Worlds That Weren't
In this collection of novellas, four masters of alternate history turn back time, twisting the facts with four brilliant excursions into what might have been.
In this collection of novellas, four masters of alternate history turn back time, twisting the facts with four brilliant excursions into what might have been.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451460547 (0451460545)
Publish date: July 5th 2005
Publisher: Roc
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
This is a very mixed bag of stories where people take a different path and change the history of the world. Where Sokrates takes part in the battle against the Spartans (in The Daimon by Harry Turtledove); where society is completely different when western Europe isn't a major power (Shikari in Gal...
I bought this book for the Mary Gentle story. Unfortunately, I'd already read it, in her short story collection, "Cartomancy." That's an excellent collection; go read it! I was pretty disappointed that it wasn't a new-to-me story, though. "The Logistics of Carthage" is in the same setting as her 'As...
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