Alternate History: Refiguring Historical Time

What would the world be like if history had taken a different course? Science fiction literature has long contemplated this interesting question.

The Alternate History: Refiguring Historical Time examines alternate history science fiction using the eschatological, genetic, entropic, and teleological historical models. Hellekson’s original approach explains much of the appeal of alternate history and distinguishes among the many varieties of the genre. In her measured consideration of a …