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05/22/2003: "Something to ponder"

Historical fiction. Not really all that far from fan fiction really. Uses characters that exist/existed, exerts the author's imagination into known situations and scenes. I wonder if it has the same stigma fan fic does.

I'll tell you what made me think about this, and it began when I watched 'Hitler: The Rise of Evil' on CBS this week. I have always been fascinated with the Holocaust and the struggles and atrocities suffered by the Jews (not fascinated so much as horrified yet entranced by the fact that it actually happened.)
But I never knew much beyond the basics about Hitler himself. In fact, about all I knew was he was a hypnotic orator, and then a monster, and then he killed himself. Sad eh? So after watching this movie I discovered he had, or might have had some sort of perverse relationship with his niece, Geli and I looked up some info online about it. In doing that, I stumbled onto a book called Hitler's Niece which is... dum dum dum.... historical fiction about that whole 'affair'.

I'm gonna read that book and see what I thinkabout trying my hand at some historical fiction myself afters.

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