alternative histories

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alternative histories

His majesty's dragon

2006
After capturing a French frigate and seizing its precious cargo, Captain Will Laurence of the HMS "Reliant" befriends the dragon Temeraire and uses his new friend to help defend his country from other airborne dragon forces.

The Great War

American front
1998
An alternate history in which the United States, and the Confederate States of America, separate nations since the Civil War, enter World War I on opposite sides of the conflict only to learn to their great misfortune that war has changed significantly in the five decades since their first clash.

Pastwatch

the redemption of Christopher Columbus
1997
Taguri, one of a group of scientists and historians living in a post-apocalyptic world, views the past through a machine, TruSite II, and discovers one of the women she is studying can see her, too. The discovery sets off a debate over whether the past can be changed to save the future.

The best alternate history stories of the 20th century

2001
A collection of alternate history stories by popular science fiction authors which explore how the world might be different if specific historical events were changed.

Pastwatch

the redemption of Christopher Columbus
1996
Taguri, one of a group of scientists and historians living in a post-apocalyptic world, views the past through a machine, TruSite II, and discovers one of the women she is studying can see her, too. The discovery sets off a debate over whether the past can be changed to save the future.

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