background involving ahistorical events occurring after a point of divergence from real history
See Also: point of divergence, parallel universe, alternate timeline, what if, what if?, steampunk, gaslight romance

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