Best Alternate History
- Description
- It's been said that all fiction is an alternate history where the characters actually were alive. Let's NOT go there. A list of books where one or a few historical events happen differently and, suddenly, nothing is the same
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- 17 Members
- brewergirl, hailelib, generalkala, foggidawn, AnnaClaire, norabelle414, merrystar, cataloga, susiesharp, souloftherose, elkiedee, electrice, cej1027, BomboChipolata, GHPeacock, ManWithAnAgenda, soelo,andyl ,
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26,895 members
773 reviews
3.9
Score 46.86
Added 2012-01-18, 09:38 AM
- 16 Members
- timspalding, seabear, hipdeep, sdobie, Aerrin99, norabelle414, elenchus, quigui, Crypto-Willobie, souloftherose, aadyer, Her_Royal_Orangeness, cej1027, BomboChipolata, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,generalkala , ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Too many things are different.sturlington : DNF
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13,747 members
358 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 43.89
Added 2012-01-18, 09:38 AM
- 17 Members
- andyl, Aquila, daschaich, anglemark, sdobie, rajukv, cthulhuslibrarian, pitjrw, aulsmith, otori, geitebukkeskjegg, sturlington, lewbs, leigonj, electrice, Jarandel, ManWithAnAgenda,MikeBriggs ,aadyer
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- 15 Members
- hailelib, Aquila, generalkala, sdobie, foggidawn, MikeBriggs, inge87, KimarieBee, Aerrin99, norabelle414, quigui, suitable1, souloftherose, electrice, BomboChipolata,andyl ,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Seems to me that the dragons should have made a difference earlier
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10,348 members
421 reviews
3.8
Score 39.23
Added 2012-01-17, 11:29 AM
- 12 Members
- brewergirl, hailelib, daschaich, anglemark, sdobie, rajukv, abbottthomas, aulsmith, Crypto-Willobie, sturlington, electrice, ahef1963
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- 12 Members
- andyl, hailelib, Aquila, daschaich, anglemark, sdobie, Aerrin99, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee, BomboChipolata,MikeBriggs
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- 12 Members
- hipdeep, sdobie, rajukv, cthulhuslibrarian, Aerrin99, elenchus, geitebukkeskjegg, sturlington, JGKC, aadyer, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,andyl , ,MikeBriggs ,cej1027
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- 9 Members
- Aquila, generalkala, abbottthomas, sturlington, lewbs, aadyer, BomboChipolata, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 8 Members
- hailelib, foggidawn, Aerrin99, feaelin, norabelle414, souloftherose, BomboChipolata, soelo
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- 9 Members
- timspalding, andyl, ABVR, anglemark, pitjrw, otori, geitebukkeskjegg, souloftherose, Jarandel,MikeBriggs
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- 11 Members
- brewergirl, andyl, ABVR, sdobie, rajukv, otori, geitebukkeskjegg, souloftherose, lewbs, aadyer, leigonj,generalkala ,aulsmith ,
- Explanations
- aulsmith : It was okay, but not a "best" for me
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- 8 Members
- andyl, ABVR, daschaich, abbottthomas, aulsmith, otori, geitebukkeskjegg, aadyer
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- 7 Members
- KimarieBee, sturlington, elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness, BomboChipolata, ahef1963, HeatherMoss
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by Philip Roth
8,922 members
217 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 18.75
Added 2012-02-22, 08:08 AM
- 6 Members
- abbottthomas, geitebukkeskjegg, sturlington, lewbs, elkiedee, electrice
- Explanations
- elkiedee: If someone thought it's ok to post a an antisemitic text which was a major inspiration to Nazis here - the Protocols of the Elders of Zion! - and no one else has challenged it, more people need to read this novel by Philip Roth and other fiction/non fiction about all kinds of racism.
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by Joan Aiken
3,420 members
82 reviews
4.1
Score 18.2
Added 2012-01-19, 01:48 PM
- 7 Members
- Aquila, merrystar, geitebukkeskjegg, SylviaC, sturlington, souloftherose, elkiedee,
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by Neil Gaiman
273 members
17 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 13.24
Added 2012-01-26, 06:05 PM
- 5 Members
- timspalding, sturlington, souloftherose, aadyer, soelo
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5,892 members
87 reviews
½ 3.3
Score 12
Added 2012-01-21, 05:11 AM
- 5 Members
- ABVR, sdobie, elenchus, geitebukkeskjegg, Jarandel
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3,481 members
106 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 11.62
Added 2012-01-26, 03:45 PM
- 6 Members
- andyl, daschaich, sdobie, pitjrw, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, ,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I didn't like the whole reincarnation bit (in terms of alternate history)
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809 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 11.59
Added 2013-12-14, 12:23 PM
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1,700 members
38 reviews
3.9
Score 10.97
Added 2012-01-19, 11:49 PM
- 5 Members
- ABVR, daschaich, sdobie, MikeBriggs, rajukv,timspalding ,andyl
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- 4 Members
- andyl, Aquila, geitebukkeskjegg, BomboChipolata
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- 5 Members
- rajukv, otori, sturlington, ahef1963, HeatherMoss,ManWithAnAgenda
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- 3 Members
- pitjrw, abbottthomas, lewbs
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- 3 Members
- timspalding, cthulhuslibrarian, souloftherose
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- 4 Members
- hailelib, sdobie, MikeBriggs, suitable1
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- 4 Members
- geitebukkeskjegg, sturlington, elkiedee, aadyer
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1,003 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 8.98
Added 2012-10-22, 03:59 PM
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- 5 Members
- hailelib, daschaich, sdobie, MikeBriggs, suitable1,andyl ,aulsmith ,sturlington
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Admittedly only one thing changes, but it's a hell of a big thing that requires extra-terrestrial intervention.
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- 3 Members
- andyl, ABVR, geitebukkeskjegg
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397 members
10 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 6.93
Added 2012-01-27, 01:57 PM
- 3 Members
- MikeBriggs, geitebukkeskjegg, Her_Royal_Orangeness
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- 3 Members
- sdobie, aulsmith, geitebukkeskjegg
- Explanations
- aulsmith: I wasn't completely sure that only one change led to all this, but this was a hell of a good book with a lot of surprising alternatives.
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- 3 Members
- sdobie, sturlington, elkiedee
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- 2 Members
- lachapakhan, BomboChipolata
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- 2 Members
- norabelle414, sturlington
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- 3 Members
- MikeBriggs, KimarieBee, electrice,aulsmith
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- 2 Members
- MikeBriggs, The_Froo
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- 2 Members
- hailelib, MikeBriggs
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by Joan Aiken
1,101 members
25 reviews
4.2
Score 5.92
Added 2021-08-01, 09:47 PM
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- 2 Members
- inge87, geitebukkeskjegg
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- 2 Members
- geitebukkeskjegg, Jarandel
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- 2 Members
- andyl, geitebukkeskjegg
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- 3 Members
- daschaich, MikeBriggs, geitebukkeskjegg,andyl
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- 5 Members
- hailelib, sdobie, EmScape, geitebukkeskjegg, Jarandel,andyl ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- aulsmith : If there's been magic all along, this shouldn't be the first thing that changes.
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- 2 Members
- andyl, souloftherose
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- 2 Members
- pitjrw, abbottthomas
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- 2 Members
- andyl, geitebukkeskjegg
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- 2 Members
- sturlington, elkiedee
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- 2 Members
- andyl, geitebukkeskjegg
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- 2 Members
- otori, geitebukkeskjegg
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- inge87
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- 2 Members
- ABVR, geitebukkeskjegg,MikeBriggs
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- 2 Members
- MikeBriggs, suitable1,andyl
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- 2 Members
- MikeBriggs, KimarieBee,aulsmith
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- 2 Members
- sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : It's the same world as Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy books. Interesting, but unexplained
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- 2 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963,aulsmith
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- sdobie
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- elkiedee
66
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
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- Member
- Her_Royal_Orangeness
71
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- ABVR
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- 3 Members
- ABVR, daschaich, geitebukkeskjegg,MikeBriggs ,aadyer
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- anglemark
75
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- pitjrw
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- geitebukkeskjegg
77
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- Her_Royal_Orangeness
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- 2 Members
- daschaich, geitebukkeskjegg,andyl
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2,588 members
53 reviews
3.9
Score 2.59
Added 2012-01-19, 11:51 PM
- 2 Members
- ABVR, sdobie,ManWithAnAgenda
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- daschaich
82
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- pitjrw
83
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- Aquila
84
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- geitebukkeskjegg
88
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- Aquila
89
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- MikeBriggs
91
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- daschaich
92
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- Aquila
93
- 2 Members
- otori, geitebukkeskjegg,aadyer
94
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- MikeBriggs
95
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- MikeBriggs
97
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- geitebukkeskjegg
98
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- geitebukkeskjegg
99
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- sturlington
100
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- geitebukkeskjegg