The Alternate History Book Club
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Kaiphranos
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Well, if there are any months in which are able to participate, please feel welcome to do so! (I'm not sure how many French-speakers there are on these boards, but if there are enough of them, perhaps the club could read and discuss a French work at some point.)
Glad to have you! Hopefully we can find some worthwhile elements in most of what we read here...
Excellent, I'll add the latter two to the list. I figure pretty much everyone may end up joining some months or not others--so if anyone can't find the book, or the time to read it, or whatnot, don't sweat it too much.
I'm thinking at the moment that we should do "He Walked Around The Horses" as a trial run, since it's a short story and easily available--we can read it and get some discussion rolling while at the same time deciding on the book for September. How does that sound to people?
Huehuecoyotl
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Sounds like a plan. Here is He Walked Around the Horses on Project Gutenberg, for the lazy. 
OK I think I might be able to join too. I hope I can find a bit of time to read that e-book. Sounds interesting. I especially recommend using short stories. That way, more people may be able to participate, right?
Also, I heard of this book called Dominion (by CJ Sansom). It's quite new I think. Maybe that could be a suggestion of mine. Actually, I read what was on the backside of the cover only... But I thought it might well be an interesting alternate history novel. Has anyone read it?
Also, I heard of this book called Dominion (by CJ Sansom). It's quite new I think. Maybe that could be a suggestion of mine. Actually, I read what was on the backside of the cover only... But I thought it might well be an interesting alternate history novel. Has anyone read it?
Sounds like a plan. Here is He Walked Around the Horses on Project Gutenberg, for the lazy.
Awesome. Thanks. Sounds like a plan.
I don't think we need too long. It's a very short, very easily acquired story. I just finished reading the whole thing today in, like, an hour.
How about Friday night board time?
Kaiphranos
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Sounds good; I'll post a discussion thread then when Friday rolls around.
In the meantime: feel free to offer suggestions for September. So far, we have:
1. The Man In The High Castle
2. Bring The Jubilee
3. Agent Of Byzantium
4. Guns Of The South
5. For Want Of A Nail
6. Dominion
New entries will be added to the bottom; support from additional people will move works up the list.
Should Connecticut Yankee stories count if we don't go very far from the original CDSOT[1]?
Bruce
[1] Competent Dude/Dudette in the Sea Of Time
"Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers, and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk."
I really, really don't like the highlighted word.
Bruce
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I think time travel stories which allow the changing of history would fall within our purview--Lest Darkness Fall is definitely OK, something like Connie Willis' Doomsday Book might be iffier...
I'll list some ideas as well.
"Ruled Britannia" by Harry Turtledove (novel: Spanish Armada conquers England)
"Wake Up and Dream" by Ian R. MacLeod (novel: detective story set in 1940 Hollywood while a growing American fascist party is arising and challenging FDR for the presidency)
"When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis" by Eric G. Swedin (novel, written like an ATL history book: Cuban Missile War)
"Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics" by Jeff Greenfield (story collection: three different stories about changes in Cold War-era American politics)
Meanwhile, we've definitely got a good list going. I'm especially eager to reread and discuss Bring The Jubilee, so I hope it's chosen as soon as possible.
"Ruled Britannia" by Harry Turtledove (novel: Spanish Armada conquers England)
"Wake Up and Dream" by Ian R. MacLeod (novel: detective story set in 1940 Hollywood while a growing American fascist party is arising and challenging FDR for the presidency)
"When Angels Wept: A What-If History of the Cuban Missile Crisis" by Eric G. Swedin (novel, written like an ATL history book: Cuban Missile War)
"Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics" by Jeff Greenfield (story collection: three different stories about changes in Cold War-era American politics)
Meanwhile, we've definitely got a good list going. I'm especially eager to reread and discuss Bring The Jubilee, so I hope it's chosen as soon as possible.
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