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Old 05-13-2010, 03:15 PM   #16
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I don't know if it's technically alternate history, but I'm reading (and loving) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith.
Good read I was going to post some of my old-time favourites (others than Turtledove) but I realised that they're not in electronic format anyway, nice thread, but all too tempting!
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Old 05-13-2010, 03:52 PM   #17
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I enjoy them very much as well. But this brings up the question of how do we define alternate history?
I agree with your post. While I still consider them to fall under the heading Alternate History, I do consider them to be a sub-type of Alternate History.

Like you I like the small 'what ifs' very much. But I love all AH.

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Old 05-13-2010, 04:05 PM   #18
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There's a new Civil War alternate history book just out called Flight of the Southern Cross by Karl David Stein. It's a "what-if" scenario that changes the way the war plays out. I'm pretty sure it can be had on Smashwords. The author said that paperbacks won't be out until June...
The author's name isn't Karl David Stein its Karl David Klein.

Just an FYI.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/14479
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Old 05-13-2010, 05:26 PM   #19
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Not sure I understand your point. . .

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So that would mean in AH there are world perspective, US perspective and what other country perspectives.

Science fiction accounts of AH would include time displacement/alternative what ifs and other "means" like alien invasion, witchcraft and dimensional parallels?

I suppose chaotic AH is not your cup of tea?
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by world perspectives, US perspectives, etc. Could you expand a bit on this? Also can you define what chaotic AH is? I've never heard the term.
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Old 05-13-2010, 05:33 PM   #20
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I don't know if it's technically alternate history, but I'm reading (and loving) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith.
Having been born and raised in Springfield, Illinois. We know all about Lincoln's Vampire hunter skills.

However few outside of the area know about his wolfman trapping days. Of course that was when a good hide could go for $1000 or more. A little known fact is that he invented the silver bullet in the heart thing. A practice followed by modern wolfman trappers to this day.
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Old 05-14-2010, 02:31 PM   #21
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Having been born and raised in Springfield, Illinois. We know all about Lincoln's Vampire hunter skills.

However few outside of the area know about his wolfman trapping days. Of course that was when a good hide could go for $1000 or more. A little known fact is that he invented the silver bullet in the heart thing. A practice followed by modern wolfman trappers to this day.
Especially if you're trapping those NEW MOON werewolves-- really soft and fluffy looking!
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Old 05-16-2010, 09:39 AM   #22
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One well written AH title is Yiddish policeman's Union by Michael Chabon. It's about a police detective working a case in an Alaska which has become an area of settlement for holocaust survivors. It reads like a noir novel.
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Thanks for the reminder. I remember reading ABOUT that novel and thinking I wanted to read it. But of course, my pathetic memory caused me to forget it almost immediately.

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Old 05-16-2010, 10:06 PM   #24
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And there's The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's an alternate history of the world from medieval times (when the whole population of Europe is wiped out by the Black Death) to the present. It basically gives you a picture of a world without Europeans.
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Aother thanks is due for the same reason!

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And there's The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's an alternate history of the world from medieval times (when the whole population of Europe is wiped out by the Black Death) to the present. It basically gives you a picture of a world without Europeans.
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And don't forget Robert Silverberg's Roma Eterna in which the Roman Empire survives to the present day.

And I suppose Harry Harrison's West of Eden could be considered alternate history. The dinosaurs never became extinct and evolved into intelligent, reasoning creatures with humans subservient to them.
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Old 05-18-2010, 09:12 AM   #27
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SS-GB is an alternate history novel by Len Deighton, set in a United Kingdom fictionally conquered and occupied by Germany during World War II. The novel's title refers to the branch of the Nazi SS that controls Britain.

I read it when it was published in 1978. It is quite good. Deighton set the style of the anonymous anti-hero. His 1970 World War II historical novel Bomber about an RAF Bomber Command raid over Germany often is considered his masterpiece (wikipedia).

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I forgot about SS-GB. I read that about 30 years ago. It is good.
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I've read most of the biggies, Turtledove, Conroy, SM Sterling, but I'm looking for some new authors. Any suggestions?
If it's alternate history you're looking for, you may want to contact the Texas School Board. That's one of their areas of expertise.

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