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) > > ---- > To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael A. Arnzen * Dept of English * University of Oregon NEW URL: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~mikea/arbor/vitae.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It was amazing how much room there was in an eye socket when you stopped to think about it." -- Bruce Sterling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]