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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