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When reading alt history do you care if the scenario is realistic? (lemmy.world)
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For me it really depends

My favorite alternate history books are not even remotely in the realm of possibility but I still like a serious work every once in a while

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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I like alt-history where it looks like effort was put in to tell the story in a way that makes sense.

Not all historical events were "realistic", so expecting all alt-hist to be would be unfair, but the reason for the deviation from sense needs to be well justified in the text and world building for it to read like anything other than "X-aboo makes everything go right for X" power fantasy fiction.