Similarities Between Historical Fiction and Science Fiction
io9.’s Daily 10 compares themes present in both historical and science fiction. It’s a very cool list, and it makes points about both genres that you might not have thought of before. My favorite point is the first, about world-building. I love reading about the vastness and diversity of well-developed fictional worlds. (Part of why I liked A Feast for Crows more than some is because it spent a lot of time showing us places we’d never seen before, particularly Dorne and Sunspear, home of the Martells.)
