Some show us a vastly different reality, others are set in a world barely distinguishable from our own. Whether they fit Webster’s definition or not, here are ten very different books, old and new, that mess with the past in unique and interesting ways. Paperback Number of Pages: 576 Author: Glen Reinsford Publication Date: October 25th, 2005 Release Date: October 25th, 2005. Part of Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem, for example, fits the definition to a T, but the book is so many other things as well that alt-history may not be the first, second, or third thing that comes to mind when talking about it.
Perhaps more importantly, books are rarely monolithic.
I just involved fictional characters in them. It’s not entirely clear that my own book qualifies, either, since all the historical events are real. There are plenty of historical events in the series, and, as far as I know, there was no time-traveling nurse present at any of them, yet I’m willing to bet many would not describe it as alternate history. What counts as a historical event? What exactly does “different” mean? Just think of Outlander. That’s how Merriam-Webster defines the genre, but books are rebellious little things and they’ll test that definition in any way they can. Here Sylvain picks ten of his favorite alternate histories.Īlternative history (noun) 1: fiction that is based on history and that explores what might have happened if certain historical events, figures, etc., had been different. The balance of wry narration, wired action, and delicate worldbuilding make for deeply gratifying reading. government program to recruit Nazi scientists, and carefully disclose intelligence to get the Soviets focused on building rockets of their own. OL8846643W Page_number_confidence 97.41 Pages 582 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.18 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220222164900 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1830 Scandate 20220217182209 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780977216406 Tts_version 4.A History of What Comes Next, the thrilling first installment in a new series from Sylvain Neuvel, stars a mother-daughter pair of Kibsu women, highly intelligent beings whose sole goal is “to take to the stars before Evil comes and kills them all.” Sara and her daughter Mia entice German aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun to join a secret U.S. Urn:lcp:ageoftoleranceno0000rein:epub:b812dc9a-9c5c-492a-afcd-ebed583526e5 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ageoftoleranceno0000rein Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2nfrgsxq9s Invoice 1652 Isbn 0977216403ĩ780977216406 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9786 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-0001154 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 12:08:37 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40372302 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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