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Archive for the 'Alternate History' Category

Ruled Britannia: A Book Review

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, July 13th, 2006. Filed under Alternate History, Book Reviews, Books, Harry Turtledove

I’m quickly learning that the mark of a good alternate history novel is that it tells a plausible story in an interesting way. The mark of a great alternate history novel, though, is that it tells a story so plausible that you sometimes have to remind yourself that history didn’t really happen this way. If [...]

In The Presence Of Mine Enemies

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, July 2nd, 2006. Filed under Alternate History, Book Reviews, Books, Harry Turtledove

If you’ve been checking out the Book Reviews, you’ll know I’ve been reading alot of Harry Turtledove lately.
It started with his alternate history Civil War novel The Guns Of The South. Almost exclusively, though, its been the books in the Timeline-191 universe. That’s one reason I looked forward to reading In The Presence Of Mine [...]

The Years Of Rice And Salt

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, June 23rd, 2006. Filed under Alternate History, Book Reviews, Books

There is no question that what Kim Stanley Robinson has done in The Years Of Rice And Salt is extraordinary.
The book begins with an event that is literally world changing; the elimination of European Civilization at the hands of the Black Death, enhanced somehow far beyond the killing power it had in our world, where [...]

Today In History And Alternate History

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 22nd, 2006. Filed under Alternate History, Harry Turtledove, History

Sixty-five years ago today, World War II took a turn to the East:
At 4:45 am on June 22, 1941, the Axis attacked. It is difficult to precisely pinpoint the strength of the opposing sides in this initial phase, as most German figures include reserves slated for the East but not yet committed, as well as [...]

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