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There is also a thriving Genre of secret historical fiction. Often this relies on Alternate History , with the end result of the changed historical premise being a world that is otherwise indistinguishable from the present (an example would be ''The Alteration'' by Kingsley Amis , in which the entire 20th century world is run by the Catholic Church). Secret history is sometimes used in a Science Fiction Universe to preserve Continuity by reconciling predicted events in a science fiction universe with what actually happened. Retconning , the process of inventing or altering the Canonical account of past events in fiction, may create a secret history for a character, as in the case of Alan Moore 's reimagining of Swamp Thing , or turn an established history into a secret history, as in the case of DC Comics ' Crisis On Infinite Earths . Examples of secret history in the media include:
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