Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899)en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down114
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkTIL Black Americans were developing the Afro-Futurism/Black Sci-Fi genre of literature as early as the mid-19th century. Titles such as 'Blake' (1859), 'Iola Leroy' (1892), 'Imperium In Imperio (1899)en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·12 days agoYou might be right about these not being sci-fi, but sci-fi can take place in the period in which it was written. Alternative history plus sci-fi can definitely be a thing. Or writing sci-fi that’s supposed to take place in just a few years.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down3·12 days agoAnd 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.
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down11·12 days agoWow, I didn’t expect such a rude response.
You might be right about these not being sci-fi, but sci-fi can take place in the period in which it was written. Alternative history plus sci-fi can definitely be a thing. Or writing sci-fi that’s supposed to take place in just a few years.
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.
Wow, I didn’t expect such a rude response.
You find a question, rude?