Here's a good alternate history webpage to peruse:
 
http://www.panix.com/~rbs/AH/
 
 
-- Mike Arnzen
 
In "Alternate Presents" (22 Jul 96 @ 10:09), Donald Larsson wrote:
 
> jarrett inquires:
> "I'm attempting to write a screenplay about an alternate present. I'm
> looking for books about the topic for ideas, I have a book called the
> Proteus Operation about scienists. If you can think of any others let me
> know. The alternate present I'm talking about is "What if Germany/Japan
> won WW2?" Let me know if you can help. I'm near tons of used book shops
> in NYC so it doesn't matter how old the books are"
>
>
> There is a whole sub-genre of literary SF that deals with such topics.
 Perhaps
> the most famous example of "What if the Axis had won" story lines is Philip
> K. Dick's THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE.  There was also a BBC tv production some
> years back (starring, I think, Michael York) as well as others.
>
> Go to any good SF bookstore and ask the clerk.  There are several paperbacks
> in print right now that anthologize alternate history stories (one is titled
> ALTERNATE KENNEDYS, eg.).
>
> You also might want to hook up with some SF web sites and discussion groups!
> There's a whole alternate universe out there! (and several more!)
>
>
> Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
>
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