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A story is allowed to state its own setting, fictional or not. Remember not to confuse date of publication with date of events within it.
by mholt 11y ago
A story is allowed to state its own setting, fictional or not. Remember not to confuse date of publication with date of events within it.
- nitrogen 11y agoI think the key difference is in "originates in" vs. "claims to originate in." If you said, "The book claims to originate in 600BC," or, "The story within the book is set in 600BC Jerusalem," there would be less objection.
- pluma 11y agoIf I wrote a book about the Norman invasion today in Germany, saying the book "originates ~1000 CE in England" would at least be extremely misleading, no matter how factual any claims in the book might actually be.