[This file is from the Sf-Lovers Archives. It is provided as part of a free service in connection with distribution of Sf-Lovers Digest. This file is currently maintained by the moderator of the Digest. It may be freely copied or redistributed in whole or in part as long as this notice and any copyright notices or other identifying headers or trailers remain intact. If you would like to know more about Sf-Lovers Digest, send mail to sf-lovers-request@sflovers.org.] THE USENET ALTERNATE HISTORY LIST Forward to Version 22 - 12 April 1995 The following list comprises version 22 of the Usenet Alternate History List. It now includes 1238 published entries, and 38 whose publication is expected. Any addition or correction you can make to this list is greatly appreciated; please notify rbs@panix.com. Added to the list and/or published since on 12 January 1995 were: Baxter, Stephen, "Brigantia's Angels" Dann, Jack, THE MEMORY CATHEDRAL (to be published) Dedman, Stephen, "From Whom All Blessings Flow" Dyer, S.N., "Resolve and Resistance" Garnett, David, "Brute Skill" Goldstein, Lisa, "Split Night" Hiyama Yoshiaki, ""THE BIG REVERSAL"" Hiyama Yoshiaki, ""THE DECISIVE BATTLE ON THE AMERICAN MAINLAND"" Hood, Ken, DEMON SWORD McHugh, Maureen B., "The Lincoln Train" McKnight, Edgar Vernon, Jr., ALTERNATIVE HISTORY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LITERARY GENRE (reference mat'l) Novotny, Frantisek, DLOUHY DEN VALHALY Page, Jake, THE INVASION (to be published) Pollack, Andrew, "Japanese refight the war, and win, in pulp fiction" (reference mat'l) Raine, Craig, 1953 Seger, Maura, FORTUNE'S TIDE Seger, Maura, PERCHANCE TO DREAM Stewart, Sean, RESURRECTION MAN Sussex, Lucy, "Kay & Phil" Turtledove, Harry, WORLDWAR: TILTING THE BALANCE Deleted were all items to have been published in _Alternate Worlds_ #2. The zine was apparently never published. Thanks to Ahasuerus, Thomas Cron, Evelyn Leeper, Ed McKnight, and Fred Simkin for recent contributions to this bibliography. Enjoy THE USENET ALTERNATE HISTORY LIST Version 22 - 12 April 1995 Maintained by R.B. Schmunk (rbs@panix.com) "...there are no correct alternate histories; there are only plausible alternate histories." --Will Shetterly, in "The Captain's Story" This is an annotated list of novels, stories and essays involving alternate histories (a.k.a. what-ifs, allohistories, uchronias or counterfactuals), writings in which a past event is altered and its effect on later history somehow described. Alternate histories (henceforth abbrev. "AH") are a distinct subset of parallel worlds/alternate universe stories in which some emphasis has been put on an historical element. The criteria used to distinguish them were best defined by: Chamberlain, Gordon B., "Allohistory in Science Fiction", in ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES (eds. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) (Garland 1986, 0824086597). This list is copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by R.B. Schmunk, except for appendix A, which is copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 by R.B. Schmunk and Evelyn C. Leeper. License is hereby granted to republish via electronic or other media for which _no_ fee is charged (except for the media used) provided that this copyright notice is attached intact to any and all republished portion or portions. It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the written permission of the copyright holder. The list is posted quarterly (Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct) to the Usenet newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written, alt.history.what-if, rec.answers, alt.answers and news.answers. Follow-ups are directed to rec.arts.sf.written. The most recent text version of the list is available via the net from: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/sf/alt_history/top.html The HTML version is available from: http://thule.mt.cs.cmu.edu:8001/sf-clearing-house.html/bibliographies/ Most of the information in this list was contributed by netters and other AH fans (see below), but much was also extracted from: Hacker, Barton C., & Gordon B. Chamberlain, "Pasts that Might Have Been, II: A Revised Bibliography of Alternative History", in ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES (eds. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) (Garland 1986, 0824086597); Contento, William, INDEX TO SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGIES AND COLLECTIONS (George Prior/G.K. Hall 1978, 081618092X); Contento, William, INDEX TO SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGIES AND COLLECTIONS 1977-1983 (G.K. Hall 1984, 0816185549); _Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field_ (ed. Charles N. Brown). Submissions for new entries are always appreciated, as are corrections to existing entries. Please e-mail your comments to rbs@panix.com. Entries are separated into three categories: Anthologies--collections of genre short stories and/or essays; Alternate Histories--stories, essays and novels; and Reference Material--discussions about the genre and/or specific stories. There are also two appendices: A) the Divergence Chronology, and B) the Oldest Alternate Histories. In the entries, note that: The notation '%W' beginning a description stands for 'What if:', and thatline describes the divergence of that AH from ours.An '%S' means 'Story:', and that line describes the plot.A '%C' indicates 'Comments:', and a '%T' line lists publications of thestory in other languages. If an author's name is replaced by dashes, the entry is a sequel to or in the same series as the preceding entry. If replaced by dashes within parentheses, it is part of a series collected within the previous book entry. Double parentheses indicate inclusion in a book collected within an omnibus volume. If you can't find a particular short story, check other entries by the author to see if it was retitled or included in a larger work. References to anthologies containing a short story include an editor's name only if different from the author of the story. The ten-digit numbers which appear in publication data are dashless ISBNs. Due to the merger-mania which spread through the publishing industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it has become increasingly difficult to tell if what was once an independent publisher is still a publisher or just an imprint in a larger company. Thus, some of the publishers listed below may not be _quite_ correct. Abbrevs. frequently used in publication listings (see the Anthologies and Collections section below for more info) are: = ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES (eds. Waugh & Greenberg) (Garland 1986) = ALTERNATE KENNEDYS (ed. M. Resnick) (Tor 1992) = ALTERNATIVES (eds. Adams & Adams) (Baen 1989) = ALTERNATE OUTLAWS (ed. M. Resnick) (Tor 1994) = ALTERNATE PRESIDENTS (ed. M. Resnick) (Tor 1992) = ALTERNATE TYRANTS (ed. M. Resnick) (Tor 1995, not yet published) = ALTERNATE WARRIORS (ed. M. Resnick) (Tor 1993) = ALTERNATE WORLDCONS (ed M. Resnick) (Axolotl 1994) = BY ANY OTHER FAME (eds. M. Resnick & Greenberg) (DAW 1994) = ROBERT ADAMS' BOOK OF ALTERNATE WORLDS (eds. Adams et al) (Signet 1987) = BEYOND TIME (ed. Ley) (Pocket 1976) = _The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction_ = HIROSHIMA SOLL LEBEN! (ed. Armer) (Heyne 1990) = HITLER VICTORIOUS (eds. Benford & Greenberg) (Garland 86; Berkley 87) = _Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine_ = IF IT HAD HAPPENED OTHERWISE (ed. Squire) (Longmans, Green 1931; exp Sidgwick & Jackson 1972; St. Martin's 1974; rev vt IF: OR, HISTORY REWRITTEN, Viking 1931; Kennikat 1964) = IF I HAD BEEN... (ed. Snowman) (Rowman & Littlefield 1979) = THE IFS OF HISTORY (by Chamberlin) (Henry Altemus 1907; Atheneum 1908) = SPECULATIONS ON AMERICAN HISTORY (by Borden & Graham) (Heath 77) = SCHONE VERKEHRTE WELT: PHANTASTISCHE GESCHICHTEN ZUR GESCHICHTE (ed. Oth) (Luchterhand 1988) = WHAT IF? EXPLORATIONS IN SOCIAL-SCIENCE FICTION (ed. Polsby) (Lewis 1982) = WHAT IF THE MOON DIDN'T EXIST? VOYAGES TO EARTHS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN (by Comins) (HarperCollins 1993, 0060168641; HarperCollins 1995, 0060925566) = WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN? VOLUME # (eds. Benford & Greenberg) (Bantam 1989-92); and incl. in WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, VOLUMES I AND II (SFBC 1990); and and incl. in WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, VOLUMES III AND IV (SFBC 1992) = WORLDS OF MAYBE (ed. Silverberg) (Thomas Nelson 1970; Dell 1974) This list would not have been possible without the generous and continuing help of Evelyn C. Leeper. Significant contributions were also made by Thomas Cron, Will Linden and Duncan MacGregor. Many thanks to them and all the others who have made submissions, including: Joseph Admire, Ahasuerus, Vincent Archer, A.M. Barbanson, Stephen Baxter, Alan Beale, Chris Blakeley, Fernando Bonsembiante, Paul Boyer, Stan Brown, Bui Chin, Glen E. Cox, Daniel Danehy-Oakes, Meredith Dixon, Calle Dybedahl, Richard K. Fox, Beth Friedman, Roberto Fuentes, Dorian Gray, Guy Harris, Joerg Helbig, Arne Herloev Petersen, Kenneth Hite, Todd Howard, Tom Hyer, Bill Johnston, P.C. Joergensen, Mark Krenitsky, Janet Lafler, Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro, Jim Love, Yaron Mayer, Ed McKnight, Andreas Morlok, Michael J. Morton, Susan K. O'Fearna, Michael A. Patton, Jean-Yves Peterschmitt, Mike Resnick, Louise Rowder, Andy Sawyer, Dave Schaumann, Stu Shiffman, Fred Simkin, Brian Stableford, Harry Turtledove, William Watson, Al B. Wesolowsky, John Whitmore, Marek Wiechula, Matthew Wiener, and Erwin Wodarczak. And now... the list: ANTHOLOGIES AND COLLECTIONS Adams, Robert, & Pamela Crippen Adams (eds.), ALTERNATIVES (Baen 1989, 0671698184) %C New stories by J.F. Carr & R.J. Green, R.J. Green, Shwartz, L.N. Smith, and Turtledove. Adams, Robert, Martin H. Greenberg & Pamela Crippen Adams (eds.), ROBERT ADAMS' BOOK OF ALTERNATE WORLDS (NAL/Signet 1987, 0451148940) %C Reprints of Bixby, de Camp, Effinger, Fehrenbach, Leinster, Niven, and Piper. Armer, Karl Michael (ed.), HIROSHIMA SOLL LEBEN! (Heyne 1990, 3453043081) %C German translations of stories by Aldiss, Effinger, Gibson, Lansdale, Martin, K.S. Robinson, Shiner, Somtow, and Turtledove. Benford, Gregory, & Martin H. Greenberg (eds.), HITLER VICTORIOUS: ELEVEN STORIES OF THE GERMAN VICTORY IN WORLD WAR II (Garland 1986, 0824086589; Berkley 1987, 0425101371) %C Reprints and new stories by Bailey, Bear, Benford, Brin, Budrys, Finch, Goldsmith, Kornbluth, Linaweaver, K. Roberts, and Shippey. Benford, Gregory, & Martin H. Greenberg (eds.), WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN? VOLUME 1: ALTERNATE EMPIRES (Bantam 1989, 0553278452); included in WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, VOLUMES I AND II (SFBC 1990) %C New stories by P. Anderson, Benford, Effinger, Fowler, Malzberg, Morrow, Niven, Pohl, K.S. Robinson, Silverberg, and Turtledove. ---------------------------------------------, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN? VOLUME 2: ALTERNATE HEROES (Bantam 1990, 0553282794); included in WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, VOLUMES I AND II (SFBC 1990) %C New stories exploring the Great Man hypothesis by Cassutt, Finch, Harrison & Shippey, Laidlaw, Malzberg, Morrow, Rucker & Di Filippo, Shwartz, Silverberg, Tarr, Turtledove, W.J. Williams, and Zebrowski. ---------------------------------------------, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN? VOLUME 3: ALTERNATE WARS (Bantam 1991, 0553290088); included in WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, VOLUMES III AND IV (SFBC 1992) %C New stories and a reprint exploring results of battles/wars by P. Anderson, Benford, Busby, Churchill, Kress, Malzberg, McDevitt, Morrow, M. Resnick, Steele, Turtledove, and Zebrowski. ---------------------------------------------, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN? VOLUME 4: ALTERNATE AMERICAS (Bantam 1992, 055329007X); included in WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, VOLUMES III AND IV (SFBC 1992) %C Semi-new stories to mark the quincentennial of Columbus's first voyage by Attanasio, de Camp, Eklund, Finch, Friesner, Malzberg, Oltion, Sargent, Silverberg, Turtledove, and Zebrowski. Borden, Morton, & Otis L. Graham, Jr., SPECULATIONS ON AMERICAN HISTORY (Heath 1977, 06690048X) %C 12 essays on American AHs by Borden and Graham. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, THE IFS OF HISTORY (Henry Altemus 1907; Atheneum 1908) %C 22 essays on possible turning points in history, with speculation on possible results. Comins, Neil F., WHAT IF THE MOON DIDN'T EXIST? VOYAGES TO EARTHS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN (HarperCollins 1993, 0060168641; HarperCollins 1995, 0060925566) %C 10 essays on different Earths, five of which involve an altered early solar system. Hearnshaw, F.J.C., THE "IFS" OF HISTORY (George Newnes 1929) %C 20 essays on possible turning points in history, with much background but no development. (No separate entries for the essays are listed below.) Levine, Herbert M. (ed.), WHAT IF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM WERE DIFFERENT? (M.E. Sharpe 1992, 1563240092, 1563240106) %C 10 essays on different US political structures, but only entries by Ferrell and Pitney are AH. Ley, Sandra (ed.), BEYOND TIME (Pocket 1976, 0671807382) %C New stories by Chilson, Cooper, Cores, J. Coulson, R. Coulson, Davidson, Eklund, A.D. Foster, Gat, Gotschalk, Lafferty, O. Ley, Ward Moore, Orgill, Percy, D. Thompson, and Zebrowski. Oth, Rene (ed.) SCHONE VERKEHRTE WELT: PHANTASTISCHE GESCHICHTEN ZUR GESCHICHTE (Luchterhand 1988, 3630617980) %C German translations of stories by I.E. Cox, Eklund, Elgin, Lafferty, Piper, K. Roberts, and K.S. Robinson. Polsby, Nelson W. (ed.) WHAT IF? EXPLORATIONS IN SOCIAL-SCIENCE FICTION (Lewis 1982, 0866160183) %C Stories and essays by Averneri, Dexter, Fried, C.O. Jones, R.A. Kagan, N.E. Long, Masters, Minogue, Murphy, Polsby, Riker, Salisbury, Seabury, Wildavsky, and P.M. Williams. Resnick, Mike (ed.), ALTERNATE KENNEDYS (Tor 1992, 0812519558) %C New stories, with AH entries by Aronson, Cadigan, Effinger, Friesner, Gerrold, Katze, Kube-McDowell, Malzberg, L. Resnick, M. Resnick, Rusch, Soukup, Tarr, and Von Rospach. ------------------, ALTERNATE OUTLAWS (Tor 1994, 0812533445) %C New stories, with AH entries by Delaplace, DiChario, Effinger, Gerrold, King, Koja & Malzberg, McHugh, Meacham, Nimersheim, L. Resnick, F.M. Robinson, Rusch, Sheckley, Simner, Soukup, Steele, Tarr, Thomsen, and W.J. Williams. ------------------, ALTERNATE PRESIDENTS (Tor 1992, 0812511921) %C New stories involving American elections by Cadigan, J. Carr, Chalker, G. Cox, Delaplace, Easton, Fawcett, Gerrold, Gilliland, Gunn, J. Kagan, King, Kube-McDowell, Malzberg (1), Malzberg (2), Moffett, Nimersheim, Nye, Person, L. Resnick, M. Resnick, R. Roberts, Rusch, Sheckley, Shwartz, Soukup, Thomsen, and Watt-Evans. ------------------, ALTERNATE TYRANTS (Tor 1995, not yet published) %C New stories by Bourne, DiChario, Feeley, Gormley, R.J. Green, J.C. Haldeman & Delaplace, Koja & Malzberg, K. Long, Lupoff, McHugh, Nichols, Nimersheim, L. Resnick, F.M. Robinson, Rowder, Rusch, Sagara, Schimel, Thomsen, and van Belkom. ------------------, ALTERNATE WARRIORS (Tor 1993, 0812523466) %C New stories by Delaplace, DiChario, Fawcett Friesner, Gerrold, J.C. Haldeman, Hernandez, King, Kube-McDowell, Lackey, A.R. Lewis, Linaweaver, Malzberg, McHugh, Meacham, L. Resnick, M. Resnick, Rusch, Sagara, Schimel, J. Sherman, Tarr, Thomsen, and M. White. Resnick, Mike (ed.), ALTERNATE WORLDCONS (Axolotl 1994, 1561464481) %C New stories by Aronson, DeWeese & R. Coulson, Gilliam, Glyer, J.C. Haldeman, Katze, A.R. Lewis (1), A.R. Lewis (2), McGarry, M. Resnick, F.M. Robinson, Rowder, Rusch, Spelman, Thomsen. (Note: the maintainer of this bibliography suspects that several of these stories are _not_ AH, but having not yet seen them, lists them for completeness.) ------------------, ILLEGITIMATE STEPDAUGHTER OF ALTERNATE WORLDCONS (Axolotl 1996, not yet published) %C ... Resnick, Mike, & Martin H. Greenberg (eds.), BY ANY OTHER FAME (DAW 1994, 0886775949) %C New stories by Daniel, Delaplace, DiChario, Effinger, J.C. Haldeman, J. Kagan, Kress, Lackey & Dixon, Malzberg (1), Malzberg (2), Meacham, Nimersheim, L. Resnick, Rusch, Simner, D.W. Smith, Tarr, and Thomsen. Resnick, Mike & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (eds.), ALTERNATE SKIFFY (Wildside 1995, not yet published) %C Science fiction stories which were nver written. Silverberg, Robert (ed.), WORLDS OF MAYBE: SEVEN STORIES OF SCIENCE FICTION (Thomas Nelson 1970; Dell 1974); %C Reprints of P. Anderson, Asimov, deFord, Farmer, Leinster, and Niven. Snowman, Daniel (ed.), IF I HAD BEEN..., TEN HISTORICAL FANTASIES (Rowman & Littlefield 1979, 0847661369) %C Corrections of decisions by historical figures by Allen, Blakemore, Calvert, Edwards, Morgan, Pearton, Shukman, R. Thompson, Windsor, and Wright. Squire, J.C. (ed.), IF IT HAD HAPPENED OTHERWISE: LAPSES INTO IMAGINARY HISTORY (Longmans, Green 1931; exp Sidgwick & Jackson 1972; St. Martin's 1974; rev vt IF: OR, HISTORY REWRITTEN, Viking 1931; Kennikat 1964) %C The classic AH book. Stories by Belloc, Chesterton, Churchill, Fisher, Guedalla, Knox, Ludwig, Maurois, Nicolson, Squire and Waldman. Rev. ed. replaces Knox with Van Loon. Exp. ed. adds Petrie and Trevelyan to the original contents. Waugh, Charles G., & Martin H. Greenberg (eds.), ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES: ELEVEN STORIES OF THE WORLD AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN (Garland 1986, 0824086597) %C Reprints and new stories by P. Anderson, Benet, I.E. Cox, de Camp, Elgin, Hale, Lafferty, Piper, K. Roberts, K.S. Robinson, and Utley & Waldrop. Reference mat'l by Chamberlain and Hacker & Chamberlain. STORIES AND NOVELS Adams, Robert, CASTAWAYS IN TIME (Donning 1979, 0915442965; Signet 1982, 0451114744) %W Nestorians won at the Council of Ephesus, 451. %S Tourists trapped in a remote villa are transported to a 17th-century in which the Moorish pope has declared a Crusade against England. ------------, THE SEVEN MAGICAL JEWELS OF IRELAND (Signet 1985, 0451133404) %S The battlefield between Pope Abdul and Arthur III Tudor shifts to the high seas and to Ireland. ------------, OF QUESTS AND KINGS (NAL/Signet 1986, 0451145747) %S Abdul II may be dead, but the fight in Ireland continues. ------------, OF CHIEFS AND CHAMPIONS (Signet 1987, 0451151100) %S More intrigue in Ireland and England, and new fighting in N America. ------------, OF MYTHS AND MONSTERS (Signet 1988, 0451157222) %S ... ------------, OF BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS (Signet 1989) %S ... Aiken, Joan, THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE (Cape 1962; Doubleday 1963; Hutchinson 1975; Dell 1981, 1987; Red Fox 1994, 009936591X) %W The Stuarts won the Jacobite wars. %S Two English girls face wolves and an evil governess. %C Except for wolves besetting England c. 1830, this volume is not AH. ----------, BLACK HEARTS IN BATTERSEA (Doubleday 1964; Cape 1965; Dell 1969, 1981;Dell/Yearling 1987, 0440496039) %S Hanoverians plot against James III. ----------, NIGHTBIRDS ON NANTUCKET (Doubleday 1966; Dell 1969) %S A mad scientist in New England develops a transatlantic zap-gun aimed at St. James's Palace. ----------, THE STOLEN LAKE (Cape 1981; Delacorte 1981, 0440083176) %S A kingdom founded by Celtic refugees from the battle of Camlann is discovered in the Andes. ----------, THE WHISPERING MOUNTAIN (Doubleday 1969) %S The Prince of Wales (later Richard IV) has a Welsh adventure. ----------, THE CUCKOO TREE (Cape 1971, 0224005146; Doubleday 1971; Doubleday 1988, 0440400465) %S Hanoverian plotters return to disrupt the coronation of Richard IV. ----------, DIDO AND PA (Delacorte 1986, 0385294808) %S Another Hanoverian plot against Richard IV. ----------, IS (Jonathan Cape 1992, 0224032968; vt IS UNDERGROUND, Delacorte 1993, 0385308981) %S The royal heir is among numerous English children stolen away as slave labor. ----------, MIDNIGHT IS A PLACE (Cape 1974, 0224009680; Viking 1974, 0670474835; Scholastic 1993, 059045496X) %S ... Aksyonov, Vassily, OSTROV KRYM (Ardis 1981, 0882337440, 0882337459) %T English tr. by Michael Henry Heim as THE ISLAND OF CRIMEA (Random House 1983, 0394524314; Vintage 1984, 0394727657) %W The Crimea was an island and White Russians successfully held it against the Bolsheviks and established a provisionary democratic gov't. %S In the early 1980s, a Crimean newspaper editor spearheads the Common Fate re-unification movement, playing into Soviet hands. Aldiss, Brian W., THE MALACIA TAPESTRY (Cape 1976, 022401269X) %W Humans evolved from dinosaurs rather than hominids. %S ... Aldiss, Brian W., "Matrix" (vt "Danger: Religion!"), in _Science Fantasy_ Oct 1962; THE SALIVA TREE AND OTHER STRANGE GROWTHS (Faber 1966; Gregg 1981, 0839825668); THE INNER LANDSCAPE (ed. Michael Moorcock) (Allison & Busby 1969, 0850310059); NEANDERTHAL PLANET (Avon 1969; Avon ..., 0380541971); and THE UNFRIENDLY FUTURE (ed. ... Boardman) (publ. unknown) %T German tr. by Barbara Heidkamp as "Vorsicht! Religion", in %S In 2042, a theocratic timeline crosstime abducts people for advice on dealing with a slave revolt, but they develop other plans. Aldiss, Brian W., "M.E.R.O's Sinai Project, 1957-1970" (vt "What You Get for Your Dollar"), in THE SHAPE OF FURTHER THINGS: SPECULATIONS ON CHANGE (Faber 1970, 0571094724; Doubleday 1971); and THE NEW IMPROVED SUN: AN ANTHOLOGY OF UTOPIAN SF (ed. Thomas M. Disch) (Harper & Row 1975, 006011052X; Hutchinson 1976, 0091242002) %W The UN took strong action following the Anglo-French attack on Egypt in 1956, including an internat'l reclamation project in the Sinai. %S A man from a world beset by an energy crisis visits the utopian Sinai of another and describes its history. Aldiss, Brian W., "A Tupolev Too Far", in OTHER EDENS III (eds. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock) (Unwin 1989); and A TUPOLEV TOO FAR (HarperCollins UK 1993, 0002240335; St. Martin's 1994, 0312105657; HarperCollins 1994, 0006476317) %W A massive explosion which flattened Berlin in July 1914 led to an internat'l relief effort and averted WW1. %S A British publisher traveling to Nicholas III's glorious imperial Russia somehow ends up in our Brezhnev's gray Moscow. Aldiss, Brian W., THE YEAR BEFORE YESTERDAY (Franklin Watts 1987, 0531150402; St. Martin's 1988, 0312911122) %W Churchill was killed during a visit to Finland in 1935. Later, Germany gobbled up W Europe but left the Zinoviev-led Soviet Union alone. %S A Finnish composer finds the body of a girl alongside the road, and inside her backpack is an SF thriller about a different WW2. Allen, Louis, "If I had been... Hideki Tojo in 1941", in %W The prime minister of Japan pursued a path which would maximize Japan's gains without forcing a war with the United States. %S Japan's takeover of Java and Siberia provokes a worried America to elect MacArthur in '44 and to ally with Germany. The falling Japan uses nukes. Allikas, David, "A Switch in Time!", in _Time Warp_ #4 (Apr/May 1980, DC Comics) %W AmerInds had nuclear capability. %S Time-travellers trying to prevent a nuclear war kidnap Albert Einstein and drop him off in 1782 N America. Amery, Carl, AN DEN FEUERN DER LEYERMARK: ROMAN (Nymphenburger 1979, 3485003697; Heyne 1981, 1983; Heyne 1994, 3453072499) %W Former Confederate soldiers were hired as mercenaries by Bavaria and used to subjugate Bismarck's Prussia. %S Bavaria replaces Prussia as the dominant German power and important European player. Amery, Carl, DAS KOENIGSPROJEKT (Piper 1974, 3492020747; Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag 1978; Heyne 1984) %S The Vatican tries to use Leonardo da Vinci's time machine to support a Bavarian-Stuart reversal of the Reformation. Ambrose, David, THE MAN WHO TURNED INTO HIMSELF (Jonathan Cape 1993, 0224035193; St. Martin's 1994, 0312104979; St Martin's/Picador 1995) %W John and Robert Kennedy were not assassinated and Lloyd Bentsen was president in 1990. %S The sight of his wife's death in an auto accident shocks a man sideways into another version of himself. Ambrose, Stephen, PEGASUS BRIDGE: JUNE 6, 1944 (Simon & Schuster 1985) %W British troops did not take and hold on to Pegasus Bridge during the D-Day invasion. %C Epilog speculates that if Germans had retained control, reinforcements might have eventually rolled up the Allied invasion force. Amis, Kingsley, THE ALTERATION (Cape 1976, 022401305X; Viking 1976, 0670115223; Panther 1978) %T German tr. by Walter Brumm as DIE VERWANDLUNG (Heyne 1986) %W Catherine of Aragon and Arthur of Wales had a son who became king of England upon the death of Henry VII. Later, Martin Luther became pope. %S A boy soprano in 1976 Catholic England tries to flee becoming a papal castrato. %C Winner: 1977 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Anderson, Kevin J., "Music Played on the Strings of Time", in _Analog_ Jan 1993 %W Various famous rock stars did not die tragic deaths. %S A man visiting alternate Earths to obtain "new" music by "dead" rockers comes across an album with his name on it. -----------------, "Tide Pools", in _Analog_ Dec 1993 %S A woman searches the timelines for a cure to an "orphan" disease afflicting her husband. Anderson, Kevin J., & Doug Beason, THE TRINITY PARADOX (Bantam 1991, 0553292463) %W US nuclear weapons research was slowed down, while the Nazis accelerated theirs. %S An accident propels an anti-nuclear activist back to 1943 Los Alamos and she sets out to prevent the Trinity test. Anderson, Poul, "Delenda Est", in Dec 1955; GUARDIANS OF TIME (Ballantine 1960, 0345018907; exp Pinnacle 1981); ; ANNALS OF THE TIME PATROL (Doubleday ...); ; TIME WARS (eds. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor 1986, 0812530489, 0812530497); THE GREAT SF STORIES: 17 (eds. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 1988, 0886772567); THE ETERNAL CITY (ed. David Drake) (publ. unknown); and THE TIME PATROL (Tor 1991, 0312852312; Tor 1994) %W The Scipios were killed at Ticinus, and Hannibal later captured and destroyed Rome. %S Celts are driving steamcars in 1955 "New York"; it's up to Time Patrolman Manse Everard to go back to the 2nd Punic War and set things right. -------------, THE SHIELD OF TIME (Tor 1990, 0312850883; Tor 1991, 0812510003) %S Everard and Wanda Tamberley patch history up at Bactra (209 BC) and Rignano (1137). %C Non-AH entries in series are "Time Patrol", "Brave to be a King", "The Only Game in Town", "Gibraltar Falls", "Ivory, and Apes, and Peacocks", "The Sorrow of Odin the Goth", "Star of the Sea" and "The Year of the Ransom". All may be found in the THE TIME PATROL (Tor 1991, 0312852312) and elsewhere. Anderson, Poul, "Eutopia", in DANGEROUS VISIONS (ed. Harlan Ellison) (Doubleday 1967; NAL 1975); PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE PERFECT: A TEXT ANTHOLOGY OF SPECULATIVE & SCIENCE FICTION (eds. Jack C. Wolf & Gregory Fitz Gerald) (Fawcett 1973); and THE DARK BETWEEN THE STARS (Berkley 1981) %W Alexander lived longer _or_ Christianity fell before Norse, Arab and Magyar attacks. %S A crosstime explorer from an advanced Alexandrine timeline violates a taboo while visiting a Norse-Magyar N America Anderson, Poul, "House Rule", in HOMEBREW (ed. anon.) (NESFA 1976); May 1979; and FANTASY (Pinnacle 1981) %S The Heloise and Abelard of two different worlds meet at a tavern outside time. --------------, "Loser's Night", in Short Story Paperbacks, #1 (Pulphouse 1991) %S ... Anderson, Poul, "In the House of Sorrows", in %W Assyrians captured Jerusalem and the Diasporah occurred before Christianity could get started. %S Adventures of a courier from North Markland (America) in an alternate Israel/Palestine. Anderson, Poul, A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST (Doubleday 1974, 0385055056; Ballantine 1975, 0345274520; Orbit/Futura 1975, 0860078574) %W Shakespeare's plays were real history and the Industrial Revolution arrived two centuries early. Also, magic works. %S In order to keep Charles I on England's throne, a Cavalier prince searches for Prospero's isle. %C Nominee: 1975 Nebula for best novel. Anderson, Poul, OPERATION CHAOS (Doubleday 1971, 0385005881; Lancer ...; Berkley 1978; Baen 1992, 067172102X); fixup of "Operation Afreet", in Sep 1956; "Operation Salamander", in Jan 1957; "Operation Incubus", in Oct 1959; and "Operation Changeling", serial in May & Jun 1969 %W Men learned to remove antimagical properties of iron and magical technology ensued. %S A werewolf and witch are involved in repeated struggles against the machinations of Hell during WW2, as the Saracens invade America. Anderson, Poul, THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS (Doubleday 1961; Avon ..., 0380004120; Berkley 1978; Ace 1984, 0441808212; Baen 1993, 0671721860) %S A Dane from our Earth must save a magical alternate Europe from the forces of Chaos, but why are the people there expecting him? Anderson, Poul, "When Free Men Shall Stand", in %W Lucien Bonaparte convinced Napoleon to consolidate the French hold on Europe rather than invade Egypt. Later, the French won at Trafalgar. %S In 1849, Sam Houston talks history with a French diplomat during the battle for New Orleans in the 2nd French-American War. Andrevon, Jean-Pierre, "L'Anniversaire du Reich de mille ans", in C'EST ARRIVE MAIS ON N'EN A RIEN SU (Denoel 1984) %W ... %S Nazi power lasts _exactly_ 1000 years. Andrevon, Jean-Pierre, "Qu'est-ce qu'il faisait, le jeune docteur Frankenstein, en mai 81? et en mai 68?", in C'EST ARRIVE MAIS ON N'EN A RIEN SU (Denoel 1984) %W Camus, Philipe and Vian did not die in the early 1960s. %S A descendant of Dr. Frankenstein extends the lives of Camus, Philipe and Vian to see how they would have affected later French history. Andrews, Keith William, FREEDOM'S RANGERS (Berkley 1989) ---------------------, RAIDERS OF THE REVOLUTION (Berkley 1989) ---------------------, SEARCH AND DESTROY ---------------------, TREASON IN TIME (Berkley 1990) ---------------------, SINK THE ARMADA! (Berkley 1990) ---------------------, SNOW KILL (Berkley 1991) %S Time war action in which American and Soviets try to delete each other from history. anon., THE OCCUPATION (... 1960) %W Germany won WW2. %S ... anon., "Scene and Not Herd: Failure of a Revolution", in _Harper's Bazaar_ Nov 1967 %W The 1917 Russian Revolution was bloodily suppressed. %S Post-1917 imperial governance is no better than the Communist's. Anthony, Piers, & Roberto Fuentes, DEAD MORN (Tafford 1990; Ace 1994, 0441000525) %W The Soviets managed to get the nuclear missiles in Cuba operational before the US noticed their existence _or_ the US attacked Cuba on first finding out about the missiles. %S A man from 400 years in our future travels back to 1962 Cuba to make a slight change in history, but on finding that it didn't have the desired effect he travels back to 1958 to become part of Castro's rebel forces. Anvil, Christopher, "Apron Chains", in _Analog_ Dec 1970 %W The scientific revolution started in the 15th century, the result of a man's being saved from drowning. %S Discovery of the Americas is stalled, then stifled, by too-rigid adherence to the scientific method. Anvil, Christopher, "Bugs", in _Analog_ Jun 1986 %W Henry Ford never existed to standardize the auto industry. %S A computer salesman from our world dreams of a world in which the auto industry suffers from incompatible hardware and formats. Arnoux, Alexandre, FAUT-IL BRULER JEANNE? MYSTERE EN TROIS JOURNEES (Gallimard 1954) %W Joan of Arc was rescued. %S God allows Joan to be rescued, much to her disillusionment. Armor, John C., "Bureaucrats and Quiche-Eaters on the Chisholm Trail", in _Journal of Irreproducible Results_ Apr/May 1985 %S ... Armstrong, Anthony, & Bruce Graeme, WHEN THE BELLS RANG (Harrap 1943) %W Nazi Germany invaded England in 1940. %S How the invasion was defeated. Armstrong, Michael, "Everything That Rises, Must Converge", in _Asimov's Science Fiction_ Feb 1993 %W Flannery O'Connor became an SF writer. %S In 1962, O'Connor wins yet another Hugo while trying to get a mainstream novel published so she can earn literary immortality before dying of lupus. Aron, Robert, VICTOIRE A WATERLOO (Andre Sabatier 1937; Plon 1964, 1968; Rombaldi 1976, 2231001918) %W Napoleon won at Waterloo. %S Despite victory, Napoleon suffers an identity crisis and abdicates. Aronson, Mark, "Gemutlichkon I", in %S ... Aronson, Mark, "President-Elect", in %W Robert Kennedy survived Sirhan Sirhan's assassination attempt, and as a result adopted a hard anti-crime stance. %S Facing Democratic rejection, RFK becomes the Republican presidential nominee as brother Teddy leads the Democrats. Nixon still becomes president. Asimov, Isaac, THE END OF ETERNITY (J. Curley 1981, 0893403385); rev. of "The End of Eternity", in THE ALTERNATE ASIMOVS (Doubleday 1986, 0385197845; ROC ...) %W Enrico Fermi did not participate in atomic research and the atomic bomb was never dropped on Hiroshima. %S An organization called Eternity strives to optimize human history to bring happiness to the largest number of people. Our hero, a time-change engineer, falls in love with a woman of a further future who tries to convince him that tampering with time will make the human race lose the race to the stars. %C Marginally AH. Divergence is 1932 but all results shown are in _far_ future. Asimov, Isaac, "Fair Exchange?", in _Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine_ Fall 1978; 3 BY ASIMOV: THREE SCIENCE FICTION TALES (Targ 1981); THE WINDS OF CHANGE AND OTHER STORIES (Doubleday 1983, 0385180993) %W Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta THESPIS was not lost. %S A mental time traveler attempting to learn the score of THESPIS causes it to go into print, with personally damaging consequences. Asimov, Isaac, "Living Space", in EARTH IS ROOM ENOUGH: SCIENCE FICTION TALES OF OUR OWN PLANET (Doubleday 1957; Abelard-Schuman 1976, 0200723782); OUT OF THIS WORLD 3 (eds. ... Williams-Ellis & ... Owen) (Blackie & Son 1961); ; VALENCE AND VISION: A READER IN PSYCHOLOGY (eds. Bob Jones & Richard L. Roe) (Rinehart 1974, 0030084164); THE FAR ENDS OF TIME AND EARTH (Doubleday 1979, 0385132697); and ISAAC ASIMOV: THE COMPLETE STORIES, VOLUME I (Doubleday 1990, 0385416067, 038541627X) %S Using parallel Earths to solve overpopulation in 4000 AD, humans encounter similar colonists from a world in which Germany won WW2. Attanasio, A.A., IN OTHER WORLDS (Morrow 1984, 0688039901; Bantam 1985) %W WW1 led to a world gov't. %S ... Attanasio, A.A., "Ink from the New Moon", in Nov 1992; and %W N America was discovered and settled by Chinese Buddhists. %S A scribe describes the Unified Sandalwood Autocracies, and an encounter on its eastern shores with a European explorer named Christ-bearer. Averneri, Shlomo, "What If Sadat had Come to Jerusalem Under a Labor Government? (1977)", in %W Itzhak Rabin accepted Rumania's Jan 1977 invitation for a state visit and while there was advised of Anwar Sadat's peace plans. %S Peace talks between Sadat and Rabin include King Hussein of Jordan, leading to an agreement that includes the West Bank, but not the PLO. Bailey, Hilary, "The Fall of Frenchy Steiner", in _New Worlds_ Jun 1964; THE BEST OF NEW WORLDS (ed. Michael Moorcock) (Compact 1965); SF12 (ed. Judith Merrill) (Delacorte 1968); THE BEST SF STORIES FROM NEW WORLDS (ed. Michael Moorcock) (Panther 1974); and %T German tr. by Yvonne Krampen as "Die verlorene Unschuld der Frenchy Steiner", in WELTEN DER WAHRSCHEINLICHKEITEN (ed. Ronald M. Hahn) (Ullstein 1983) %W Hitler did not invade Russia. %S Life in occupied London, 1954. Ball, Margaret, THE SHADOW GATE (Tor 1991) %S A New Age woman from our Austin TX is drawn into a magical alternate where an immortal elven queen rules in France. Balthasar, AS-TU VU MONTEZUMA? (Le Monde 1980); orig. serial in _Le Monde_ Jun-Sep 1980 %S ... Bank, Aaron: see Nathanson, E.M., & Aaron Bank Barbet, Pierre, CARTHAGE SERA DETRUITE: SETNI ENQUETER TEMPOREL, 2 (Fleuve Noir 1984) %W Hannibal captured Rome. %S A renegade time agent helps out Hannibal, and tries to found a Carthaginian colony in Quebec. Barbet, Pierre, COSMIC CRUSADERS: TWO COMPLETE NOVELS (DAW 1980, 0879975833) (------------), L'EMPIRE DU BAPHOMET (Fleuve Noir 1972) %T English tr. by Bernard Kay as BAPHOMET'S METEOR (DAW 1972) %T Portuguese tr. by Eurico Fonseca as OS CRUZADORS DO ESPACO (Livros Brasil 1980) %W A demon-like alien was shipwrecked on Earth in 1118. %S The alien aids the Knights Templar as they set out in 1275 to save the Holy Land and conquer the Mongols. (------------), CROISADE STELLAIRE (Fleuve Noir 1974) %T English tr. by C.J. Cherryh as STELLAR CRUSADE (no separate publ.) %S Outer-space sequel to the above. Barbier, J.-B., SI NAPOLEON AVAIT PRIS LONDRES (Librairie Francais 1970) %S ... Baring, Maurice, "The Alternative", in _London Mercury_ Nov 1922; TRAVELERS IN TIME (ed. Philip Van Doren Stern) (Doubleday 1947); HALF A MINUTE'S SILENCE (Heinemann 1925; Doubleday 1925; Books for Libraries 1970, 0836933761); and MAURICE BARING RESTORED (Heinemann 1970, 0434347906; Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1970, 0374204489) %W Napoleon's father decided that his son would get the best education possible if enlisted in the British navy. %S A sketch of historical and literary consequences from 1800 to 1850. Barnett, Lisa A.: see Scott, Melissa, & Lisa A. Barnett Baron, Nick, ROBERT SILVERBERG'S TIME TOURS #2: GLORY'S END (Harper 1990, 0610601305) %S ... %C A follow-up to Silverberg's UP THE LINE. Barrett, Neal, Jr., THE LEAVES OF TIME (Lancer 1971, 0447747215) %S During an alien attack on one Earth, a human soldier is thrown into another where N America was settled by Vikings. An alien pursues him. Barton, S.W.: see Kurland, Michael, & S.W. Barton Basil, Otto, WENN DAS DER FUHRER WUSSTE (Molden 1966) %T English tr., abr. Thomas Weyr, TWILIGHT MAN (Meredith 1968) %W Germany won WW2 after dropping a nuclear bomb on London. %S Hitler's death 20 years later leads to a power struggle. Baxter, Stephen, ANTI-ICE (HarperCollins UK 1993, 0246138351; HarperCollins UK 1994, 0586212965; HarperPrism 1994, 0061054216) %W An anti-ice comet struck the Antarctic in 1720, and 135 years later, a fragment was used by Britain in a super-bomb which ended the Siege of Sevastopol. %S In 1870, as the Franco-Prussian war begins, an act of sabotage against an anti-ice-powered land leviathan results in five men traveling to the moon. Baxter, Stephen, "Brigantia's Angels", in _Interzone_ #91 (Jan 1995) %W Flying machines were invented in Wales in 1895. %S The Boer War is much shorter and WWI apparently doesn't happen, but the British government uses flying machines against Welsh miners in 1915. Baxter, Stephen, "Mittelwelt", in _Interzone_ #82 (Apr 1994) %W Petain was not replaced as commander of French troops in 1918, and Germany quickly scored a western victory then turned eastward. %S In 1940, an AMerican engineer is privileged to participate in Imperial Germany's firts manned rocket test flight, and finds himself caught in the Kaiser's first strike against Japan. Baxter, Stephen, "No Longer Touch the Earth", in _Interzone_ #72 (Jun 1993) %W The universe really is a set of crystal spheres. %S Hermann Goering attempts to become the first man to fly to the Axis at the South Pole, but Eddie Rickenbacker gets there at the same time. Bayley, Barrington J., "Tommy Atkins", in _Interzone_ #27 (Jan/Feb 1989) %S The use of nerve-grafting results in soldiers being given body parts to replace those lost in combat, and WW2 drags on for 25 years. Bayley, Barrington J., "The Way into the Wendy House", in _Interzone_ #71 (May 1993) %S Barely AH tale of an encyclopedia of science fiction writers, found in a pub in another timeline, which includes no familiar names, except one. Bear, Greg, EON (Bluejay 1985, 0312941447; Tor 1994) %W Alexander the Great established a lasting empire. %S An asteroid approaching our Earth turns out to contain artifacts from the future, but its presence inflames existing world tensions. %C AH content appears only in epilog. ---------, ETERNITY (Warner 1988, 0446514020; Warner 1994, 0446601888) %S ... Bear, Greg, "Scattershot", in UNIVERSE 8 (ed. Terry Carr) (Doubleday 1978, 0385124751; Popular Library 1979); THE 1979 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF (eds. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 1979); and THE WIND FROM A BURNING WOMAN (Arkham House 1983, 0870540947; Warner/Popular Library 1990, 0445208465) %S A woman aboard a spacecraft hit by a "disruptor" beam finds that it has reassembled with parts (and crew) of ships from alternate universes. Bear, Greg, "Through Road No Whither", in ; and THERE WILL BE WAR 8: ARMAGEDDON (eds. Jerry Pournelle & John F. Carr) (publ. unknown) %S Nazi officers in a world where Germany won WW2 insult a gypsy woman when asking for directions, and she arranges for Germany's retroactive defeat. Beason, Doug: see Anderson, Kevin J., & Doug Beason Beck, James M., "It Might Have Been", in _North American Review_ Jan 1920 %W Clemenceau and Lloyd George questioned Woodrow Wilson's ability to get the US Senate to accept the League of Nations. %S Conversations in which they realize the problem and address it to Wilson. Beerbohm, Max, "A Panacea", in _Saturday Review_ 23 Jul 1904; and AROUND THEATERS (Knopf 1930) %W Edward VII closed down all British theaters for ten years on 1 Apr 04. %S How it was the best thing could have happened to British drama. Belloc, Hilaire, "If Drouet's Cart had Stuck", in (all eds.) %W Louis XVI escaped Paris and was not executed. %S Following Lafayette's defeat of Republican forces, France sinks into mediocrity and Britain must contend with the mighty Austrian empire. Benet, Stephen Vincent, "The Curfew Tolls", in _Saturday Evening Post_ 5 October 1935; MOONLIGHT TRAVELER (ed. ... Stern) (Doubleday 1942; vt GREAT TALES OF FANTASY AND IMAGINATION, Pocket 1954); SELECTED WORKS, II: PROSE (Farrar & Rinehart 1942); 25 SHORT STORIES (Sun Dial 1943); THE STEPHEN VINCENT BENET POCKET BOOK (Pocket 1946); THIRTEEN O'CLOCK: STORIES OF SEVERAL WORLDS (Farrar & Rinehart 1971; Books for Libraries 1971, 0836937937; Franklin Library 1982); and %W Napoleon were born much earlier, say in 1737. %S An Englishman residing on the Mediterranean coast of France meets a retired, frustrated French artillery major. Benford, Gregory, "Manassas, Again", in Oct 1991; and %W Rome developed a steam-driven machine gun. %S Rome's former American colonies fight a civil war in the 19th century. Benford, Gregory, TIMESCAPE (Simon & Schuster 1980, 0671253271; Pocket 1981, 0671506323; Bantam 1992); rev. of "3:02 P.M., Oxford", in _If_ Sep 1970; and "Cambridge, 1:58 A.M.", in EPOCH (eds. Robert Silverberg & Roger Elwood) (Berkley/Putnam's 1975, 0399114602; Berkley 1977, 0425033155) %W JFK was not assassinated. %S A UC prof in 1962 worries about tachyon interference in an experiment as he tries to gain tenure. %C Explicit AH content is brief, appearing only at the end. %C Winner: 1980 Nebula for best novel, 1981 BSFA Award for best novel, 1981 John W. Campbell Memorial Award Benford, Gregory, "Valhalla", in %S A man from a timeline where WW2 lasted til 1947, allowing completion of the Final Solution, travels back and sideways to take revenge on Hitler. Benford, Gregory, "We Could Do Worse", in ; and MATTER'S END (Bantam 1994, 0553568981) %W Nixon threw the California delegation's support to Robert Taft at the 1952 GOP convention, with the stipulation that Joe McCarthy become Veep. %S After Taft's sudden death, McCarthy begins to institute a police state, and 4 years later a congressman is kidnaped. Bensen, D.R., AND HAVING WRIT... (Bobbs-Merrill 1978, 0672520788; Ace 1979) %T German tr. by Irene Holicki as ZWISCHENHALT (Heyne 1984) %W Four aliens were stranded on Earth in 1908 when they barely avoided an explosive impact at Tunguska and splash-landed near San Francisco. %S To get their ship repaired, they set about accelerating technological development, but President Edison doesn't want to share with Europe. Bernau, George, PROMISES TO KEEP (Warner 1988, 0446514535) %W The US presidential assassination attempt on 22 Nov 1963 failed. %S Hunting the conspirators, plus the elections of 1964 and 68. %C Borderline AH, as all names are changed. Bernau's CANDLE IN THE WIND similarly treats the survival of a Marilyn Monroe-like actress with false names but seems even less AH. Berry, Stephen Ames, THE BATTLE FOR TERRA TWO (Ace 1986, 0812531914, 0812531922) %C Non-AH 1st volume of series is THE BIOFAB WAR. %W The US never developed the bomb, Nazi Germany did and Hitler was assassinated in Jul 44. %S A war against insectoids shifts from our Earth to another, with a look at fascist Boston. ------------------, THE A.I. WAR (publ. unknown) ------------------, [THE] FINAL ASSAULT (Tor 1988, 0812531892, 0812531906) %S ... Bertin, Eddy C., "Tijdstorm", in DE ACHTJAARLIJKSE GOD (Bruno & Zoon 1971) %T English tr. by Eddy Bertin as "Timestorm", in THE 1972 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF (eds. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 1972) %S Barely AH story of a man, caught in a timestorm, who discovers humanoid aliens tinkering with the human past, encouraging the spread of war. Bester, Alfred, "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed", in Oct 1958; BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION: 8 (ed. Anthony Boucher) (Doubleday 1959); THE DARK SIDE OF THE EARTH (Signet 1964); THE VINTAGE ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FANTASY (ed. Christopher Cerf) (Vintage 1966); VOYAGERS IN TIME: TWELVE STORIES OF SCIENCE FICTION (ed. Robert Silverberg) (Meredith 1967); AS TOMORROW BECOMES TODAY (ed. Charles W. Sullivan) (Prentice-Hall 1974, 0130500399, 0130500216); COSMIC LAUGHTER: SCIENCE FICTION FOR THE FUN OF IT (ed. Joe Haldeman) (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1974, 0030069319); STARLIGHT: THE ARBOR HOUSE TREASURY OF SCIENCE FICTION MASTERPIECES (eds. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg) (Arbor House 1983, 0877954453); and THE WORLD TREASURY OF SCIENCE FICTION (ed. David G. Hartwell) (Little, Brown 1989, 0316349410) %T German tr. by Alfred Joseph as "Die Morder Mohammeds", in DIE FUSSANGELN DER ZEIT (eds. Karl Michael Armer & Wolfgang Jeschke) (Heyne 1984) %T Portuguese tr. by Eduardo Sals as "Os Assassinos de Maomi", in VIAJANTES NO TEMPO (ed. ...) (Panorama 1970) %S Due to his wife's infidelity, a Mad Scientist repeatedly goes back in time to prevent her existence but can only affect his "personal" timeline. %C Nominee: 1959 Hugo for best short story. Bester, Alfred, "Out of This World", in THE DARK SIDE OF THE EARTH (Signet 1964) %S A freak telephone line allows communication with a world in which Japan defeated the US in WW2. Betancourt, John Gregory: see Kingston, Jeremy Bier, Jesse, "Father and Son", in A HOLE IN THE LEAD APRON (Harcourt 1964) %W As punishment for participating in or ignoring the Holocaust, the Allies ordered that 6 million random Germans be executed. %S An exchange of letters between father and son, respectively a member of the provisional postwar gov't and a former SS officer. Bishop, Michael, "And the Marlin Spoke", in Oct 1983 %W N American colonization followed a slightly different path. %S A farmer from a different Oklahoma makes a pilgrimage to the Gulf Coast of New Castile, where a cult of sea worship has sprung up. Bishop, Michael, "For Thus Do I Remember Carthage", in THE UNIVERSE (publ. unknown); and THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, FIFTH ANNUAL COLLECTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (St. Martin's 1988, 0312018541) %W Science and technology advanced faster in portions of the world. %S [St.] Augustine of Hippo receives a visitor from Cathay who speaks of collapsing stars and other arcane heavenly topics. Bishop, Michael, THE SECRET ASCENSION; OR, PHILIP K. DICK IS DEAD, ALAS (St. Martin's/Tor 1987, 0312930313; Tor 1989, 0812531574, 0812531582; vt PHILIP K. DICK IS DEAD, ALAS, Tor/Orb 1994, 0312890028) %W In a skewed world, "Richard Milrose Nixon" was elected to four terms as US president and SF author Philip K. Dick attained more fame. %S Shortly after his death in 1982, Phil Dick visits a small town in Georgia and the moon in order to correct history. Bisson, Terry, FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN (Arbor House 1988, 1557100144) %W With the aid of Harriet Tubman, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry (three months early) was successful, and provoked a mass black rebellion. %S 100 years later, as Pan Africa is about to land on Mars, a woman delivers to a museum papers describing the roots of the Nova African nation. Bixby, Jerome, "One Way Street", in _Amazing Stories_ Jan 1954; BEST SCIENCE FICTION STORIES AND NOVELS: 1955 (ed. T.E. Dikty) (Fredrick Fell 1955); SPACE BY THE TAIL (Ballantine 1964); and %W Numerous small things were changed; eg., Shakespeare didn't write HAMLET, the Korean War only lasted two months, etc. %S A physics experiment knocks a passerby into a similar timeline, and he must be returned to save the universe. Blakemore, Harold, "If I had been... Salvador Allende in 1972-3", in %W Allende moderated Socialist policy and took decisive action against civil disorder. %S A description of Chilean troubles and how Allende avoided chaos and a right-wing takeover. Blanqui, Louis-Auguste, L'ETERNITE PAR LES ASTRES: HYPOTHESE ASTRONOMIQUE (G. Bailliere 1872); included in INSTRUCTIONS POUR UNE PRISE D'ARMES, L'ETERNITE PAR LES ASTRES, HYPOTHESE ASTRONOMIQUE, ET AUTRE TEXTES (eds. Miguel Abensour & Valentin Pelosse) (Societe encyclopedique francaise 1973) %S ... Bloch, Robert, "Founding Fathers", in _Fantasic Universe_ Jul 1956 %S Bookies use the time-machine of a professor in their debt to travel back to 1776 to hijack a gold shipment. Bloch, Robert, "The World-Timer", in _Fantastic_ Aug 1960 %S ... Blumenberg, Hans C., "Und wenn er nicht gestorben ist...", in _Tempo_ Jun 1992 %W Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder didn't die in 1982. %S He later receives two Oscars, one for BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ starring Robert DeNiro. Boeheim, Carl von, DIE KAISERSAGA: UTOPIA AUSTRIACA (A. Kraft 1960) %W Emperor Franz Josef had a 2nd son, named Franz Stefan. %S Franz Stefan preserves the Hapsburg Empire by revolution from above. Boehme, Gernot, Wolfgang van den Daele & Wolfgang Krohn, "Alternativen in der Wissenschaft", in _Zeitschrift fur Soziologie_ vol. 1 (1972), pp. 302-316 %T English tr. by E.G.H. Joffe as "Alternatives in Science", in _Internat'l Journal for Sociology_ vol. 8 (1978), pp. 70-94 %C Includes discussion of a chemical rather than mechanical worldview at the beginning of the scientific revolution. Boireau, Jacques, "Les enfants d'Ibn Khaldoun", in UNIVERS 07 (ed. Jacques Sadoul) (J'ai Lu 1976) %W The Arabs won at Tours. %S Progressive Muslim southern France later suffers emigration from the north. Boireau, Jacques, "L'ete", in FICTION (Opta 1984) %S ... Bomba, Ty, "Outgoing Mail", in _Strategy & Tactics_ Jun/Jul 89 %W Exploiting a border dispute, Mexico's improved army invaded Texas in 1846 and made for New Orleans, where a vicious siege occurred. %S Provoked by the attack, the US gov't revises the Monroe Doctrine to mean US control of all N America, resulting in an Imperial Republic. Bon, Frederic, & Michel-Antoine Burnier, SI MAI AVAIT GAGNE: FACETIE POLITIQUE (Pauvert 1968) %W The May 1968 riots produced a socialist revolution rather than a conservative backlash. %S ... Bonanate, Ugo, ASCOLTA, ISRAELE (Lindau 1991, 8871800214) %W Early Christian communities were wiped out, and Judaism became the dominant Western religion. %S Modern scholars are stunned when archaelogists unearth copies of the Gospels. Bopp, Leon, LIAISONS DU MONDE: ROMAN (vol 1, Gallimard 1938; vol 2-4, Editions du Dialogue 1941-44; complete Gallimard 1949) %W The Popular Front gov't of 1936 France led to a leftist revolution. %S A detailed history text. Borden, Morton, "1759: What If Canada Had Remained French?", in %W Montcalm defeated Wolfe, leading to French victory in the French and Indian War. %S The 13 colonies would still rebel against English authority, but future relations between Americans and Canadians could have followed several paths. Borden, Morton, "1784: What If Slavery Had Been Geographically Confined?", in %W NJ delegate John Beatty was not ill when Congress debated prohibiting slavery west of the Appalachians, and his vote enabled the bill to pass. %S Analysis of possible effects on Southern economy and society, noting the sterner life blacks would have experienced, and probably no Civil War. Borden, Morton, "1789: Could the Articles of Confederation Have Worked?", in %W The Constitution was rejected. %S A less vilified, stronger Congress would have resulted, and the War of 1812 would never have happened. Borden, Morton, "1801: Would Aaron Burr Have Been a Great President?", in %W Burr did not remain aloof while the House of Representatives was breaking the Electoral College tie, and Federalists were persuaded to vote for him. %S Burr would have become a Federalist, providing the party a charismatic leader, and Louisiana would have been conquered rather than purchased. Borden, Morton, "1832: What If the Second Bank Had Been Rechartered?", in %W Nicholas Biddle renewed the charter of the 2nd Bank of the United States at a more opportune time. %S ... Borden, Morton, "1850: What If the Compromise of 1850 Had Been Defeated?", in %W Zachary Taylor did not die in July 1850, and blocked Clay's great compromise. %S The Civil War would have started 10 years early with Texas's invasion of New Mexico and ended in a quick southern defeat, but slavery would have continued. Bourne, Mark, "Boss", in %S ... Bova, Ben, TRIUMPH (Tor 1993, 0312853599; Tor 1994, 0812520637) %W FDR quit smoking in 1943, and two years later, Churchill ordered the assassination of Stalin in order to avert a Communist E Europe. %S When Stalin rather than FDR dies on 12 Apr 1945, the US decides to drive for Berlin, sending the 101st Airborne and Patton's Third Army after Hitler. Bowen, John, NO RETREAT (Sinclair-Stevenson 1994, 1856193985) %W Germany won WW2. %S Fifty years later, Germany, Japan, and the US go to war over Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, and British exiles see their chance to liberate the homeland. Bowes, Richard, WARCHILD (Warner 1986, 0445201770) %W Nazi Germany used nuclear weapons in 1944 to stop Allied advances on both fronts, beginning a cold war. %S A boy from that world is enmeshed into crosstime telepathic slavery and warfare. -------------, GOBLIN MARKET (Warner 1988) %S ... Boyd, John, THE LAST STARSHIP FROM EARTH (Weybright & Talley 1968; Berkley 1969; Penguin 1978, 0140048758) %T German tr. by Heinz Plehn as DER UBERLAUFER (Droemer Knaur 1978) %W Judas Iscariot never existed and Jesus lived to age 70. %S 2000 years later, a Mathematician is tried for miscegenation for sleeping with a Poet. Boyett, Steven R., THE ARCHITEXT OF SLEEP (Ace 1986, 0441029051) %W Intelligent life evolved from racoons rather than primates. %S A human spelunker exits a Florida cave to find himself in a world run by oversized racoons. Bradbury, Ray, "A Sound of Thunder", in GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN (Doubleday 1953); ASPECTS OF SCIENCE FICTION (ed. Geoffrey Donald Doherty) (Billings 1959; J. Murray 1963; Billings 1970, 0719522153); R IS FOR ROCKET (Doubleday 1962; Bantam 1965, 055307988?); SCIENCE FICTION FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE SCIENCE FICTION (ed. Terry Carr) (Doubleday 1966); SCIENCE FICTION THROUGH THE AGES 2 (ed. I.O. Evans) (Panther 1966); THE STARS AND UNDER (ed. ... Crispin) (Faber 1968); ECO-FICTION (ed. John Stadler) (Washington Square 1971, 0671478451); SCIENCE FICTION (eds. Sylvia Z. Brodkin & Elizabeth J. Pearson) (McDougal, Littell 1973; Lothrop, Lee 1975, 068841723X); TRANSFORMATION (ed. ... Roselle) (Fawcett 1973); SCIENCE FACT/FICTION (eds. ... Farrell, et al) (Scott, Foresman 1974); RAY BRADBURY (ed. Anthony Adams) (Harrap 1975, 024552746X); MASTERPIECES OF SCIENCE FICTION (eds. Thomas Durwood & Armand Eisen) (Ariel/Ballantine 1978, 0354276205); TALES OUT OF TIME (ed. Barbara Ireson) (Faber 1979; Philomel 1981, 0399207864); THE STORIES OF RAY BRADBURY (Knopf 1980, 0394513355); WIDE-ANGLE LENS: STORIES OF TIME AND SPACE (ed. Phyllis R. Fenner) (Morrow 1980, 0688222412, 0688322417); BEHOLD THE MIGHTY DINOSAUR (ed. David Jablonski) (Elsevier/Nelson 1981, 0525667040); CAUGHT IN THE ORGAN DRAFT: BIOLOGY IN SCIENCE FICTION (eds. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh) (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1983, 0374312281); THE GREAT SF STORIES: 14 (eds. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 1986, 0886771064); and CLASSIC STORIES 1: THE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN / R IS FOR ROCKET (Bantam 1990) %T Portuguese tr. by Edgar Costa Moreira as "O Reboar do Trovao", in FICCAO CIENTIFICA PARA QUEM NAO GOSTA DE FICCAO CIENTIFICA (ed. Terry Carr) (O Cruzeiro 1969) %S Accidentally stepping on a butterfly while on a T. rex hunt has its repercussions. %C A classic about the effect of a minor change on history, but not really AH since only the effect shown is presumably in our future. %C Sequels are Stephen Leigh's DINOSAUR WORLD, DINOSAUR PLANET, DINOSAUR SAMURAI, DINOSAUR WARRIORS, and. DINOSAUR EMPIRE. Brenner, Barbara, SAVING THE PRESIDENT (Julian Messner 1987) %S A sculptress prevents the assassination of Lincoln. Brennert, Alan, "Nostalgia Tripping", in INFINITY FIVE (ed. Robert Hoskins) (Lancer 1973) %S Crosstime adventures, including worlds where Woodrow Wilson was assassinated and John Lennon cut a record in 1949. Brennert, Alan, & Norm Breyfogle, BATMAN: HOLY TERROR (DC Comics 1991, 1563890186) %W Oliver Cromwell lived another 10 years and consolidated the Puritan hold on Britain and its colonies. %S A young priest named Bruce Wayne becomes a costumed vigilante fighting the repressive theocracy running the American Commonwealth. Breyfogle, Norm: see Brennert, Alan, & Norm Breyfogle Brin, David, "Thor Meets Captain America", in Jul 1986; ; and THE RIVER OF TIME (Bantam 1987, 0553262815) %W Nazi rituals resurrected the Norse pantheon, but Loki went over to the Allies. %S A captured American officer about to be sacrificed comes face-to-face with the god of battle. %C Nominee: 1987 Hugo for best novelette. Brown, Frederic, WHAT MAD UNIVERSE (Dutton 1949; Bantam 1950); orig. in _Startling Stories_ Sep 1948 %S A pulp editor finds himself in a parallel universe which matches the stories his magazine has been publishing. Brown, Walt, THE PEOPLE V. LEE HARVEY OSWALD (Carroll & Graf/Gallen 1992, 0881848697) %W Jack Ruby only wounded Oswald. %S In novel form, a study of whether Oswald could have been convicted in a Texas court of the murder of JFK based on the evidence against him. Brunet, James, "As Time Goes By", in PULPHOUSE: THE HARDBACK MAGAZINE #6 (ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pulphouse 1990) %S A man's repeated viewing of CASABLANCA alters the movie and Earth history a little each time he watches. Brunner, John, "At the Sign of the Rose", in BEYOND THE GATE OF WORLDS (Tor 1991, 0812554442) %C In same timeline as Silverberg's THE GATE OF WORLDS. %S The Tsar of Russia dies under suspicious circumstances; six travelers tell their tales at a Krakow inn. Brunner, John, TIMES WITHOUT NUMBER (Ace Double #... (Ace 1962); exp Ace 1969, 0441812708; Ballantine 1983, 0345306791); fixup of "Spoil of Yesterday", in _Science Fiction Adventures_ Mar 1962; "The Word Not Written", in _Science Fiction Adventures_ Jun 1962; and "The Fullness of Time", in _Science Fiction Adventures_ Jul 1962 %W The Spanish Armada conquered England. %S 400 years later, a plot is afoot to destroy the Spanish empire via time-travel. Budrys, Algis, "Never Meet Again", in %S A scientist dissatisfied with Hitler's victory tries a change of universe, but that doesn't solve his problems. Burnier, Michel-Antoine: see Bon, Frederic, & Michel-Antoine Burnier Burroughs, William S., CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1981, 0030539765, 0030589983) %W Capt. Mission's 18th-century pirate commune on Madagascar was not wiped out by natives. %S ... Busby, F.M., "Play It Again, Sam", in CLARION III (ed. ... Wilson) (Signet 1973) %S Two friends discuss how the world could be made a better place, working their way back from event to event. ----------, "Balancing Act", in 16 Feb 1981 ----------, "Wrong Number", in 21 Dec 1981 %S ... Busby, F.M., "Tundra Moss", in %W Victim of a minor stroke in late 1941, FDR was unable to resist congressional and public pressure for a Japan First war policy. %S Japanese saboteurs land on Amchitka just as orders for a crucial American offensive are being transmitted down the Aleutians via secure cable. Butler, Ewan, WITHOUT APOLOGY (Cassell 1968, 0304931993) %W Nazi Germany successfully invaded England. %S Tale of Englishman caught between restoring order from chaos and accusations of being a Quisling. Includes timelime to 1967. Butler, Ron, "What Number are You Calling?", in _Fantastic_ Oct 1955 %S Crosstime adventure in New Amsterdam. Bylinski, Gene, LIFE IN DARWIN'S UNIVERSE: EVOLUTION AND THE COSMOS (Doubleday 1981, 0385170491) %C Amongst discussion of evolution in general, comments on possibilities of insects, byrds, bats or koalas as the dominant intelligent species on Earth. Byrne, Eugene: see Newman, Kim, & Eugene Byrne Byrne, Robert, THE TUNNEL (HBJ 1977, 0151913854; Dell 1977, 0440186099) %W The 1973 agreement to dig the English Channel tunnel was not canceled. %S An American engineer embarks on the biggest project of his career, as an Irish terrorist plans to destroy it. Cadigan, Pat, "Dispatches from the Revolution", in Jul 1991; ; THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, NINTH ANNUAL COLLECTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (St. Martin's 1992, 0312078919, 0312078897, 0312078900); and DIRTY WORK (Mark V. Ziesing 1993, 0929480279) %W 1960s social protests met with harsh government reaction, LBJ stayed in the 1968 presidential race and Sirhan Sirhan didn't kill Robert Kennedy. %S The cycle of violence gets bigger and bigger until it all blows up at the 68 Democratic Nat'l Convention in Chicago. %C Nominee: 1992 Hugo for best novelette. Cadigan, Pat, "No Prisoners", in ; and DIRTY WORK (Mark V. Ziesing 1993, 0929480279) %W Robert Kennedy decided to become a priest and sister Eunice entered politics. %S In 1968, former Attorney General and now Senator Eunice Kennedy is faced with the final outcome of Father Robert Kennedy's antiwar activism. Caillois, Roger, PONCE PILATE: RECIT (Gallimard 1961) %T English tr. by Charles Lam Markmann as PONTIUS PILATE (Macmillan 1963) %W Pilate found Jesus innocent and released him. %S Christianity is aborted. Calvert, Peter, "If I had been... Benito Juarez in 1867", in %W Juarez granted clemency to Mexican Emperor Maximilian, about to be executed. %S How it might have happened, but without much further development. Capek, Karel, "Pseudo-Lot cili o vlastenectvi", in KNIHA APOKRYFU (Borovy 1945) %T English tr. by Dora Round as "Pseudo-Lot, or Concerning Patriotism", in APOCRYPHAL STORIES (Allen & Unwin 1949; MacMillan 1949; Penguin 1975, 0040038604) %T Esperanto tr. by Josef Vondrousek as "Pseudo-Lot au pri patriotismo", in LIBRO DE APOKRIFOJ (Ceha Esperanto-Asocio 1970) %S Lot rejects the warning of the angels to flee Sodom. Card, Orson Scott, HATRACK RIVER (SFBC 1989) (---------------), SEVENTH SON (Tor 1987, 0312930194); expansion of "Hatrack River", in Aug 1986; TERRY CARR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR (ed. Terry Carr) (Tor 1987, 0312930259); and THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, FOURTH ANNUAL COLLECTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (St. Martin's 1987) %W Natural magic works. Also, the Puritan revolution succeeded, altering English history and the course of American colonization. %S Born in 1800, the seventh son of a seventh son growing up on the American frontier meets an itinerant storyteller named William Blake. %C SEVENTH SON nominee: 1988 Hugo for best novel, 1988 World Fantasy Award for best novel; "Hatrack River" nominee: 1986 Nebula for best novelette, 1987 Hugo for best novelette. (---------------), RED PROPHET (Tor 1988, 0312930437) %S Captured by Red men, young Alvin Maker and his brother become involved with Tecumseh, the Prophet and a different massacre at Tippecanoe. %C Nominee: 1988 Nebula for best novel, 1989 Hugo for best novel. (---------------), PRENTICE ALVIN (Tor 1989, 0312931417; Tor 1989, 0812502124, 0812502132); rev. of "Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow", in _Sunstone_ Aug 1989; and MAPS IN A MIRROR: THE SHORT FICTION OF ORSON SCOTT CARD (Tor 1990, 0312850476) %S Alvin's years as an apprentice blacksmith and the story of a Black-White "mix-up boy" removed from slavery in Appalachee. %C Nominee: 1989 Nebula for best novel, 1990 Hugo for best novel. ----------------, ALVIN JOURNEYMAN (Tor 1995, not yet published) %S ... ----------------, MASTER ALVIN (projected, not yet written) %S ... Caron, Carlos Maria, "La Victoria de Napoleon", in LOS ARGENTINOS EN LA LUNA (ed. Eduardo Goligorsky) (Flor 1968) %S Future astronauts use a super telescope to look into Earth's history, but they see Napoleon's conquest of England, a Chinese invasion of Europe, etc. Carr, Jayge, "The War of '07", in %W When Congress broke the Electoral College tie of 1800, they made Aaron Burr president rather than Thomas Jefferson. %S Militant Burr begins the move to manifest destiny 40 years early, but he also shows no signs of leaving the White House. Carr, John F., & Roland J. Green, "Kalvan Kingmaker", in %C 2nd sequel to Piper's LORD KALVAN OF OTHERWHEN. %S Styphon's House drives barbarians from the N American plains east into Kalvan's territory in order to destroy him, but he turns the tables on them. Carr, John F.: see also Green, Roland J., & John F. Carr Carter, Paul A., "The Constitutional Origins of Westly v. Simmons", in _Analog_ Oct 1985 %W There was no Manhattan project, and Stevenson won the election of '52. %S How to change history so that Asimov's "Trends" (_Astounding_ Jul 1939) came true. Carter, Paul A., "The Mystery of the Duplicate Diamonds", in STELLAR #7 SCIENCE-FICTION STORIES (ed. Judy-Lynn Del Rey) (Ballantine 1981, 0345294734) %W Robert Kennedy was elected president in 1968 _or_ Watergate was never discovered. %S Two people from different timelines meet at a jewelry store in a third trying to exchange different versions of the same ring. Carter, Samuel, III, "If the North Had Won the Civil War", in _Yankee Magazine_ Apr 1985 %S ... Cassutt, Michael, "Mules in Horses' Harness", in %W Lincoln was assassinated while visiting a Union hospital on 4 Jul 1863. Wasn't he? %S 1980 Confederate differential engineers trying to model history explore the Great Man hypothesis. Cate, Curtis, "Preface" to THE WAR OF THE TWO EMPERORS: THE DUEL BETWEEN NAPOLEON AND ALEXANDER: RUSSIA, 1812 (Random House 1985, 0394536703) %W Napoleon did not invade Russia. %C With no anti-Napoleonic coalition, Wellington would have been forced out of Spain, and Alexander might have freed the serfs 40 years early. Chadbourne, Billie Niles: see Johnson, Robert B., & Billie Niles Chadbourne Chalker, Jack L., "Dance Band on the Titanic", in Jul 1978; ASIMOV'S CHOICE: EXTRATERRESTRIALS & ECLIPSES (ed. George Scithers) (Davis/Dial 1978; Dale 1978, 0895591073) ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION ANTOLOGY VOLUME 1 (ed. George Scithers) (Davis/Dial 1978; vt ISAAC ASIMOV'S MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Davis/Dial 1978, 0803736975); THE 1979 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF (eds. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 1979); and DANCE BAND ON THE TITANIC (publ. unknown) %T Portuguese tr. by Cisar Tozzi as "A Orquestra de Dangas do Titanic", in ASIMOV: O MELHOR DA FICCAO CIENTIFICA (ed. George Scithers) (Expressco e Cultura 1978) %S Adventures of a ferry boat crew traveling between alternate versions of Maine and Nova Scotia. Chalker, Jack L., DOWNTIMING THE NIGHT SIDE (Tor 1985, 0812532880; Baen 1993, 0671721704) %W Karl Marx died in 1841, causing Russia to become a weak democracy in 1917 and thus unable to fend off Germany in 1941. %S A security officer on a time travel project chases terrorists back to 1841 and gets lost in a timewar between Earthers and Offworlders. Chalker, Jack L., "Now Falls the Cold, Cold Night", in %W James Buchanan suffered a stroke in Oct 1856 and Millard Fillmore, candidate of the American ("Know-Nothing") Party, was elected president. %S When Fillmore upholds the Fugitive Slave Laws in 1858, rioting and worse erupts in New England. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Abraham Lincoln's Father Had Moved Southward, Not Northward", in %W Thomas Lincoln was made of sterner stuff and emigrated from Kentucky to Mississippi rather than to Illinois. %C A possibility that Lincoln would have been Confederate president, facing off with either Douglas or Seward. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Alexander Hamilton Had Not Written About the Hurricane", in %W Hamilton did not write the newspaper article which convinced his parents he was a prodigy and should be sent to Boston to study. %S Without him, the balance would not have been struck in writing the Constitution and the states might have flown apart. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Admiral Penn Had Persisted in Disowning His Son William", in %W Dismayed at his son's conversion to Quakerism, the admiral neither took him back into his household nor made him an heir. %S Without the Penn fortune, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia would not have been founded and the land would have been split amongst the other colonies Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Champlain Had Tarried in Plymouth Bay", in %W Champlain placed a settlement during his 1605 expedition, shifting the French emphasis in N America southward from the St. Lawrence. %S The Puritans would have been forced south to Virginia and Dutch New Holland would survive. Any Revolution would have had a different philosophy. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Charles II Had Accepted the Kingship of Virginia", in %W After defeat by Cromwell at Worcester, Charles II accepted the invitation to place his throne in Virginia and took control of British N America. %S Charles would have been a more kingly figure on his return to London, and the neglect of the colonies which provoked the Revolution would not happen. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Columbus Had Kept His Straight Course Westward", in %W Columbus did not listen to Pinzon on Oct 7, 1492, and kept sailing true west. %S Landfall would have have likely been made between Cape Canaveral and the Carolinas, and Spanish colonization would have focused on N America. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Gilbert Livingston Had Not Voted New York Into the Union", in %W Even though 10 states had already agreed, New York's convention refused to ratify the Constitution. %S Rhode Island and North Carolina would also have remained outside the Union, creating a Balkanized N America with civil and military conflict. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If James Macdonnel Had Not Closed the Gate of Hugomont Castle", in %W Two British soldiers failed to prevent Napoleon from capturing Hugomont. %S Napoleon would have split the British army and won at Waterloo. Primarily a list of events that would have not occurred. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If King Ethelred of England Had Not Married the Norman Emma", in %W William the Conqueror had no claim to the English throne. %S Not particularly AH discussion of the family connections. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Lafayette Had Held the French Reign of Terror in Check", in %W La Fayette accepted the people's call to be the French chief executive. %S With La Fayette in power, the Reign of Terror would not have happened, Napoleon would have been restrained and France would be a world power. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Orsini's Bomb Had Not Failed to Destroy Napoleon III", in %W Felice Orsini killed Napoleon III. %S Without Napoleon, there would have been no Franco-Prussian war and 500k men would have lived longer lives. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If President James Buchanan Had Enforced the Law in November, 1860", in %W Buchanan fully enforced federal law upon S Carolina's succession, snuffing out the Civil War before it could start. %S Slavery would have been slowly dissolved, but black suffrage never extended nor white supremacy organizations created. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Queen Elizabeth Had Left a Son or Daughter", in %W Elizabeth I found a man both wise and docile enough to marry. %S With a Tudor heir, English advances in the arts would have continued, Puritanism averted, but likely no American Revolution. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Skipper Jennings Had Not Rescued Certain Shipwrecked Japanese", in %W The Auckland did not rescue several Japanese fisherman and take them to San Francisco. %S US interest in Japan would have not perked, and the island nation would have eventually ended up a Russian or British puppet. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If the Boy George Washington Had Become a British Midshipman", in %W Mary Washington did not change her mind, and son George entered the British navy. %S Without Washington's leadership, the revolutionary army would have fallen apart. Even supposing victory, there would have been no Constitution. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If the Confederates Had Marched on Washington After Bull Run", in %W The Confederates were more organized and followed hard on the heels of the panicked Union army to Washington. %S With Washington occupied, the border states would also have seceded and a peace negotiated, with future Balkanization and conflicts. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If the Confederate States Had Purchased the East India Company's Fleet in 1861", in %W The South took up the company's offer and purchased ten good steamships. %S The Confederate navy would have been capable of averting the blockade, and independence fully achieved by 1863. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If the Moors Had Won the Battle of Tours", in %W Abd-ar-Rahman defeated Charles Martel at Tours. %S The Moors would have pushed on to conquer the rest of the Europe, and the arts, sciences and role of women in society would have been altered. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If the Philharmonia Had Not Given Concerts at Vicenza", in %W Musicians did not join to form the Philharmonia in the mid 1500s. %S There would be no professional musician class today and music would not be divided between classical and popular. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If the Pirate Jean Lafitte Had Joined the British at New Orleans", in %W Jean Lafitte accepted a British commission as captain in the Royal Navy. %S Without him, Andrew Jackson would have lost the Battle of New Orleans and not become president, thus allowing nullification to survive. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If the Spanish Armada Had Sailed at Its Appointed Time", in %W The Armada sailed in January rather than July 1588. %C Elizabethan culture would have been stifled and Protestantism smashed, with Spanish spoken from Mexico to the St. Lawrence. Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, "If Themistocles Had Not Beaten Aristides in an Athenian Election", in %W The electoral competition between Themistocles and Aristides fell in Aristides's favor. %C Without the fleet that Themistocles advocated, Greece would have lost to Persia at Salamis and we'd all be worshipping Mithra today. Chandler, A. Bertram, KELLY COUNTRY (... 1983; DAW 1985, 0886770661); rev. of "Kelly Country", in _Void_ ... 1976 %W Australian Ned Kelly escaped police capture in 1880 and led a successful Irish-Australian rebellion against British authority. %S A mental time traveler causes Kelly's escape and wakes up in world where Australia rather than the US is embroiled in Vietnam. Charmatz, A., "Sailing Through Program Management", in _Analog_ 5 Jan 1981 -----------, "A Second Chance", in _Analog_ 9 Nov 1981 %W Columbus returned from his first voyage to find that modern management techniques were being applied to Spain's exploration efforts. %S A series of memos showing increasingly poor relations with project managers, etc, as Columbus reports on voyage one and prepares for the next. Chaykin, Howard: see Niven, Larry, & Howard Chaykin Chesnoff, Richard Z., Edward Klein, & Robert Littell, IF ISRAEL LOST THE WAR (Coward-McCann 1969) %W While Israel hoped for a diplomatic settlement, Arab forces delivered a devastating surprise attack on 5 Jun 1967. %S A day-by-day account of the 6-day fall of Israel and its repercussions in the US, USSR and the new UAR. Chesterton, G.K., "If Don John of Austria had Married Mary Queen of Scots", in (all eds.); and THE COMMON MAN (Sheed & Ward 1950) %W As the title says. %C Essay on England's place in Christendom and whether it would have accepted a Scottish Catholic queen and a Spanish prince-consort. Chiang, Ted, "Tower of Babylon", in _Omni_ Nov 1990; THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, EIGHTH ANNUAL COLLECTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (St. Martin's 1991, 0312060092, 0312060084); and NEBULA AWARDS 26: SFWA'S CHOICE FOR THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR (ed. James Morrow) (HBJ 1992, 0151649340, 0156654725) %W An older idea of cosmology were correct. %S After centuries of work, the Tower of Babylon has reached the vault of heaven and stoneworkers now attempt to break through. %C Winner: 1990 Nebula for best novelette; Nominee: 1991 Hugo for best novelette. Chilson, Robert, "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sky", in %W Observing the continued success of Stanley brothers in auto racing, Henry Ford brought out the Model A steamer in 1911. %S Congress investigates internal combustion engines when a kerosene shortage arises. Chilson, Robert, THE SHORES OF KANSAS (Popular Library 1976) %W Teddy Roosevelt was assassinated. %S ... Christopher, John, FIREBALL (Dutton 1981, 0525297383; Tempo 1984) %S Two boys are caught in a strange ball of fire, emerging in ancient Roman times where they help Christians overthrow the Roman Empire. ----------------, NEW FOUND LAND (Dutton 1983, 0525440496) %S The boys flee to N America and face more adventures with Viking settlers and Aztecs. ----------------, DRAGON DANCE (Dutton 1986, 0525442278) %S The boys travel on to California. Churchill, Winston S., "If Lee had not Won the Battle of Gettysburg", in (all eds.); and %T German tr. by Walter Brumm as "Wenn Lee die Schlacht von Gettysburg nicht gewonnen Hatte", in _Heyne Science Fiction Magazin_ #9 %W Jeb Stuart reached the battlefield in time to support Pickett's charge. Later, Lee unilaterally freed the slaves and Britain recognized the CSA. %S Some theorizing about how a Confederate defeat at Gettysburg might have prevented the formation of the English-speaking union. Clagett, John, A WORLD UNKNOWN (Popular Library 1975) %W Jesus never lived and Constantine dissolved the Roman empire. %S A man finds himself in another world after a nuclear airplane experiment goes awry. Clark, Ronald W., THE BOMB THAT FAILED (Morrow 1969; vt THE LAST DAY OF THE OLD WORLD, Cape 1969) %W The Trinity test was a failure, due in part to Klaus Fuchs. %S An agonizing invasion of Kyushu leads to US use of rice fungus bombs, and the Soviets exploit border incidents for a drive on the English Channel. Clarke, Comer, IF THE NAZIS HAD COME (World 1962) %S ... Clarke, Gerald, "Yorktown: If the British Had Won", in _Time_ 2 Nov 1981 %S ... Coleman, Terry, EMPIRE (Sinclair-Stevenson ...) %W Texas never joined the Union. %S ... Collyn, George, "Unification Day", in _New Worlds_ May 1966; and THE TRAPS OF TIME (ed. Michael Moorcock) (Rapp & Whiting 1968) %W Napoleon won at Waterloo. %S England notes the 150th anniversary of its inclusion in the French empire. Comins, Neil F., "What If the Earth Had Less Mass? Petiel", in %S .... Comins, Neil F., "What If the Earth Were Tilted Like Uranus? Urania", in ; rev. of article in _Astronomy_ Jul 1992 %W Earth's orbit had an obliquity of (near) 90 deg. %S Life would have had to evolve in the tropics, and when species moved on to land, mass migrations over vast distances would be necessary to avoid death in the alternately baking/freezing mid-latitudes. Comins, Neil F., "What If the Moon Didn't Exist? Solon", in ; rev. of article in _Astronomy_ Feb 1991 %W Earth was never struck by the huge planetismal that became the moon. %S Evolution would have progressed more slowly because of the greatly reduced tides and the faster winds. Comins, Neil F., "What If the Moon Were Closer to the Earth? Lunholm", in %W A combination of factors resulted in the modern lunar orbit having a radius of only 100000 km. %S Life would evolve more quickly, but face more difficulty making the transition to land. Comins, Neil F., "What If the Sun Were More Massive? Granstar", in ; rev. of article in _Astronomy_ May 1992 %S .... Compton, K.T., "If the Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Used", in _Atlantic_ Dec 1946 %S ... Conner, Mike, ARCHANGEL (Tor 1995, 0312857438) %W German use of biological warfare in WW1 got out of control, resulting in a devastating plague of hemorrhagic fever afflicting only non-black humans. %S In 1930, a newspaper photographer in "Milltown", MN, tracks down a vampire-like killer while a third wave of "Hun" afflicts the city. His attention is quickly drawn to a local plague research site. Cook, Rick, "Hackers", in _Analog_ Apr 1989 %W Space travel grew from the efforts of model rocket makers rather than nat'l programs. %S Participants in a 1989 space race encounter a man with a story about a world in which the gov't spent billions on space and achieved little. Cooper, Edmund, "Jupiter Laughs", in %W Jesus of Nazareth was slain by Herod's troops before his family could flee to Egypt. %S The murder of Jesus, his family and the magi, with an epilog about Rome's British satrap "Queen" Victoria's humiliating coronation. Cooper, Giles, THE OTHER MAN: A NOVEL BASED ON HIS PLAY FOR TELEVISION (Panther 1964) %S ... Coppel, Alfred, THE BURNING MOUNTAIN: A NOVEL OF THE INVASION OF JAPAN (HBJ 1983, 015114978X; Charter 1984) %W A lightning strike disrupted the Trinity test. %S Operations Olympic and Coronet, the invasion of Japan. Cores, Lucy, "Hail to the Chief", in %W The Watergate break-in went undiscovered and Richard Nixon was president until poor health caused his resignation in 1994. %S In 1996, a plumbers unit breaks into a Hyannisport house to retrieve a tape stolen from the San Clemente archives. Cornett, Robert: see Randle, Kevin, & Robert Cornett Corvo, Baron: see Rolfe, Frederick William Costa, A., L'APPEL DU 17 JUIN: ROMAN (Lattes 1980) %S ... Costello, Holford, ARISTOPIA. A ROMANCE-HISTORY OF THE NEW WORLD (Arena 1895) %W The first settlers in Virginia discovered a reef of pure gold and set up a Utopian colony. %S History of the land of Aristopia, from its founding to its final takeover of N America 300 years later. Costello, Matthew J., TIME OF THE FOX (ROC 1990, 0451450418) %S A mental time traveler studying what made the Beatles so great is sidetracked into "change war" action involving Rommel's Afrika Korps. -------------------, HOUR OF THE SCORPION (ROC 1991, 0451451287) %S Our hero becomes a US infantry lieutenant as the time war shifts focus to the Tet offensive and the attack on the US embassy in Saigon. -------------------, DAY OF THE SNAKE (ROC 1992) %S More time-war action, involving Pearl Harbor. Costikyan, Greg, "The West is Red", in _Asimov's Science Fiction_ May 1994 %W Marxism works and capitalism doesn't. %S An academician/computer expert from the USSR visits a Washington, DC, torn between failing capitalism and flowering Communism. Cotter, Donald R., "How World War II Really Ended", in _National Review_ 23 Aug 1985 %W The US had to invade Japan after a demonstration shot of the atomic bomb over Tokyo Bay failed to make an impression., %S The invasion bogs down due to fanatical resistance, and the Soviets intervene in 1947. Coulson, Juanita, "Unscheduled Flight", in %S The Bermuda Triangle offers a one-way trip to an America colonized by Vikings and English pirates. Coulson, Robert, "Soy la Libertad!", in %W Magellan discovered the Americas. 350 years later abolitionists blocked US annexation of Texas. %S A US Customs inspector considers the disastrous possibilities on a Balkanized N America of the assassination of Texas president Lyndon Johnson. Coulson, Robert: see also DeWeese, Gene, & Robert Coulson Counsil, Wendy, "Black Handkerchiefs", in Dec 1991 %W After defeating the US in WW2, the Japanese set the AmerInds up as governors of the country. %S Decades after the war, white Americans meet secretly to enjoy relics of Euro-American culture, and argue with a man who advocates accommodation. %C May not be AH. Lack of detail leaves room for the possibility that the Japanese defeat the US in the future. Coward, Noel, PEACE IN OUR TIME: A PLAY IN TWO ACTS AND EIGHT SCENES (Doubleday 1948); included in THE COLLECTED PLAYS OF NOEL COWARD: PLAY PARADE (Heinemann 1958) %W Nazi Germany invaded and conquered England in the fall of 1940, with an Allied counter-invasion in 1945. %S How an occupied people relate to their conquerors, as demonstrated by the patrons of a pub, variously resisters and collaborators. %C A play first presented at the Theater Royale in Brighton in July 1947. Cox, Glen E., "The More Things Change...", in %W Dewey defeated Truman in the election of 1948. %S How playing hardball over Communism led to Dewey's win. Cox, Irving E., Jr. "In the Circle of Nowhere", in _Universe_ Jul 1954; _Fantastic_ Jan 1960; ; and COSMIC CRITIQUES (eds. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) (Writer's Digest 1990, 0898793947) %T German tr. by Sylvia Brecht-Pukallus as "Im Kreis des Nirgendwo", in %S Following a study of racial equality, an AmerInd from a world where red men enslaved Europe is transported to our Chicago. Cox, Richard (ed.), OPERATION SEA LION (Thornton Cox 1974, 090272617X; Presidio 1977, 0891410155) %W Nazi Germany carried out Operation Seeloewe, invading England on 22 Sep 1940. %S A detailed account of Germany's miserable 5-day failure. %C Based on a war game played out in 1974 by British and West German officers. %C Synopsis in Morton's "Introduction to Sealion". Cron, Thomas, "Tuning the Crosswhen Radio", in [Clayton Junior College] _The Clay Tablet_ 1980 %S The purchase of a radio lets its proud new owner pick up broadcasts from other timelines. Cronin, Philip M., "If Britain Had Suppressed America's War for Independence", in _Harvard Magazine_ Jul/Aug 1976 %W ... %S Three possible American histories. Crosby, Ernest, "If the South Had Been Allowed to Go", in _North American Review_ Dec 1903 %W ... %S Slavery withers away and the states re-unite. Crowley, John, "Great Work of Time", in NOVELTY (Doubleday 1990, 0385261713, 0385263473); and THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, SEVENTH ANNUAL COLLECTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (St. Martin's 1990, 0312044518, 0312044526) %W Cecil Rhodes died in 1893, and left his fortune to endow a secret society to preserve and extend the British Empire. %S Among other tasks, the Otherhood must ensure that Rhodes dies before he can rethink his will. Crumey, Andrew, MUSIC, IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (Daedalus 1994) %S An alternate Britain experiences the fall of Communism. Cunliffe, Marcus, "What If?", in _American Heritage_ Dec 1982 %C Discussion of counterfactual arguments, with examples from the American presidency. (Follow-up letters to editor appear in Feb 83 issue.) Cupp, Scott, "Thirteen Days of Glory", in RAZORED SADDLES (eds. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto) (Dark Harvest 1989, 0913165492; Avon 1990, 0380711680) %W The defenders of the Alamo were homosexuals defending their lifestyle. %S Drag-queens fight an outraged Mexican army. %C Borderline secret history, but for reasons of personal safety, Cupp has stated it is AH. Dabney, Virginia, "If the South had Won the War", in _American Mercury_ Oct 1936 %W Pickett's Charge succeeded, and the defenders of Vicksburg were a bit more tenacious. %S A look at the CSA during Huey Long's presidency. Daniel, Kate, "The _Defiant_ Disaster", in %W Amelia Earhart survived the crash at Howland Island. %S Years later, as head of the Nat'l Space Exploration Administration, she must cope with the space plane accident that killed Chuck Yeager. Daniels, Tony, "The Careful Man Goes West", in Jul 1992 %W AmerInds were absorbed peacefully into a multi-cultural society. %S People have the ability to choose from a variety of possible futures, and one of them picked one in which the AmerInds were instead wiped out. Daniels, Tony, "God's Foot", in _Asimov's Science Fiction_ May 1993 %W What if the Eurasian and African tectonic plates collided with the N American during the late Cretaceous. %S A Korean-Japanese tourist climbs the great Appalachian peak Cheaha and becomes embroiled in a conflict between strange Western gods. Dann, Jack, THE MEMORY CATHEDRAL (not yet published); expansion of "Da Vinci Rising", in _Asimov's_ May 1995 %W Leonardo Da Vinci developeds his flying machine with the help of Niccolo Machiavelli. %S The machine is taken over by the Milanese government to use for aerial bombing to conquer the other city-states. Davidson, Avram, "O Brave New World!", in %W Offered the choice of going to hell or to America, George II's heir opted for the latter. %S The center of British power shifts to Philadelphia, leading to an English uprising in the early 1800s against American tyranny. Davidson, Avram: see also Goldstone, Cynthia, & Avram Davidson Davin, Eric L., "Avenging Angel", in FAR FRONTIERS II/SPRING 1985 (eds. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen) (Baen 1985, 0671559540); and THE FANTASTIC CIVIL WAR (ed. Frank McSherry, Jr.) (Baen 1991, 0671720635) %W The CSA developed a long-range rocket and fired it on Washington during Lincoln's second inauguration, 4 Mar 1865. %S An explanation of its development and how it provoked the sack of Richmond and a harsher Reconstruction. Davis, Grania, "Chroncop", in Aug 1993 %S A time cop looks for a group of missing tourists, with brief mention of visits to AH worlds. Davis, Guy, BAKER STREET: HONOUR AMONG PUNKS (Caliber 1990) %W World War II never happened. %S ... de Camp, L. Sprague, "Aristotle and the Gun", in _Astounding_ Feb 1958; GUN FOR DINOSAUR AND OTHER IMAGINATIVE TALES (Doubleday 1963); ALPHA 3 (ed. Robert Silverberg) (Ballantine 1972); ANALOG: WRITER'S CHOICE (ed. Stanley Schmidt) (Davis/Dial ...); SPACE MAIL VOL. II (eds. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph Olander) (Fawcett 1982, 0449244814); ; and THE LEGEND BOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (Legend 1991; vt MODERN CLASSICS OF SCIENCE FICTION, St. Martin's 1992, 0312072384, St. Martin's 1993, 0312088477) %T German tr. by Werner Fuchs as "Ein Yankee bei Aristoteles", in EIN YANKEE BEI ARISTOTELES (Heyne 1980) %W Aristotle abandoned the study of natural science. %S Trying to teach Aristotle the scientific method, a time traveler instead overawes and sours him on scientific research. de Camp, L. Sprague, LEST DARKNESS FALL (Ballantine 1949; Pyramid 1963; Ballantine 1974; Ballantine 1983); rev. of "Lest Darkness Fall", in _Unknown_ Dec 1939 %T Portuguese tr. by Eurico Fonseca as A LUZ E AS TREVAS (Livros do Brasil 1987) %S Transported to Rome in the time of Justinian, a man decides to start up a few modern industries and avert the Dark Ages. de Camp, L. Sprague, "The Round-Eyed Barbarians", in _Amazing Stories_ Jan 1992; ; and THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TENTH ANNUAL COLLECTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (Martin's 1993, 0312094248, 031209423X; vt THE BEST NEW SCIENCE FICTION: 7TH ANNUAL COLLECTION, Robinson 1993, 1854872346) %W The Chinese discovered the Americas at about the same time as Columbus. %S C. 1560, Spanish and Chinese explorers meet in N America, and a dispute over a Spaniard's elopement with a AmerInd girl must be settled. de Camp, L. Sprague, "The Wheels of If", in _Unknown_ Dec 1940; THE WHEELS OF IF (Shasta 1948); THE WHEELS OF IF AND OTHER SCIENCE-FICTION (Berkley 1970, 0425018938); THE VIRGIN AND THE WHEELS (Popular Library 1976); ; THE WHEELS OF IF & THE PUGNACIOUS PEACEMAKER (Tor SF Double #20) (Tor 1990, 0812502027); and UNKNOWN WORLDS: TALES FROM BEYOND (ed. ...) (Bristol Park 1993, 0884860779) %W Oswiu of Northumbria adopted the Celtic rather than Roman branch of Christianity. Later, the Arabs won at Tours. %S A DA from our New York finds himself residing in the body of a Celtic Christian bishop in "New Belfast". %C Sequel is Turtledove's "The Pugnacious Peacemaker". Dean, William, "A Passage in Italics", in May 1972 %W Italy invented the first atomic bomb and won WW2. %S An Occupying Forces MP harasses the customers in an Amerian barbershop. Later, the barber discovers his straight razor has disappeared. DeBrandt, Don H., THE QUICKSILVER SCREEN (Ballantine 1992, 0345373413) %S Adventures of a professional viewer in a 21st century in which Infinite Range TV provides a look at other timelines. Dedman, Stephen, "From Whom All Blessings Flow", in Apr 1994 %S .... deFord, Miriam Allen, "Slips Take Over", in Sept 1964; and %S ... Deighton, Len, SS-GB: NAZI-OCCUPIED BRITAIN 1941 (Cape 1978, 0224016067; G.K. Hall 1979, 0816167486; Knopf 1979, 0394504097; Ballantine 1980, 0345284941; Curley 1992, 0792713249, 0792713230) %T German tr. by Kurt Wagenseil & Ursula Pommer as SS-GB (Heyne 1983) %T Portuguese tr. by Roberto Raposo as SS-GB (Civilizacao Brasileira 1980) %W Germany won the Battle of Britain. %S A Scotland Yard detective tries to raise his motherless son and investigate a murder in occupied England. %C Synopsis in Giordano's WENN HITLER DEN KRIEG GEWONNEN HAETTE. Del Rey, Lester, [& Paul W. Fairlane], THE INFINITE WORLDS OF MAYBE (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1966) %S Crosstimers view the 2nd American War Between the States. Delaplace, Barbara, "Farewell, My Buddy", in %W Humphrey Bogart became a private detective rather than an actor. %S His business about to go belly-up, Bogey broods about how unrealistic Hollywood tec movies are, particularly those starring Ray Chandler. Delaplace, Barbara, "No Other Choice", in %W Dewey ousted Roosevelt from the White House in 1944. %S Rather than bomb Hiroshima, Dewey orders that a demonstration shot of the atomic bomb be given, but the Japanese refuse to surrender. Delaplace, Barbara, "Painted Bridges", in %W Hitler was committed to an asylum before he gained power. %S A Jewish psychiatrist tries art therapy, but in the case of patient Schickelgruber it backfires powerfully. Delaplace, Barbara, "Standing Firm", in %W Neville Chamberlain was made of sterner stuff. %S How Chamberlain made up his mind to stand up to Hitler at Munich, including a conversation with appeasement proponent Churchill. Delaplace, Barbara: see also Haldeman, Jack C. II, & Barbara Delaplace Delisle de Sales, Jean Claude Izouard, MA REPUBLIQUE (... 1791) %C A history text of France, but chapter 21 speculates on an alternate French Revolution resulting from a stronger Louis XVI. Deloria, Vine, Jr., "Why the U.S. Never Fought the Indians", in _Christian Century_ 7-14 Jan 1976 %W In 1813, southern AmerInds joined with Tecumseh to oppose both the US and Britain in the War of 1812, earning themselves a seat at Ghent. %S Sharing N America leads to a more humane society, despite such troubles as the presidential succession crisis of 1876 and the buffalo war of 1880. Dent, Guy, EMPEROR OF THE IF (Heinemann 1926) %W England was not subject to glaciers during the Ice Ages. %S ... Denton, Bradley, "The Territory", in Jul 1992; and THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, TENTH ANNUAL COLLECTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (St. Martin's 1993, 0312094248, 031209423X; vt THE BEST NEW SCIENCE FICTION: 7TH ANNUAL COLLECTION, Robinson 1993, 1854872346) %W After his brother was killed by Unionists in 1861, Sam Clemens decided to remain in Missouri rather than move west to Nevada. %S Joining Quantrill's raiders just in time for the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, Clemens begins to wonder about the mess he's gotten into. %C Nominee: 1992 Nebula for best novella, 1993 Hugo for best novella. Denton, Bradley, WRACK & ROLL (Popular Library 1986, 0445203064) %W Roosevelt choked on a chicken bone in 1933, and Patton rolled into Russia after the fall of Germany. %S NASA is destroyed by fans after a 1967 lunar disaster kills a rock star. In 1979, her daughter goes on tour. Derleth, August, & Mack Reynolds, "The Adventure of the Snitch in Time", in THE MISADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (ed. ... Wolfe) (Citadel 1991, 0806512350) %S In infinite alternate worlds, even fiction might be true. A traveler visits one such to ask Sherlock Holmes for help. DeWeese, Gene, & Robert Coulson, "Queen of the Timies", in %S ... Dexter, Lewis A., "What If Joseph McCarthy Had Not Been a U.S. Senator in 1950-55? and/or What If There Had Been a Serious, Responsible Senator with Gifts as Great as McCarthy's for Publicity Who Had Pre-Empted the Communism-in-Government Issue from Him in 1949", in %W As the title says. %C Without obvious witch-hunting, a better job of explaining the dangers of proStalinism and rooting it out would have occurred. Di Filippo, Paul, "Anne", in _Science Fiction Age_ Nov 1992 %W Concerned about Hitler, Otto Frank sent his daughters to America with his brothers-in-law, where they move to Hollywood. %S Excerpts from the diary of Anne Holland, from reading for a part in THE WIZARD OF OZ to her divorce from Mickey Rooney in 1951. Di Filippo, Paul, "Campbell's World", in _Amazing Stories_ Sep 1993 %W Anthropologist Joseph Campbell became editor of _Astounding_ in 1937. %S A Navajo story-writer recounts Campbell's plans to publish tales leading to world harmony and how they averted WW2. Di Filippo, Paul, "Mairzy Doats", in Feb 1991 %W Harry Truman became a career soldier, Robert Heinlein went into politics, and atomic and rocket research moved at a much faster pace. %S In a 1948 Heinleinian America, an SF writer meets the president and is recruited for a mission to the Moon to hunt down Axis refugees. Di Filippo, Paul, "Walt and Emily", serial in _Interzone_ #77 & #78 (Nov & Dec 1993); and THE STEAMPUNK TRILOGY (Four Walls Eight Windows 1995, 1568580232) %S An encounter between Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Di Filippo, Paul, "World Wars III", in _Interzone_ #55 (Jan 92) %W Starting with Einstein in 1918, every nuclear physicist was murdered, and nuclear weapons were never developed. %S A soldier in Kiel c 1970 for the big allied push against the Soviets meets an old reporter with a crazy tale about time travelling. Di Filippo, Paul: see also Rucker, Rudy, & Paul Di Filippo DiChario, Nicholas A., "Dao De Qing", in %S ... DiChario, Nicholas A., "Extreme Feminism", in %W The struggle for women's suffrage in America was more violent. %S Susan B. Anthony participates in a gun purchase and a demonstration gone awry, and despite her desires finds herself becoming an outlaw. DiChario, Nicholas A., "Giving Head", in %S After a head injury, Manfred von Richthofen is forced to visit Sigmund Freud, who is studying what make a man a perfect warrior. DiChario, Nicholas A., "Would He Do Woody?", in %W "Eddie" Chaplin didn't achieve on the silver screen. %S The tale of a modern silent actor named Charlie Chaplin who's just made a movie about his grandfather who didn't quite make it in show biz Dick, Philip K., THE CRACK IN SPACE (Ace 1966) %T Portuguese tr. Elisabeth Maria Jesus de Souza as FENDA NO ESPACO (Europa-America 1984) %W Sinanthropes rather than man's predecessors became the dominant primates. %S The future of our world tries to use this alternate world to relieve overpopulation problems. %C Synopsis in Lodi-Ribeiro's "Historias Naturais Alternativas". Dick, Philip K., THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE (Putnam's 1962; Penguin 1965; Berkley 1974, 0425039080; Gollancz 1975, 0575019581; Gregg 1979, 0839824769; Vintage 1992, 0679740678; ROC UK 1993, 014017172X) %T German tr. by Heinz Nagel as DAS ORAKEL VOM BERGE (Bastei-Lubbe 1982) %T Portuguese tr. by Silvia Escorel as O HOMEM DO CASTELO ALTO (Brasiliense 1985) %W Before his 1933 inauguration, FDR was assassinated in Miami, which eventually led to the Axis winning WW2. %S Relations between Americans and their rulers, with light from the Tao and an AH novel about a world in which the Axis lost the war. %C Winner: 1963 Hugo for best novel Dick, Philip K., RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH (Arbor House 1985, 0877957622; Avon 1987, 0380702886) %S ... Dickinson, Peter, KING AND JOKER (Pantheon 1976, 0394406036; G.K. Hall 1976, 0816164347; Hodder & Stoughton 1976, 0340207000; Avon 1977; Mysterious 1993) ---------------, SKELETON-IN-WAITING (Bodley Head 1989, 0370313550; Pantheon 1989, 0394580028; Thorndike 1990, 01560540044) %W Edward Duke of Clarence did not die in 1887 and became king of England in 1910 rather than his brother George. %S Princess Louise (b. 1963) discovers some skeletons in the (royal) family closet and must solve some mysteries. Dicks, Terrance, TIMEWYRM: EXODUS (Dr. Who 1991, 0426203577) %W The Nazis conquered Britain. %S A Dr. Who crosstime adventure. Disraeli, Isaac, "Of a History of Events Which Have Not Happened", in CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE (ed. Benjamin Disraeli) (Moxon 1849; Routledge, Warne & Routledge 1863; William Veazie 1864; Widdleton 1865) %C Essay on possible alternatives in history, but without much development. %C Discussed in Stableford's "A Note on Alternate History". Dixon, Dougal, THE NEW DINOSAURS: AN ALTERNATE EVOLUTION (Grafton 1988, 0246132590; Salem House 1988, 0881623016; Fawcett 1989, 0449904423) %W The KT meteorite impacts never occurred and the Great Extinction of the dinosaurs never happened. %S Pictorial biology of the modern result of continued dinosaur evolution. Dixon, Larry: see Lackey, Mercedes, & Larry Dixon d'Ormesson, Jean, LA GLOIRE DE L'EMPIRE (Gallimard 1971) %T English tr. by Barbara Bray as THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE (Knopf 1974, 0394481216) %W Eurasia was united under a single empire. %S ... Dorrington, Nigel, "The Court Martial", in THE DRABBLE PROJECT (eds. Rob Meades & David B. Wake) (Beccon 1988) %S ... Douay, D., LE PRINCIPE DE L'OEUF (Calmann-Levy 1980) %S ... Dowd, Maureen, "It's a Wonderful 2d Term (Apologies to Mr. Capra)", in _The New York Times_ 8 Nov 1992 %W George Bush fired two hardline advisors and refocused his presidency on domestic affairs. %S How Bush could have enjoyed a 97% approval rating by 1992 and easily embarked on a second term. Downing, David, THE MOSCOW OPTION: AN ALTERNATIVE SECOND WORLD WAR (New English Library 1979, 0450039463; St. Martin's 1980, 0312548915) %W An Aug 1941 plane crash left Hitler lying in a coma and Goering in charge of the 3rd Reich for 6 months. %S Left to its own devices the Wehrmacht took Moscow in Oct 1941. Also, details on Pearl Harbor, Malta, Cairo, Midway, Panama and Jerusalem. Doyle, Arthur Conan, "The Death Voyage", in _Saturday Evening Post_ 28 Sep 1929; _Strand_ Oct 1929; UNCOLLECTED STORIES: THE UNKNOWN CONAN DOYLE (eds. John Michael Gibson & Richard Lancelyn Green) (Secker & Warburg 1982, 0436133016; Doubleday 1982, 038519028X) %W Wilhelm II did not abdicate. %S The Kaiser travels to Kiel and convinces the sailors to give up their revolt and sail into one last grand battle against the British. Drake, David, FORTRESS (Tor 1987; Tor 1988, 0812536207, 0812536215) %W JFK escaped assassination and in 1965 announced a Star Wars-like missile defense program. %S In 1985, a former NSA agent is caught between Americans, Neo-Nazis, Jews and space aliens in a fight for control of an orbital defense platform. Dreyfus, Richard, & Harry Turtledove, THE TWO GEORGES (Tor/Forge 1995; Hodder & Stoughton 1995; NEL 1995, not yet published) %W The American Revolution ended peacefully, with the colonies still part of the British crown. %S ... Droit, Jacques, MALHEUREUX ULYSSE (... 1956) %W Louis XVI escaped arrest. %S In 1870, France is ruled by Louis XIX. Duits, Charles, PTAH HOTEP: ROMAN (Denoel 1971, 1981) %W Constantine suppressed Christianity. %S Far future of a Egyptian-Roman-Arab world. Duncan, Dave: see Hood, Ken Dunn, J.R., "Crux Gammata", in Oct 1992 %W Nazi Germany invaded England and won at Stalingrad, thereby conquering Europe before the US could enter the war. %S In the early 1970s, the first American rock band to tour Nazi Europe tries to avoid provoking an incident, but the authorities have other plans. Dunn, J.R., "Long Knives", in L. RON HUBBARD PRESENTS WRITERS OF THE FUTURE: VOLUME III (ed. Algis Budrys) (Bridge 1987, 0884042456) %S Agents from one timeline protect hated leaders (e.g., Hitler) in others from crosstime assassins. Dunn, J.R., "Men of Good Will", in _Amazing Stories_ Mar 1993 %W Archimedes built machines to replace slaves, and the contributions of others led to an industrial revolution 1800 years early. %S A Roman agent is sent to Jerusalem to extract a Galilean rabbi who seems to be at the center of possible trouble for the empire. Dupuy, Trevor N., OPTIONS OF COMMAND (Hippocrene 1984) %C Extrapolations based on changes in command decisions during 10 WW2 battles, including the Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, and Normandy. Dvorkin, David, BUDSPY (F. Watts 1987, 0531150534) %W Hitler was killed by a Russian attack while visiting the Eastern Front in Mar 1943 and his successors made peace with the US and Britain. %S In 1988, while hunting for a Red spy in the Berlin embassy, an American agent finds that Germany hasn't reformed as much as it pretends. Dyer, S.N., "Resolve and Resistance", in _Omni_ Apr 1995 %W Napoleon invaded and conquered England. %S Lord Nelson is drawn into a plan for a dephlogisticated-air balloon assault on London to capture Napoleon. Easton, Thomas A., "Black Earth and Destiny", in %W Andrew Jackson outmaneuvered John Quincy Adams and was elected president in 1824, four years early. %S Jackson invested government money in biological research. 70 years later, George Washington Carver contemplates two job offers. Ede-Borrett, Stephen, "1688--The Glorious Revolution and the War that Never Was", in _Miniature Wargames_ #65 (Oct 1988) %C ... Edwards, Owen Dudley, "If I had been... William Ewart Gladstone in 1880", in %W Gladstone appointed a more progressive Cabinet at the beginning of his 2nd term as British Prime Minister. %C With his Cabinet's backing, Gladstone pushes through Parliament a Land Bill which would alleviate Irish unrest. Edmondson, G.C., TO SAIL THE CENTURY SEA (Ace 1981) %S The US gov't, during Nixon's 4th term, sends a team back to alter the Council of Nicaea in 325 and the future course of East-West relations. %C Non-AH predecessor is THE SHIP THAT SAILED THE TIME STREAM. Effinger, George Alec, "Everything but Honor", in %T Portuguese tr. by Icaro S. Franca as "Tudos Menos a Honra", in _Isaac Asimov Magazine de Ficcao Cientifica_ #6 %W Robert E. Lee fought for the Union and the Civil War was over before Lincoln could issue an Emancipation Proclamation. %S Thinking things would be better, a black physicist working in 1938 Imperial Germany goes back in time to make Lee follow a different path. Effinger, George Alec, "The Fifteen-Minute Falcon", in %W Gypsy Rose Lee was a private detective. %S THE MALTESE FALCON retold in 14 pages with all gender roles reversed. Effinger, George Alec, LOOK AWAY (Axolotl 1990) %W An internat'l peacekeeping force intervened in the American Civil War. %S ... Effinger, George Alec, "Prince Pat", in %W The "3rd Generation" of Kennedys included some extra children, including JFK's son Patrick. %S In 2000, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy runs for president with the aid of his numerous cousins, all intent on avoiding 1990s style marketing-politics. Effinger, George Alec, RELATIVES: A NOVEL (Harper & Row 1973, 0060111496; Dell 1976); rev. of "The City on the Sand", in Apr 1973; and "Relatives", in BAD MOON RISING (ed. Thomas M. Disch) (Harper & Row 1973, 0060110465) %S One world in which Europe never colonized America or Africa, another in which Germany won WW1. Effinger, George Alec, "Schroedinger's Kitten", in _Omni_ Sep 1989 THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, SIXTH ANNUAL COLLECTION (ed. Gardner Dozois) (St. Martin's 1989, 0312030096, 0312030088); THE 1989 ANNUAL WORLD'S BEST SF (eds. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 1989); NEBULA AWARDS 24: SFWA'S CHOICE FOR THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY OF THE YEAR 1988 (ed. Michael Bishop) (Arbor House 1989); and THE NEW HUGO AWARDS: VOLUME III (ed. Connie Willis & Martin H. Greenberg) (Baen 1994, 067187604X; SFBC 1994) %S An Arab girl who dreams of potential futures becomes a quantum physicist. Later she meets Hugh Everett (of the many worlds theory). %C Winner: 1988 Nebula for best novelette, 1989 Hugo for best novelette Effinger, George Alec, "Shootout at Gower Gulch", in %W Frank James prevented Bob Ford from killing his brother Jesse. %S James eventually becomes a famous Hollywood actor, but Ford has a relative who also ended up in Hollywood. Effinger, George Alec, "Target: Berlin! The Role of the Air Force Four-Door Hardtop", in NEW DIMENSIONS 6 (ed. Robert Silverberg) (Harper & Row 1976, 0060138645); and %T German tr. by Juergen Langowski as "Ziel: Berlin!", in %W In a fit of sanity, world leaders decided to postpone WW2. %S Excerpts from Effinger's book on how the WW2 of the 1970s was fought with automobiles instead of aircraft in order to conserve fuel. Eisenstein, Phyllis, SHADOW OF EARTH (Dell 1979) %S A female student from our world is stuck in a chauvinist Midwest of a world where the Spanish Armada triumphed. Eklund, Gordon, ALL TIMES POSSIBLE (DAW 1974) %S A man from a timeline where the US went fascist after FDR's murder sets out to change the past and becomes dictator of Red America. Eklund, Gordon, "The Karamazov Caper", in %W Pope Innocent VIII was assassinated in 1486 and his successor suppressed knowledge of Columbus's voyage. Later, Bering "discovered" the Americas. %S 400 years later, tsarist agent Leon Trotsky investigates the ritualistic murder of a babe near Seattle. Eklund, Gordon, "Red Skins", in Jan 1981 %W The Americas were discovered in 1219 by a Moslem, but not seriously colonized until Europeans showed up c. 1700. %S 100 years after AmerInds banded together to handle the immigration problem, Nazi Germany threatens war if scientist-refugees are not returned. Eklund, Gordon, "The Rising of the Sun", in %T German tr. by Sylvia Brecht-Pukallus as "Die Sonne geht auf", in %W Europe fell to the Moslems and was discovered by the Incas in 1600. %S In 1899, a renegade Arab inventor detonates an atomic weapon over Cuzco just as the city falls to the Aztecs. Eklund, Gordon, SERVING IN TIME (Laser 1975, 0373720068) %W George Washington was killed in New York in August 1776, and the US did not become independent until after a second rebellion in 1796. %S A boy from 2169 is forced into the Time Service and discovers that he must fix American history. Elgin, Suzette Haden, "Hush My Mouth", in %T German tr. by Sylvia Brecht-Pukallus as "Schweig stille, Mund!", in %W The North refused to enlist black soldiers during the Civil War, and blacks ejected whites from the South after devastating epidemics. %S Blacks have found that their only common language is the oppressor's English. Some refuse to speak until a better tongue is found. Elliot, Jeffrey M.: see Reginald, Robert, & Jeffrey M. Elliot Ellis, Charles D., THE SECOND CRASH (Simon & Schuster 1973, 0671214748) %W Jack Golsen did not bail out the brokerage firm of Hayden, Stone in 1970, thus provoking the worst Wall Street crash in history. %S Description of the financial aftermath, plus Senate hearings revealing Wall Street's many excesses and consequent legislation. Erickson, Steve, TOURS OF THE BLACK CLOCK (Poseidon 1989, 0671649213; Avon 1990, 0380709449) %W Germany did not invade the Soviet Union in 1941, but did invade England in 1942, and Mexico sometime later. %S ... Eriksson, James S., AMERICA VICHINGA (Frasinelli 1984) %S ... Etienne, Gerard, UN AMBASSADEUR-MACOUTE A MONTREAL (Nouvelle-Optique 1979, 289017008X) %W Quebec seceded from Canada in 1970. %S Interaction between the Duvalier dictatorship of Haiti and Quebecois separatists. Evans, Christopher, AZTEC CENTURY (Gollancz 1993, 0575055405, 0575055383; Gollancz 1994, 0575057122) %W The Aztecs were not defeated. %S The Aztecs rule 20th century Britain. %C Winner: 1994 BSFA Award for best novel Falconer, Stuart, "Fugue and Variations", in _Interzone_ #85 (Jul 1994) %W Franz Sussmayr was felled by rheumatic fever in 1791 rather than Wolfgang Mozart. %S A modern man explores his grandfather's odd library, reading about Mozart's life until 1825, including his meeting with Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the origin of Wagner's opera _Frankenstein_. Farber, Sharon N., "Trans Dimensional Imports", in Aug 1980 %S A woman publishes fiction never written in our timeline and gains moral strength from talking to her counterpart in another. Farmer, Philip Jose, "Sail On, Sail On", in _Startling Stories_ Dec 1952; A CENTURY OF SCIENCE FICTION (ed. Damon Knight) (Simon & Schuster 1962); ; DECADE: THE 1950'S (eds. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison) (Macmillan 1976, 0333190017; St. Martin's 1978, 0312189850?; St. Martin's 1980, 03121898707); SF: AUTHOR'S CHOICE (ed. Harry Harrison) (Berkley 1968, 1976); THE ROAD TO SCIENCE FICTION #3: FROM HEINLEIN TO HERE (ed. James Gunn) (NAL/Mentor 1979, 0451617843); A TREASURY OF MODERN FANTASY (eds. Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg) (Avon 1981, 0380771152); THE CLASSIC PHILIP JOSE FARMER, 1952-1964 (ed. Martin H Greenberg) (Crown 1984, 0517551934); THE GREAT SF STORIES: 14 (eds. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 1986, 0886771064); and MASTERS OF FANTASY (eds. Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg) (Galahad 1992; Bristol Park 1994, 0884860949) %T German tr. by Ronald M. Hahn as "Weitersegeln! Weitersegeln!", in DAS LACHELM DER GIOCONDA (ed. Rene Oth) (Luchterhand 1985) %W The world was flat, and Bacon developed a radio from theological principles. %S Columbus sails off the edge of Earth. Farmer, Philip Jose TWO HAWKS FROM EARTH (Ace 1979, 0441833659); rev. of THE GATE OF TIME (Belmont 1970, 050502016?) %T Portuguese tr. by Eurico Fonseca as UNIVERSOS PARALELOS (Livros do Brasil 1986) %S American and German pilots from different WW2s meet on an Earth where the Americas are only an archipelago, but Europe is still at war. %C Synopsis in Lodi-Ribeiro's "Historias Naturais Alternativas". Farren, Mick, NECROM (Ballantine 1991, 0345361857) %S Crosstime adventurer visits an Aztec-dominated modern Earth. Fawcett, Bill, "Lincoln's Charge", in %W Stephen Douglas won the election of 1860, but the Republican-controlled Senate still provoked Southern secession. %S In 1863, with the Union facing imminent disaster, General Abe Lincoln and his Illinois militia must lead an attack at Carrolton, Indiana. Fawcett, Bill, "Zealot", in %W Moses led his people into guerrilla warfare. %S After three years of fighting, the Hebrews occupy pharaoh's Gizan palace, but find themselves beseiged by an overwhelming force. Feeley, Gregory, "The Crab Lice", in %S ... Fehrenbach, T.R., "Remember the Alamo!", in _Analog_ Dec 1961; ANALOG 1 (ed. John W. Campbell) (Doubleday 1963); POLITICAL SCIENCE FICTION: AN INTRODUCTORY READER (eds. Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia Warrick) (Prentice-Hall 1974, 0136554044, 013685396X); and TRANSFORMATION II (ed. ... Roselle) (Fawcett 1974); and ; and THE GREAT SF TORIES: 23 (eds. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 1991, 0886774780) %W Napoleon conquered Britain. %S A Britisher from our (?) timeline goes back in time to the Alamo, but its defenders behave like 20th-century liberals. Ferguson, Brad, THE WORLD NEXT DOOR (Tor 1990, 0812537955); rev. of "The World Next Door", in Sep 1987; and THERE WILL BE WAR 8: ARMAGEDDON (eds. Jerry Pournelle & John F. Carr) (publ. unknown) %W Nuclear war broke out in the early 1960s. %S In up-state NY, 1980s survivors of the war have strange dreams of a world full of home computers, cable television, etc. Ferguson, Neil, "The Monroe Doctrine", in _Interzone_ #6; and INTERZONE: THE FIRST ANTHOLOGY: NEW SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITING (eds. John Clute, Colin Greenland & David Pringle) (J.M. Dent 1985, 0460022946; St Martin's 1985, 031242535X) %W Marilyn Monroe was elected president. %S When the Soviets invade Czechoslovakia, Marilyn tries a little personal diplomacy on Leonid Brezhnev. Ferrell, Thomas H., "What If There Were a Unitary Rather Than a Federal System?", in WHAT IF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SYSTEM WERE DIFFERENT? (ed. Herbert M. Levine) (M.E. Sharpe 1992, 1563240092, 1563240106) %W The Constitution of 1787 was rejected, but after civil unrest, a more centrist Constitution was adopted in 1797. %C Description of US government and political parties under a system in which states are little more than geographic regions. Finch, Sheila, "If There Be Cause", in _Amazing Stories_ Feb 1992; and %W Sir Francis Drake planted the seed of Protestantism among AmerInds of the Pacific Coast. %S 200 years later, religious war breaks out when the Spanish begin their colonization of California. Finch, Sheila, INFINITY'S WEB (Bantam 1985, 0553252518) %S Analogous versions of the same woman interact through particle physics, Tarotry, mysticism and a twist in spacetime. Finch, Sheila, "Old Man and C", in _Amazing Stories_ Nov 1989; and %W A Swiss patent office employee quit his job to become a professional musician. %S As the USA drops a new type of bomb in Korea, a 75-year-old Einstein frets about whether he's wasted his life as a violin teacher. Finch, Sheila, "Reichs-Peace", in %W Rudolf Hess's flight was successful and a Pan-European federation began a 1000-year peace. %S An attempt to use telepathy to rescue Hitler's adoptive son after an accident on the Moon. Finney, Jack, THE WOODROW WILSON DIME (Simon & Schuster 1968); rev. of "The Other Wife" (vt "The Coin Collector"), in _Saturday Evening Post_ Jan 1960; THE 5TH ANNUAL OF THE WORLD'S BEST S-F (ed. Judith Merrill) (Simon & Schuster 1960); I LOVE GALESBURG IN THE SPRING (Simon & Schuster 1963) (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1975); ABOUT TIME: TWELVE STORIES (Simon & Schuster 1986, 0671628879); and THREE BY FINNEY (Simon & Schuster 1987, 0671640488)) %S Adventures in various timelines with minor differences. Fisher, H.A.L., "If Napoleon had Escaped to America", in _Scribner's_ Jan 1931; (all eds.); and PAGES FROM THE PAST (Clarendon 1939; Books for Libraries 1969, 0836912608) %T German tr. by Walter Brumm as "Wenn Napoleon nach Amerika entkommen ware", in _Heyne Science Fiction Magazin_ #12 %W Napoleon did not surrender after Waterloo but fled to Boston. %S L'empereur looks for new lands to conquer and focuses on S America, but will it be enough? Fleming, Peter, OPERATION SEA LION: THE PROJECTED INVASION OF ENGLAND IN 1940, AN ACOOUNT OF THE GERMAN PREPARATIONS AND THE BRITISH COUNTERMEASURES (Simon & Schuster 1957; Ace ...; Greenwood 1977, 0837194296; vt INVASION 1940: AN ACOOUNT OF THE GERMAN PREPARATIONS AND THE BRITISH COUNTERMEASURES, Hart-Davis 1957; Pan 1975) %W Germany occupied England in 1940 _or_ made no invasion preparations at all. %C Mostly background mat'l but chapter 20 discusses events which could not have occurred if either supposition were true. Flynn, John L., "Paradox Lost", in ... %W The Library of Alexandria was not burned. %S ... Flynn, Michael F., "Forest of Time", in _Analog_ Jun 1987 %W The US never united, resulting in a collection of independent States fighting constant border wars. %S A crosstime traveler is stranded in a Wyoming Valley where Pennsylvania is fighting for control vs Virginia and New York. Flynn, Michael F., "On the Wings of a Butterfly", in _Analog_ Mar 1989 %W Pizarro's 2nd expedition met with greater success. %S A member of the Shining Path goes back to ensure that Pizarro encounters the Inca Empire before civil war broke out. Ford, John M., THE DRAGON WAITING: A MASQUE OF HISTORY (Simon & Schuster 1983, 0671475525; Avon 1985) %W Byzantine emperor Julian mandated religious tolerance in the empire and Justinian had time to consolidate his gains. Also, magic works. %S A Welsh mage, Florentine doctor, German vampire and Greek mercenary become involved in England's Richard III's struggle for power. %C Winner: 1984 World Fantasy Award for best novel Ford, John M., "Fugue State", in Tor SF Double #25 (Tor 1990) %W A European superstate arose from WW1. %S ... Ford, John M., "Mandalay", in October 1979; ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY VOLUME 4 (ed. George Scithers) (Davis/Dial 1980; vt ISAAC ASIMOV'S WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION, Davis/Dial 1980, 0803741928) %S Crosstime travelers are stranded in a tunnel lined with hatches leading to all sorts of parallel worlds; they search for the "Homeline". ------------, "Out of Service", in Jul 1980 %S An Alternities guide is stranded after the "Fracture" and tries to convince the local gate operative that it will lead to the correct Homeline. ------------, "Slowly By, Lorena", in Nov 1980; and THE FANTASTIC CIVIL WAR (ed. Frank McSherry, Jr.) (Baen 1991, 0671720635) %S A doctor on a vacation offered by the Alternities Corporation is stranded in an 1867 where British intervention is prolonging the Civil War. ------------, "Intersections", in 26 October 1981 %S An Alternities guide crosses over into the real 1944 WW2. Forester, C.S., "If Hitler Had Invaded England", in _London Daily Mail_ ...; _Saturday Evening Post_ 16-30 Apr 1960; and GOLD FROM CRETE: TEN STORIES (Little Brown 1970; Joseph 1971, 0718108426; Pinnacle 1976) %W Nazi Germany invaded England on 30 Jun 40. %S ... Fortier, Ron, _The Boston Bombers_ #1-3, comic book series (Caliber Comics 1990) %W "Jesus" was female, leading to a matriarchal Catholic Church. %S 20th-century aventures of League of Nation operatives in a conflict against a Roman African airship. Foster, Alan Dean, "Polonaise", in ; and WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE... (Ballantine 1977, 0345257014) %W Poland became an important player on the world stage, capable of putting down Hitler in 6 months. %S A secret Polish space project to impose world peace in an age of nuclear proliferation. Fowler, Karen Joy, "Game Night at the Fox and Goose", in _Interzone_ #29 (May/Jun 1989); ; and INTERZONE, THE FIFTH ANTHOLOGY (eds. John Clute et al) (publ. unknown) %W The war between the sexes took a violent turn in 1872 when American women began to fight back against degradation. %S A woman betrayed by her boyfriend meets a traveler who says she can take her to a more equable world. Frankowski, Leo, THE CROSS-TIME ENGINEER (Ballantine 1986, 0345327624) --------------, THE HIGH-TECH KNIGHT (Ballantine 1989, 0345327632) --------------, THE FLYING WARLORD (Ballantine 1989, 0345327659) --------------, THE RADIANT WARRIOR (Ballantine 1989, 0345327640) --------------, LORD CONRAD'S LADY (Ballantine 1990, 0345368495) %S An engineer accidentally transported back to medieval Poland decides to defeat the coming Mongol invasion. Franzel, Emil: see Boeheim, Carl von Freireich, Valerie J., "Measure for Measure", in _Aboriginal_ Dec 1991 %W Wat Tyler was not killed at Smithfield but became an advisor to Richard II, prolonging that king's reign and leading to an English enlightenment. %S Two time travelers from our future and another meet outside Geoffrey Chaucer's home and fight to retain the histories they remember. Fried, Robert C., "What If Hitler Got the Bomb? (1944)", in %W After Heisenberg produced a laboratory chain reaction, Germany went on to produce A-bombs in early 1944, dropping them on London and Leningrad in May. %C An essay arguing how unlikely such a course of events was, and how the Nazis would still have lost the war due to superior Allied air power. Friesner, Esther M., DRUID'S BLOOD (NAL/Signet 1988, 0451154088) %W During the reign of Claudius in Rome, a druid magically isolated Britain from the rest of the world. %S Mage-queen Victoria employs a Holmesian detective to find a stolen grimoire on which rests her authority. Friesner, Esther M., "Jane's Fighting Ships", in %W Napoleon invaded and conquered England in 1798. %S In 1811, Jane Austen meets Davey Crockett and finds that they have much in common