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Birth of a Genre

Jo Walton asked the eternal question, is Alternate History science fiction? over at Tor.com, and suggested that there may be enough of the stuff now to count as its own genre. I think it’s still just science fiction—not nearly weighing the shelves down enough yet to qualify as a new genre. Perhaps calling it fantasy would help with the sales and the birth of a new genre…