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The Best Alternate History ­Stories of the 20th ­Century
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By Harry Turtledove (Edited by), Martin Harry Greenberg (Edited by)

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United States, 1 October 2001

Explore fascinating, often chilling "what if" accounts of the world that could have existed-and still might yet . . .



Science fiction's most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you'll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including:



• "The Lucky Strike": When the Lucky Strike is chosen over the Enola Gay to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson's gripping tale.

• "Bring the Jubilee": Ward Moore's novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which changes the course of the Civil War . . . and all of American history.

• "Through Road No Wither": After Hitler's victory in World War II, two Nazi officers confront their destiny in Greg Bear's apocalyptic vision of the future.

• "All the Myriad Ways": Murder or suicide, Ambrose Harmon's death leads the police down an infinite number of pathways in Larry Niven's brilliant and defining tale of alternatives and consequences.

• "Mozart in Mirrorshades": Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner explore a terrifying era as the future crashes into the past-with disastrous results.



. . . as well as "The Winterberry" by Nicholas A. DiChario • "Islands in the Sea" by Harry Turtledove • "Suppose They Gave a Peace" by Susan Shwartz • "Manassas, Again" by Gregory Benford • "Dance Band on the Titanic" by Jack L. Chalker • "Eutopia" by Poul Anderson • "The Undiscovered" by William Sanders • "The Death of Captain Future" by Allen Steele • and "Moon of Ice" by Brad Linaweaver



The definitive collection: fourteen seminal alternate history tales drawing readers into a universe of dramatic possibility and endless wonder.


Harry Turtledove is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works The Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, and How Few Remain (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books: Bombs Away, Fallout, and Armistice; the War That Came Early novels: Hitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, Coup d'Etat, Two Fronts, and Last Orders; the Worldwar saga: In the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, and Striking the Balance; the Colonization books: Second Contact, Down to Earth, and Aftershocks; the Great War epics: American Front, Walk in Hell, and Breakthroughs; the American Empire novels: Blood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, and Victorious Opposition; and the Settling Accounts series: Return Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, and In at the Death. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters-Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca-and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.

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Explore fascinating, often chilling "what if" accounts of the world that could have existed-and still might yet . . .



Science fiction's most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you'll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including:



• "The Lucky Strike": When the Lucky Strike is chosen over the Enola Gay to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson's gripping tale.

• "Bring the Jubilee": Ward Moore's novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which changes the course of the Civil War . . . and all of American history.

• "Through Road No Wither": After Hitler's victory in World War II, two Nazi officers confront their destiny in Greg Bear's apocalyptic vision of the future.

• "All the Myriad Ways": Murder or suicide, Ambrose Harmon's death leads the police down an infinite number of pathways in Larry Niven's brilliant and defining tale of alternatives and consequences.

• "Mozart in Mirrorshades": Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner explore a terrifying era as the future crashes into the past-with disastrous results.



. . . as well as "The Winterberry" by Nicholas A. DiChario • "Islands in the Sea" by Harry Turtledove • "Suppose They Gave a Peace" by Susan Shwartz • "Manassas, Again" by Gregory Benford • "Dance Band on the Titanic" by Jack L. Chalker • "Eutopia" by Poul Anderson • "The Undiscovered" by William Sanders • "The Death of Captain Future" by Allen Steele • and "Moon of Ice" by Brad Linaweaver



The definitive collection: fourteen seminal alternate history tales drawing readers into a universe of dramatic possibility and endless wonder.


Harry Turtledove is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works The Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, and How Few Remain (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books: Bombs Away, Fallout, and Armistice; the War That Came Early novels: Hitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, Coup d'Etat, Two Fronts, and Last Orders; the Worldwar saga: In the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, and Striking the Balance; the Colonization books: Second Contact, Down to Earth, and Aftershocks; the Great War epics: American Front, Walk in Hell, and Breakthroughs; the American Empire novels: Blood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, and Victorious Opposition; and the Settling Accounts series: Return Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, and In at the Death. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters-Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca-and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.

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9780345439901
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0345439902
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15.5 x 2.5 x 23.4 centimeters (0.61 kg)

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Harry Turtledove is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works The Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, and How Few Remain (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books: Bombs Away, Fallout, and Armistice; the War That Came Early novels: Hitler’s War, West and East, The Big Switch, Coup d’Etat, Two Fronts, and Last Orders; the Worldwar saga: In the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, and Striking the Balance; the Colonization books: Second Contact, Down to Earth, and Aftershocks; the Great War epics: American Front, Walk in Hell, and Breakthroughs; the American Empire novels: Blood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, and Victorious Opposition; and the Settling Accounts series: Return Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, and In at the Death. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters—Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca—and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.

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By on December 5, 2008
I am not much of a fan of Alternate History, particularly the terribly over common world war two or American civil war variety, given the whole world of possibilities you could use. However, this is a fine anthology, coming in a bit below the magic 4.00 mark at 3.89. Turtledove gives a brief introduction to the subgenre. Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : The Lucky Strike - Kim Stanley Robinson Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : The Winterberry - Nick DiChario Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Islands in the Sea - Harry Turtledove Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Suppose They Gave a Peace - Susan M. Shwartz Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : All the Myriad Ways - Larry Niven Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Through Road No Whither - Greg Bear Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Manassas Again - Gregory Benford Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Dance Band on the Titanic - Jack L. Chalker Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Bring the Jubilee - Ward Moore Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Eutopia - Poul Anderson Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : The Undiscovered Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Mozart in Mirrorshades - Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : The Death of Captain Future - Allen Steele Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Moon of Ice - Brad Linaweaver Japan nuke near miss punishment. 4.5 out of 5 Not quite dead president. 4 out of 5 Muslim, that is, Constantinople. 3.5 out of 5 Vietnam family politics. 4 out of 5 Murder maybe multiverse. 4.5 out of 5 I see bad things for the SS. 3.5 out of 5 Mech battle. 3 out of 5 Many worlds crew. 4 out of 5 Southron Indepence time physics ancestor shooting accident. 4 out of 5 Not my kinda place, boyfriend. 4 out of 5 Shakespeare good at shaking spears. 3 out of 5 Let them wear leather bikinis and crave recording deals. 4 out of 5 A poignant satire, if you will. A story of the hard graft of a spacer's life, and a deluded rich man that wants to be a hero, and just about believe he is Captain Future. Everyone thinks he is pretty much crazy, and won't work for him, so a man stuck for a job agrees to what he thinks is a one way trip. It becomes more than that when they are the closest to an accident with a mass driver, and unless they do something about the distressed ship, something really big will hit Mars, wiping out most of the colony there. Enter Captain Future. No dropoff for his new crewman/Futureman. Finding the ship, the second mate realises : “...There’s no such thing.” I bent over the keypad and went to work accessing the main computer, my fingers thick and clumsy within the suit gloves. “No Planet Police, no asteroid pirates. Just a ship whose air ducts are crawling with the Plague. You’re . . .” “I’m Captain Future!” declaims his captain. They manage to stop it, but Captain Future gets infected with the plague due to his lack of caution, but they eulogise him when they get back. And as the end, in a story that really turns out to be quite moving, and well worth reading: "Last night, some nervous kid-a cargo grunt off some LEO freighter, his union card probably still uncreased-sidled up to me at the bar and asked for my autograph. While I was signing the inside cover of his logbook, he told me a strange rumor he had recently heard: Captain Future managed to escape from the Fool’s Gold just before it blew. According to him, prospectors in the inner belt report spotting a gig on their screens, one whose pilot answers their calls as Curt Newton before transmissions are lost. I bought the youngster a drink and told him the truth. Naturally, he refused to believe me, nor can I blame him. Heroes are hard to find. We need to welcome them whenever they appear in our midst. You’ve just got to be careful to pick the right guy, because it’s easy for someone to pretend to be what they’re not. Captain Future is dead. Long live Captain Future." 5 out of 5 Goebbels daughter alliance. 3.5 out of 5 4.5 out of 5
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By on December 5, 2008
I am not much of a fan of Alternate History, particularly the terribly over common world war two or American civil war variety, given the whole world of possibilities you could use. However, this is a fine anthology, coming in a bit below the magic 4.00 mark at 3.88. Turtledove gives a brief introduction to the subgenre. Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : The Lucky Strike - Kim Stanley Robinson Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : The Winterberry - Nick DiChario Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Islands in the Sea - Harry Turtledove Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Suppose They Gave a Peace - Susan M. Shwartz Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : All the Myriad Ways - Larry Niven Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Through Road No Whither - Greg Bear Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Manassas Again - Gregory Benford Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Dance Band on the Titanic - Jack L. Chalker Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Bring the Jubilee - Ward Moore Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Eutopia - Poul Anderson Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : The Undiscovered Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Mozart in Mirrorshades - Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : The Death of Captain Future - Allen Steele Best Alternate History Stories 20th Century : Moon of Ice - Brad Linaweaver Japan nuke near miss punishment. 4.5 out of 5 Not quite dead president. 4 out of 5 Muslim, that is, Constantinople. 3.5 out of 5 Vietnam family politics. 4 out of 5 Murder maybe multiverse. 4.5 out of 5 I see bad things for the SS. 3.5 out of 5 Mech battle. 3 out of 5 Many worlds crew. 4 out of 5 Southron Indepence time physics ancestor shooting accident. 4 out of 5 Not my kinda place, boyfriend. 4 out of 5 Let them wear leather bikinis and crave recording deals. 4 out of 5 Goebbels daughter alliance. 3.5 out of 5 4.5 out of 5
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