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In the Stone House [MultiFormat]
by Barry N. Malzberg
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In an "Alternate Kennedys" history where Joe Kennedy lives to become president, things go horribly wrong as the rivalry between ex-president Joe and his now-president brother Jack turns violent. Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 13086 - Reading Time: 37-52 min.
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Everything But Honor [MultiFormat]
by George Alec Effinger
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A complex alternate history story, "Everything But Honor"--a Hugo Award finalist for best novelette--is the tale of Dr. Thomas Placide, a Black physicist in 1938 Germany, who travels back in time to alter the outcome of America's War Between the States to better the plight of Southern Negro slaves, but with dire consequences. (Published: 1989) Hugo Award Nominee
Words: 11384 - Reading Time: 32-45 min.
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Opening Atlantis [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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 New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove has intrigued readers with such thought-provoking "what if..." scenarios as a conquered Elizabethan England in Ruled Britannia and a Japanese occupation of Hawaii in Days of Infamy and End of the Beginning. Now, in the first of a brand-new trilogy, he rewrites the history of the world with the existence of an eighth continent... Atlantis lies between Europe and the East Coast of Terranova. For many years, this land of opportunity lured dreamers ... more info>>
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Other Earths [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Nick Gevers
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One world among many... eleven stories about them all What if Lincoln never became president, and the Civil War never took place? What if Columbus never discovered America, and the Inca developed a massive, technologically advanced empire? What if magic was real and a half-faerie queen ruled England? What if an author discovered a book written by an alternate version of himself? These are just some of the possible pathways that readers can take to explore the Other Earths that may be waiting jus... more info>>
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Da Vinci Rising [MultiFormat]
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.
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The Sleeping Serpent [MultiFormat]
by Pamela Sargent
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This fascinating alternate history story is set a few hundred years ago in an America that has been colonized primarily by Mongolians (who, by the way, have taken over most of Europe). A Mongolian settler who was raised by Native American Indians finds he must try to bridge the gap between cultures to counter threats from English settlements (England is one of the few remaining independent countries in Europe). In so doing, he seeks to re-unite the Native American peoples and the peoples of Mong... more info>> (Published: 1992)
Words: 15944 - Reading Time: 45-63 min.
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We Could Do Worse [MultiFormat]
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.
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End of the Beginning [Days of Infamy Series Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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In this alternate history of World War II, the Japanese follow up their Pearl Harbor attack with the successful occupation of Hawaii. Now America is marshaling its military forces--from East Coast to West--to reclaim the islands from the enemy.
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Jihad [MultiFormat]
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.
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Stars & Stripes Forever [A Novel of Alternate History] [Secure Mobipocket]
by Harry Harrison
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On November 8, 1861, a U.S. navy warship stopped a British packet and seized two Confederate emissaries on their way to England to seek backing for their cause. England responded with rage, calling for a war of vengeance. The looming crisis was defused by the peace-minded Prince Albert. But imagine how Albert's absence during this critical moment might have changed everything. For lacking Albert's calm voice of reason, Britain now seizes the opportunity to attack and conquer a crippled, war-torn... more info>>
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Witness [MultiFormat]
by Walter Jon Williams
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An alien on Earth known as Dr. Tachyon has developed a gene-warping virus that kills most of its victims, mutates most of the survivors, and for a lucky few, grants genuine superpowers. A 1946 biological terrorist attack rains the viral spores over New York City, and in the chaotic aftermath, North Dakota farmboy-decorated war hero-struggling actor Jack Braun develops the strength of Superman ... except he can't fly. When the chaos settles down, Jack teams up with Earl Sanderson, who can project... more info>> (Published: 1987) Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 19626 - Reading Time: 56-78 min.
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1824: The Arkansas War [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
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>>
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1901 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Robert Conroy
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The year is 1901. Germany's navy is the second largest in the world; their army, the most powerful. But with the exception of a small piece of Africa and a few minor islands in the Pacific, Germany is without an empire. Kaiser Wilhelm II demands that the United States surrender its newly acquired territories: Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines. President McKinley indignantly refuses, so with the honor and economic future of the Reich at stake, the Kaiser launches an invasion of the Uni... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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1942: A Novel [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Conroy
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 December 7 is "the date which will live in infamy." But now Japan is hatching another, far greater plan to bring America to its knees.... The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was a resounding success--except for one detail: a second bombing mission, to destroy crucial oil storage facilities, was aborted that day. Now, in this gripping and stunning work of alternate history, Robert Conroy reimagines December 7, 1941, to include the attack the Japanese didn't launch, and what follows is a ... more info>>
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1945 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Robert Conroy
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America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But Japan has only begun to fight.... In 1945, history has reached a turning point. A terrible new weapon has been unleashed. Japan has no choice but to surrender. But instead, the unthinkable occurs. With their nation burned and shattered, Japanese fanatics set in motion a horrifying endgame--their aim: to take America down with them. In Robert Conroy's brilliantly imagined epic tale of World War II, Emperor Hirohito's capitulation is ... more info>>
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A Fleeting Wisp of Glory [MultiFormat]
by Laura Resnick
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Short post-apocalyptic "Alternate Kennedys" story. (Published: 1992)
Words: 3502 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
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A Key to the Illuminated Heretic [MultiFormat]
by A. M. Dellamonica
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What if Joan of Arc hadn't burned? (Published: 2005) Nebula Award(R) Preliminary Ballot Nominee, Sidewise Award Finalist
Words: 9690 - Reading Time: 27-38 min.
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Alternative 3 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Ken Mitchell
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After World War Two, Hitler escapes to a base in Antarctica--in a special disc-like craft the Nazis had been working on. Using this amazing technology, the grand plan, known as 'Alternative 3', was to siphon off the world's elite and colonize Mars. Or so the story goes. The Americans are allegedly in on the deal, and so are the Russians, and it's all been kept very hush-hush. Until now. Enter Curtis Hatch--computer hacker, U2 listener, anti-hero. He's on parole for white-collar crimes but that d... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Argonautica [MultiFormat]
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.
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Being Elizabeth [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
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The number-one bestselling author delivers her most provocative, sizzling novel yet--a story of money, power, love, and betrayal that only Barbara Taylor Bradford could write. At age twenty-five, Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself in a position few women her age could image: the head of Deravenels, a business empire that spans the globe. It's a company whose reach is wide and whose secrets are deep. Deravenels has roots that go far back in her family's history, and she knows the price that man... more info>>
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Days of Infamy [Days of Infamy Series Book 1] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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It is December 7, 1941, and the Japanese launch an attack against United States naval forces stationed in Pearl Harbor. The Japanese follow up their air assault with an invasion and occupation of Hawaii. With American military forces subjugated and civilians living in fear of their conquerors, there is no one to stop the Japanese from using the islands' resources to launch an offensive against America's western coast.
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Down to Earth [Worldwar Saga Colonization Series Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)/Adobe]
by Harry Turtledove
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In 1942 Hitler led the world's most savage military machine. Stalin ruled Russia while America was just beginning to show its strength in World War II. Then, in Harry Turtledove's brilliantly imagined Worldwar saga, an alien assault changed everything. Nuclear destruction engulfed major cities, and the invaders claimed half the planet before an uneasy peace could be achieved. A spectacular tale of tyranny and freedom, destruction and hope, Colonization takes us into the tumultuous 1960s, as the ... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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Drive to the East [Settling Accounts Series Book 2] [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by Harry Turtledove
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Harry Turtledove--the master of alternate history--has recast the tumultuous twentieth century and created an epic that is powerful, bold, and as convincing as it is provocative. In Drive to the East he continues his saga of warfare that has divided a nation and now threatens the entire world. In 1914, the First World War ignited a brutal conflict in North America, with the United States finally defeating the Confederate States. In 1917, The Great War ended and an era of simmering hatred began, ... more info>>
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Eden's Twilight [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/eReader (recommended)]
by James Axler
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Crawling out of the ruins of a nuke-shattered America, a new reality shapes an unpredictable terrain of human resilience and unabated savagery. Born and bred in Deathlands, Ryan Cawdor has seen the pulsing of its dark heart. And he understands more than most that tomorrow is certain to arrive. But to see it means surviving today--any way he can. Rumors of an untouched predark ville in the mountains of West Virginia lure traders in search of unimaginable wealth. They're coming from all direction... more info>>
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Graveyard of Dreams--Science Fiction Stories [MultiFormat]
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.
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