Alternate History
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- 'Family Guy' Tries Alternate HistoryA recent episode of “Family Guy” entitled “Road to the Pilot” engaged in a little alternate history regarding the 9/11 attacks. While the scenario written by Seth McFarland was played for laughs, it actually does bear some examination.
- A Dive into Alternate History: Novels of Harry TurtledoveReaders who enjoy pondering what might have been owe it to themselves to check out alternate history novels, such as the many works by Harry Turtledove such as Guns of the South or the Great War series.
- Alternate HistoryA brief analysis of the work of famous alternate histories and their dark undertones.
- My Book Review of Dixie Victorious: An Alternate History of the Civil WarThis book is a collection of alternate history short stories by various authors that were condensed into one book.
- Author Michael Chabon Wins Sidewise Award for Alternate HistoryThe Sidewise awards are given annually by an organization of alternate history enthusiasts. Michael Chabon wins their 2007 long-form award for his novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union.
- How to Write Alternate HistoryAlternate history, or as historians sometimes like to refer to it, counter factual fiction, is a sub genre of science fiction that tells a story set in a universe in which history proceeded on a different course.
- Alternate History Movies I'd like to SeeAlternate history has enjoyed great popularity in literature as of late. Yet very few if any printed works have been translated to the big or small screens. The novel Fatherland by Robert Harris, which depicts a Nazi Germany surviving into the 1960s, comes to mind.
Alternate History: A Failed D-Day and a Communist EuropeWhat if Operation Overlord was a massive failure?- Book Review: Anathem by Neal StephensonI review Stephenson's latest novel.
Alternate History: One Last Franco-Anglo War in SudanHow the Cordial Entente, a peace and alliance between France and Great Britain could have been hindered by a last war of colonization in Africa.
The Red Siren by MaryLu TyndallReview of ML Tyndall's novel The Red Siren, a Christian romance/ adventure novel.- The Man with the Iron HeartThe Man with the Iron Heart is master of alternate history Harry Turtledove's latest foray into the genre. The Man with the Iron Heart is also an allegory for the Iraq War set in an alternate post World War II Germany.
Settling Accounts: In at the Death by Harry TurtledoveSettling Accounts: In at the Death is the eleventh and it is said the last of the long running Southern Victory Series by master of alternate history Harry Turtledove. But since it sets up so many possibilities for future stories, one should not bet any money on it.