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Alternate History : Playing with Contingency and Necessity /

While, strictly speaking, Alternate Histories are not Future Narratives, their analysis can shed a clear light on why Future Narratives are so different from past narratives. Trying to have it both ways, most Alternate Histories subscribe to a conflicting set of beliefs concerning determinism and fr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Singles, Kathleen, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]
Colección:Narrating futures ; 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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