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	<title>Matthew Arnold Stern &#187; alternate history</title>
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		<title>Pinochet, historical fiction, and us</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article on io9.com advised authors of alternate history novels to bring their stories up to the present day. Author Terry Bisson advises, &#8220;If you don&#8217;t bring your alternative history up to the reader&#8217;s present, then you leave out half the fun.&#8221; I don&#8217;t believe this is necessary. The past itself offers relevant lessons for &#8230; <p><a class="more-link" href="http://www.matthewarnoldstern.com/doria/pinochet-historical-fiction-and-us.html">Read more &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Writing about history</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matthew Arnold Stern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To write about history, you first have to understand how history works. The way history is taught in school, it sounds like it is shaped by important people doing important things on important dates. We learn things like, &#8220;In fourteen hundred and ninety two/Columbus sailed the ocean blue.&#8221; Easy to remember, easy to write down &#8230; <p><a class="more-link" href="http://www.matthewarnoldstern.com/doria/writing-about-history.html">Read more &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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		<title>Where I lost Kings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Arnold Stern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A brooding Silas Benjamin (Ian McShane) ponders the fate of his kingdom in the NBC series Kings. (Photo courtesy NBC) I really wanted to like the new NBC series Kings. I&#8217;ve always enjoyed alternate history stories and putting modern twists on classic tales. Furthermore, there has been little that is creative and innovative on broadcast &#8230; <p><a class="more-link" href="http://www.matthewarnoldstern.com/creative-writing/where-i-lost-kings.html">Read more &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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