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Alternative History Fiction
Blonde Roots 2010
What if the history of the transatlantic slave trade had been reversed and Africans had enslaved Europeans? How would that have changed the ways that people justified their inhuman behavior? How would it inform our cultural attitudes and the insidious racism that still lingers today? We see this...
If the South Had Won the Civil War originally appeared in Look magazine nearly half a century ago. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers, and became an American Classic overnight. Published in book form soon after, Kantor's masterpiece has been unavailable...
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial “understanding” with Adolf...
In an alternate present where a temporary Jewish settlement was established in Alaska after World War II, the district of Sitka has become a vibrant, chaotic refuge—now on the brink of being dissolved. As the deadline for reversion looms, Detective Meyer Landsman, a weary and disillusioned homicide...
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The Plot Against America March 10, 2020
In an extraordinary feat of narrative invention, Philip Roth imagines an alternate history where Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the 1940 presidential election to heroic aviator and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh. Shortly thereafter, Lindbergh negotiates a cordial “understanding” with Adolf...
Blonde Roots January 5, 2010
What if the history of the transatlantic slave trade had been reversed and Africans had enslaved Europeans? How would that have changed the ways that people justified their inhuman behavior? How would it inform our cultural attitudes and the insidious racism that still lingers today? We see this...
The Yiddish Policemen's Union May 1, 2007
In an alternate present where a temporary Jewish settlement was established in Alaska after World War II, the district of Sitka has become a vibrant, chaotic refuge—now on the brink of being dissolved. As the deadline for reversion looms, Detective Meyer Landsman, a weary and disillusioned homicide...
If The South Had Won The Civil War November 3, 2001
If the South Had Won the Civil War originally appeared in Look magazine nearly half a century ago. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers, and became an American Classic overnight. Published in book form soon after, Kantor's masterpiece has been unavailable...