Uchronia refers to a hypothetical time period of our world, in contrast to fictional lands or worlds. A concept similar to alternate history but different in the manner that uchronic times are not easily defined (mainly placed in some distant point near prehistory), reminiscent of a 'Conworld'. Still people often use uchronia to refer to an alternate history. The word is a neologism from the word utopia (Greek u-topos not-land), replacing topos with chronos (time).

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  • Uchronia refers to a hypothetical time period of our world, in contrast to fictional lands or worlds. A concept similar to alternate history but different in the manner that uchronic times are not easily defined (mainly placed in some distant point near prehistory), reminiscent of a 'Conworld'. Still people often use uchronia to refer to an alternate history. The word is a neologism from the word utopia (Greek u-topos not-land), replacing topos with chronos (time). It was coined by Charles Renouvier as the title of his 1876 novel Uchronie (L'Utopie dans l'histoire). Esquisse historique apocryphe du développement de la civilisation européenne tel qu'il n'a pas été, tel qu'il aurait pu être. , reprinted 1988, ISBN 2-213-02058-2. The concept of Merry England is an example of uchronic myth. It refers to a poorly-defined point after Medieval England, mainly existing as a collective memory and nostalgia of a better past, although historically such a period never existed. Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age is an example of an explicit uchronian period, while Tolkien's first three ages of Middle-earth may or may not be located in the same world as the modern Earth. In the uchronian interpretation of Middle-earth, this and other fantasy-genre fiction takes place during uchronian periods, set roughly in the prehistoric times, around and after Atlantis. The alternative interpretation of an entirely separate mythology divorced from real history and taking place in another universe says that these stories are not uchronian.
  • Ucronia é um subgênero da literatura, geralmente, mas não necessariamente associada à ficção científica, cujas obras fazem referência a um período hipotético da história do nosso mundo, em contraste com lugares e mundos fictícios. É um conceito similar à história alternativa, mas que difere dela pelo fa(c)to de que os tempos ucrônicos não são claramente definidos (situando-se quase sempre em algum passado remoto). Um bom exemplo de período ucrônico é a Era Hiboriana de Conan, o Bárbaro; esta e outras fantasias literárias têm lugar em períodos ucrônicos, por volta da época ou logo após a queda da Atlântida.
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  • Uchronia: The Alternate History List
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  • Uchronia refers to a hypothetical time period of our world, in contrast to fictional lands or worlds. A concept similar to alternate history but different in the manner that uchronic times are not easily defined (mainly placed in some distant point near prehistory), reminiscent of a 'Conworld'. Still people often use uchronia to refer to an alternate history. The word is a neologism from the word utopia (Greek u-topos not-land), replacing topos with chronos (time).
  • Ucronia é um subgênero da literatura, geralmente, mas não necessariamente associada à ficção científica, cujas obras fazem referência a um período hipotético da história do nosso mundo, em contraste com lugares e mundos fictícios. É um conceito similar à história alternativa, mas que difere dela pelo fa(c)to de que os tempos ucrônicos não são claramente definidos (situando-se quase sempre em algum passado remoto).
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