{"product_id":"the-best-alternate-history-stories-of-the-20th-century-stories-9780345439901","title":"The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplore fascinating, often chilling \u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003ewhat if\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e accounts of the world that could have existed--and still might yet . . .\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Science fiction's most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you'll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e future, including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\"The Lucky Strike\" \u003c\/b\u003e When the\u003ci\u003e Lucky Strike\u003c\/i\u003e is chosen over the\u003ci\u003e Enola Gay\u003c\/i\u003e to drop the first atomic bomb, fate takes an unexpected turn in Kim Stanley Robinson's gripping tale.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\"Bring the Jubilee\" \u003c\/b\u003e Ward Moore's novella masterpiece offers a rebel victory at Gettysburg which changes the course of the Civil War . . . and all of American history.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\"Through Road No Wither\" \u003c\/b\u003e After Hitler's victory in World War II, two Nazi officers confront their destiny in Greg Bear's apocalyptic vision of the future.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\"All the Myriad Ways\" \u003c\/b\u003e Murder or suicide, Ambrose Harmon's death leads the police down an infinite number of pathways in Larry Niven's brilliant and defining tale of alternatives and consequences.\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\"Mozart in Mirrorshades\" \u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner explore a terrifying era as the future crashes into the past--with disastrous results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e. . . as well as \u003cb\u003e\"The Winterberry\" by Nicholas A. DiChario - \"Islands in the Sea\" by Harry Turtledove - \"Suppose They Gave a Peace\" by Susan Shwartz - \"Manassas, Again\" by Gregory Benford - \"Dance Band on the \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e\" by Jack L. Chalker - \"Eutopia\" by Poul Anderson - \"The Undiscovered\" by William Sanders - \"The Death of Captain Future\" by Allen Steele - and \"Moon of Ice\" by Brad Linaweaver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The definitive collection: fourteen seminal alternate history tales drawing readers into a universe of dramatic possibility and endless wonder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Turtledove\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works \u003ci\u003eThe Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Few Remain\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books: \u003ci\u003eBombs Away, Fallout, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Armistice;\u003c\/i\u003e the War That Came Early novels: \u003ci\u003eHitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCoup d'Etat, Two Fronts, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Last Orders; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Worldwar saga: \u003ci\u003eIn the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Striking the Balance;\u003c\/i\u003e the Colonization books: \u003ci\u003eSecond Contact, Down to Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Aftershocks; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Great War epics: \u003ci\u003eAmerican Front, Walk in Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreakthroughs;\u003c\/i\u003e the American Empire novels: \u003ci\u003eBlood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVictorious Opposition;\u003c\/i\u003e and the Settling Accounts series: \u003ci\u003eReturn Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In at the Death\u003c\/i\u003e. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters--Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca--and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503257817362,"sku":"9780345439901","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3d41548-e6b5-4ff3-8bae-9af09645b3a3.jpg?v=1730786630","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-alternate-history-stories-of-the-20th-century-stories-9780345439901","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}