From: matthew.malthouse@guardian.co.uk
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:17:51 +0100
Subject: Re: (urth) Generic Considerations




On 23/04/2003 14:21:59 Josh Geller wrote:

>On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>
>> ... _all_ fiction is set in a parallel world or alternate history.
>
>Good point.
>
>Plenty of people never get this.

Is there a practical difference between a fictive universe which - apart
from the fictional narrative - maps exactly against the real and one that
does not?

Matthew



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