alternate history literature

  1. Aluma

    Ancient AH speculation

    Not sure if this should go here or on the Writer's Forum, but I digress The earliest example of alternate history that I am aware of is "Ab urbe condita" by Livy However reading about it made me think that there were many scenarios that were implied or referenced by ancient authors both older...
  2. Mr_ Bondoc

    DBWI: "Empress Theresa" Never Achieves Success!

    Empress Theresa by Norman Boutin has emerged as one of the biggest novels since the Harry Potter franchise by J.K. Rowling. It has been adapted into a film starring Scarlett Johanson, and turned into a TV series by Netflix, and all in the space of 7 years since its publication in November 2014...
  3. Famous authors that could have lived a longer

    Authors, directors and artists in general have the habit of dying too early, sometimes even before being acknowledged as talented people. Which great authors could have lived longer and how would their careers evolve as the world changes around them
  4. Petike

    Help needed: Uchronia.net contact information

    I would like to contact Robert B. Schmunk, the talented and dilligent creator and admin of Uchronia.net, one of the IMHO best and most useful AH sites on the Internet. I want to provide him with info on some non-English language AH fiction that's come out in recent years, but is still missing...
  5. Petike

    "The Long Earth" discussion thread

    Anyone read this multiverse-themed series ? Thoughts, impressions ?
  6. Petike

    Coincidence or plagiarism ?

    In 1983, Harry Harrison of Stars and Stripes infamy wrote a sci-fi short called A Rebel In Time. Seriously... Did the other Harry copy him or what ? The basic plot is eerily similar. :) (Though I guess Turtledove's take on it is probably better written.)
  7. Petike

    Your favourite female characters from TLs or AH books

    Discuss. (Yeah, I personally can't make up my mind on who could be my favourite.)
  8. Petike

    Scott Westerfeld's Behemoth

    http://io9.com/5576714/strap-on-your-aviator-goggles-++-the-next-book-in-scott-westerfelds-dieselpunk-world-war-i-saga-is-coming
  9. Petike

    The single most cliché-ridden work of Alternate History

    Be it book, comic, movie, web project, anything. I want to hear your honest opinion. :cool:
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