| Re: Are Westerns classed as historical?
If it is set in the past, it's historical fiction, if it's in the present it's contemporary fiction, and if it's in the future it's either science fiction or speculative fiction.
Having said that, there are examples of the Western genre that are set in the future - Arthur C. Clarke's Deep Range, and the TV show Firefly spring to mind, not to mention Westworld, the film... |