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We Could Do Worse
by Gregory Benford
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The election of 1956 is at stake and the remorseless thug known as the President has his operatives out in the field making sure there are no surprises. (Published: 1988)
Words: 1992 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Alternate History
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1824: The Arkansas War [Secure]
by Eric Flint
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In the newest volume of this exhilarating series, Eric Flint continues to reshape American history, imagining how a continent and its people might have taken a different path to its future. With 1824: The Arkansas War, he spins an astounding and provocative saga of heroism, battlefield action, racial conflict, and rebellion as a nation recovering from war is plunged into a dangerous era of secession. Buffered by Spanish possessions to the south and by free states and two rivers to the north, Ark... more info>>
Category: Alternate History
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A Fleeting Wisp of Glory
by Laura Resnick
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Short post-apocalyptic "Alternate Kennedys" story. (Published: 1992)
Words: 3502 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Alternate History
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64 Reader Ratings:
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Da Vinci Rising
by Jack Dann
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Young Leonardo da Vinci experiments with his flying machine in the politically charged atmosphere of late 15th century Florence. He dreams of soaring into the heavens, but Lorenzo de Medici is eager to use this new invention to his advantage on the battlefield. (Published: 1995) Nebula Award(R) Winner
Words: 23859 - Reading Time: 68-95 min.
Category: Alternate History
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The Bull Moose at Bay [A Teddy Roosevelt Story]
by Mike Resnick
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October 27, 1916: At President Teddy Roosevelt's 58th birthday party, the polls report that he's on the verge of losing his bid for re-election ... if only women had the vote.... (Published: 1991)
Words: 3121 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Under a Sky More Fiercely Blue
by Laura Resnick
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An alternate history story in which a Mafia mobster uses his influence to assist the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. (Published: 1994)
Words: 6848 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
Category: Alternate History
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With Caesar in the Underworld
by Robert Silverberg
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Robert Silverberg continues his on-going Roma Eterna series of alternate history stories following the path of Rome in a world in which Christianity never arose and Judaism remained a minor cult. This story is set during the reign of the Eastern emperor, Justinian (527-565) and concerns Menandros, an ambassador sent to Rome to initiate negotiations to marry Justinian's daughter to the heir apparent of the Roman empire, Heraclius Caesar. (Published: 2002) Sidewise Award Nominee
Words: 10078 - Reading Time: 28-40 min.
Category: Alternate History
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A Just and Lasting Peace
by Lois Tilton
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Forty years after the end of the Civil War, the Confederates have surrendered, but they are not defeated. Yankee injustice fuels resentment--and an underground rebellion--in the South, and hatred for the Northerners touches the lives of every Southern family ... forcing an innocent boy to choose his unlikely future. (Published: 1991) Year's Best Science Fiction Selection
Words: 6106 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Argonautica
by Walter Jon Williams
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Confederate naval forces are reduced to the defense of Vicksburg, and an enterprising young captain plots a rescue mission to sail north and recover $65 million in gold coins buried near a Mississippi plantation. (Published: 1999) Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 34477 - Reading Time: 98-137 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Graveyard of Dreams--Science Fiction Stories
by H. Beam Piper
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This new collection of H. Beam Piper's shorter work includes five of his finest stories: "Graveyard of Dreams," "Genesis," "Operation R.S.V.P.," "The Answer," and "Last Enemy." (Published: 2006)
Words: 47611 - Reading Time: 136-190 min.
Category: Alternate History/Science Fiction
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Hard Times
by Robert Vaughan
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The stock Market crash of 1929 abruptly thrusts the nation into chaos, as unemployed people grow more desperate for a livelihood. As nearly every sector of the economy collapses and dust storms rage in the West, only the most determined can make it. While desperation and despair wrack the nation, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal continues to inspire hope in some but arouses cynicism in others. Wealthy and handsome John Canfield refuses to disallow his patriotism in the face of disaster. He embarks ... more info>> (Published: 1993)
Words: 121566 - Reading Time: 347-486 min.
Category: Alternate History/Mainstream
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In Entropy's Jaws
by Robert Silverberg
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In a far future Earth, John Skein's skills as a Communicator bring him wealth and fame. He uses his mind as a conduit for joining the intellects of his clients to solve business or technical problems ... all for a substantial fee. When he joins his newest clients to solve a problem of matter transportation, the overload jolts Skein into a new perception of time that is driving him slowly insane. (Published: 1971)
Words: 14980 - Reading Time: 42-59 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Jihad
by Mercedes Lackey
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What if "Lawrence of Arabia" had turned his back on his native England and the Western world and instead chosen Allah and the Arab world? What would that have done to the Middle East? (Published: 1993)
Words: 5822 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Alternate History/Fantasy
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Lenin in Odessa
by George Zebrowski
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In 1918, Sidney Reilly, who had worked as a British agent against the Germans and Japanese, returns home to the newly formed Soviet Russia. Now he is again working for England and her allies, but this time he was also out for himself, intending to assassinate Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and bring himself to power at the head of the regime that he imagined his homeland deserved. (Published: 1990)
Words: 6764 - Reading Time: 19-27 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Mission to Misenum, Or The Three Faces of Time
by Sam Merwin, Jr.
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She Had to Prevent Present and Future from Warring in the Past! "Fast-moving adventure, told with engaging humor," is what the New York Times says readers can expect from this classic science fiction saga. Elspeth Marriner, once an ace journalist, is now a Time Watcher working from the mysterious House of Many Worlds. On some parallel time-tracks, Earth's cultures lag thousands of years behind our own. On others, science is far in advance of ours. As a Watcher, Elspeth's job is to keep advanced ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
Words: 45408 - Reading Time: 129-181 min.
Category: Alternate History/Science Fiction
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Over the Sea from Skye
by Lillian Stewart Carl
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History shows that leadership is crucial in war, but there are other factors at work. What if history were given a twist or two, and great commanders on land and sea fought their greatest battles under different circumstances? Turtledove and his colleagues turn the past upside down and inside out, and the possibilities are endless.... The historical Flora MacDonald helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape Scotland after his failed rebellion in 1745. Captured by the English, said she would have helped... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 6558 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Over There [A Teddy Roosevelt Story]
by Mike Resnick
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Roosevelt, now retired from the presidency, makes a request of Woodrow Wilson. He asks to be allowed to reactivate the Rough Riders and personally lead them into the battlefields of WWI. Based on a true request that Roosevelt made (but was in reality denied by Wilson). (Published: 1991)
Words: 7758 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Portals of Hell
by Robert Vaughan
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This fifth volume of Robert Vaughan's American Chronicles follows America's tumultuous and surprising journey through the 1940's, as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor thrusts the nation into the Second World War. Hitler's army ravages Europe, and an explosion of the first nuclear warhead in Los Alamos plunges the world into the danger of the nuclear age. Beautiful journalist Shaylin McKay risks her life reporting from the battle front, only to find she has fallen in love with a soldier in comb... more info>> (Published: 1993)
Words: 137443 - Reading Time: 392-549 min.
Category: Alternate History
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Redchapel [A Teddy Roosevelt Story]
by Mike Resnick
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While visiting England in the fall of 1888, a young Theodore Roosevelt assists Scotland Yard in the effort to capture Jack the Ripper. As the streets of Whitechapel become bloodier with each murder, Teddy's American brand of investigative consultancy shines light into the darkness of the world's most famous unsolved mystery. (Published: 2000) Asimov's Reader's Choice Award Nominee, HOMer Award Nominee, Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 11624 - Reading Time: 33-46 min.
Category: Alternate History
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The Disillusionist
by Michael Jasper
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During the summer of 1834, a killer roamed the plains. One man attempts to track down this killer, known only as the disillusionist, and in the process he is given something from the killer that causes him to see his entire life--and his future--in a whole new light... (Published: 2003)
Words: 4142 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
Category: Alternate History
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The Eighth of December
by Dave Smeds
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Vic Standish leads the most popular heavy-metal band in history. But Vic has a secret--one he's tired of keeping. (Published: 1995)
Words: 8017 - Reading Time: 22-32 min.
Category: Alternate History
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The Iron Curtain
by Robert Vaughan
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Volume six of Robert Vaughan's American Chronicles begins with the emergence of a new America from the fiery furor of World War II, an America ready and eager to grasp the future. But the country cannot escape the shadows of the past horrors nor the obligation to the brave souls who fought for liberty and peace. As the defeated Germany faces her fate at Nuremberg and a Red scare makes its mark in every household, stories of courage, celebration, and the realization of destinies take place. Holoc... more info>> (Published: 1994)
Words: 111604 - Reading Time: 318-446 min.
Category: Alternate History
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The Vatican Outfit
by Laura Resnick
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An alternate history story about the death of John Paul I. (Published: 1993)
Words: 4291 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Alternate History
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The Winterberry
by Nick DiChario
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Alternate history story that appeared in "Alternate Kennedys," an interesting speculation on a dark Kennedy family secret. (Published: 1992) Hugo Award Nominee, World Fantasy Award Nominee
Words: 3100 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
Category: Alternate History/Fantasy
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Those Rowdy Royals!
by Laura Resnick
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Medieval alternate history in which scandal of a very unusual variety grips King Henry's court. Written as a series of "tabloid" articles. Offbeat and quite humorous. (Published: 1994)
Words: 2005 - Reading Time: 5-8 min.
Category: Alternate History/Humor
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