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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 3668241" data-attributes="member: 3649">I like it depending on how broadly it is drawn. When the story or novel had subtle changes that rely on actual knowledge of some minor historical figures - because then I guess I'm suppossed to be able to fill in ideas myself based on my knowledge of them. I'm lost and for me the story has no impact Sort of like saying 'ooooh, so he is Secretary of the Interior? Well, then it's a well known fact that he'd always wanted to do.. oh! So that's what that plot point means!'. Frequently this leads to the last line being something like.. "And then he handed the documents to President [Person who was a minor figure in real life whom I've never heard of]". Shock and surprise should ensue, but to me he might as well have handed the documents to his dog.Broad, far reaching changes I can more easily deal with. Ano Dracula being a good one; where the Dracula story is true, and he destroys Seward and the rest, then goes on to make Queen Victoria his slave. Now that is a cool alternative world.</blockquote>