Prehistoric fiction is both a historical fiction and a science fiction subgenre in which the story is set during the long timespan of human, and even animal, prehistory: the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic up to the Copper Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age for western Eurasia and North Africa, and further afield the Lithic Stage and Archaic Stage of North America. The genre has connections with speculative fiction; in narratives of this kind, for instance, humans and dinosaurs are sometimes shown living together.
Facts
Notable ExampleEarth's Children by Jean M. Auel (1980-2011) 1 Defining TraitStory set during human and animal prehistory 1 Defining Trait Connections
Form Of Genre
Subgenre Of
Source Prehistoric fiction (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Prehistoric fiction (Wikipedia)
Literature
Earth's Children (1980-2011) by Jean M. Auel
Overview
the story is set during the long timespan of human, and even animal, prehistory
Lead paragraph, defining sentence
Prehistoric fiction is both a historical fiction and a science fiction subgenre in which the story is set during the long timespan of human, and even animal, prehistory; the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic up to the Copper Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age for Western Eurasia and North Africa, and further afield the Lithic Stage and Archaic Stage of North America.
Subgenre Of: Historical Fiction, Lead paragraph, sentence naming the parent genre
Prehistoric fiction is both a historical fiction and a science fiction subgenre in which the story is set during the long timespan of human, and even animal, prehistory; the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic up to the Copper Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age for Western Eurasia and North Africa, and further afield the Lithic Stage and Archaic Stage of North America.
In Group: Science Fiction Subgenres, Lead section
Prehistoric fiction is both a historical fiction and a science fiction subgenre in which the story is set during the long timespan of human, and even animal, prehistory; the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic up to the Copper Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age for Western Eurasia and North Africa, and further afield the Lithic Stage and Archaic Stage of North America.
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