1. Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

Alternative historical fiction

Discussion in 'History Forum' started by Stratiotes, Aug 9, 2004.

Top Posters
  1. Stratiotes

    Stratiotes New Member

    Joined:
    Jul 6, 2004
    Messages:
    670
    Likes Received:
    0
    I think it is good to explore what did *not* happen in order to better understand what did. I have enjoyed Harry Turtledove novels from time to time for that reason. What are some other good ones and their genre?
     
    #1 Stratiotes, Aug 9, 2004
  2. JGrubbs

    JGrubbs New Member

    Joined:
    Feb 4, 2004
    Messages:
    4,761
    Likes Received:
    0
    I have heard that Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War by Newt Gingrich is a good book, although I haven't read it yet.

    From Publishers Weekly
    This well-executed alternative history imagines a Confederate victory at Gettysburg.
     
    #2 JGrubbs, Aug 9, 2004
  3. KenH

    KenH Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 18, 2002
    Messages:
    41,987
    Likes Received:
    1,485
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Forget the Alamo by Wallace O. Chariton. His novel postulates what might have happened if a more defensible mission in San Antonio de Bexar had been chosen instead of the Alamo - a Texican victory.
     
    #3 KenH, Aug 9, 2004
  4. Dr. Bob

    Dr. Bob Administrator
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Jun 30, 2000
    Messages:
    30,285
    Likes Received:
    507
    Faith:
    Baptist
    A wonderful tome, "What If?" edited by Robert Cowley, is a worthwhile read. It proposes some changes in events, weather, characters, etc that changed the course of history.

    I'm on my second time through it.
     
    #4 Dr. Bob, Aug 9, 2004
  5. Squire Robertsson

    Squire Robertsson Administrator
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Jul 4, 2000
    Messages:
    15,371
    Likes Received:
    2,405
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I am involved with Eric Flint's 163x universe. Take a six mile sphere with small W. Virginia coal town from 2000 at is center and drop into 1631 Thuringa, Germany. Thity Years War v. the UMWA.
     
    #5 Squire Robertsson, Aug 9, 2004
  6. Major B

    Major B <img src=/6069.jpg>

    Joined:
    May 6, 2003
    Messages:
    2,294
    Likes Received:
    0
    My dad was UMWA--where can I get this book? The 17th century armies vs the most heavily armed union in history.....
     
    #6 Major B, Aug 15, 2004
  7. Major B

    Major B <img src=/6069.jpg>

    Joined:
    May 6, 2003
    Messages:
    2,294
    Likes Received:
    0
    My favorite is the old classic, "If the South Had Won the Civil War," by McKinley Cantor. He posits that Grant falls from his horse and dies during the siege of Vicksburg, which is then abandoned, and that Hancock's line broke in panic during Pickett's charge (an unlikely event, but...).
     
    #7 Major B, Aug 15, 2004
  8. mioque

    mioque New Member

    Joined:
    May 23, 2003
    Messages:
    3,899
    Likes Received:
    0
    LEST DARKNESS FALL
    by L. Sprague de Camp
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671877364/002-9018182-7443228?v=glance

    A 20th century archeologist end's up in the Western Roman Empire, shortly before it's fall. He set's out to change history and save it.

    Crusade in Jeans
    by Thea Beckman
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/188691026X/qid=1092679785/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-9018182-7443228?v=glance&s=books

    Time traveler get's stranded in the middle ages and caught up in the disastrous Children's Crusade. It's once again time to change history and save the children from a fate worse than death.
    Apparently, the English translation isn't nearly as good as the the Dutch original.
     
    #8 mioque, Aug 16, 2004
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Loading...