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Les Meduses (Stacy Ericson)
What if the Ming Dynasty's armada turned their sights on invasion, in…moreHere's the summaries for each, copied from the book -
Les Meduses (Stacy Ericson)
What if the Ming Dynasty's armada turned their sights on invasion, instead of disbanding? Well cared for, but socially outcast, an executioner's daughter dreams of a quiet life, planning to run away on the eve of her father's triumph, Anne Boleyn's execution. Can we escape our fate? Or does it follow us even when the world shifts in it course?
Unnatural (Ann Christy)
What if Pope John Paul the First hadn't died after just a month as Pope? While the world waited for Papal opinion on the birth of the world's first test tube baby, this Pope stepped into office and then mysteriously died shortly afterward. What might his judgement have been and how might it have changed all that came afterward?
Old Ventures, New Partners (Nicolas Wilson)
What if the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a smokescreen for a Russian grab for technology? Hugh Howard's design for a man-portable spaceship could shape not only the space race, but the nature of the cold war as well. With the fate of his country and the world in the balance, what can one man with a steel suit do?
Concerns of the Second Sex (Pavarti K. Tyler)
What if the women's suffragist movement lost their battle for the right to vote? Women never entered the workforce during the World Wars, creating a class of immigrant workers lacking the rights insisted on by the unionizing and anti-child labor movements. Years later, civil rights are a luxury afforded only to the elite free white male ruling class.
Renegat (Logan Thomas Snyder)
A nuclear exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States at the height of the Cold War annihilates one superpower and leaves another struggling to piece itself back together. One year later, a Russo-American internment camp inmate and an American solider discover the best and worst of humanity in the world’s ashes—as well as each other.
108 Stitches (Tony Bertauski)
In the late 70s, an untimely accident turns Steve Wozniak’s focus on medical technology instead of personal computers. With the help of Drs. James Till and Ernset McCulloch, a synthetic stem cell becomes the perfect biological solution to genetic deficiencies and bodily harm. New arms and legs can be printed; brainsculpting can correct behavioral problems. With the power to control our bodies and minds, has utopia arrived?
Rengoku (Sam Best)
After winning the Battle of Midway in the second great world war, the Imperial Japanese Army pursue victory by beginning construction of an atom bomb. A sniper team, remnant of an American troop sent to prevent that from occurring, are cut off from their command for two years, but continues its mission. One day, they are finally able to repair their radio gear, and the signal they receive will send them through rengoku, the purgatory of the past two years of bloody war, and into a world changed forever.
The Sun Never Sets (Anthea Sharp)
What if a Victorian amateur astronomer discovers a new comet…that isn’t a comet at all? The course of the British Empire is changed forever one summer afternoon in 1850, when an alien craft lands on the lawns of Buckingham Palace.
The Factory (Michelle Browne)
What if slavery never died out? Martha and Juniper slave away as cogs in a cruel engine. But Juniper has a secret that could break the machine--for good.
Natural (Peter Cawdron)
What would the world look like if Edward Jenner died prematurely before developing a vaccine for smallpox? What if having a sniffle could signal the onset of a cold or crippling polio? What if the tables were turned and instead of anti-vaccine campaigners there were anti-naturalists—people advocating for medicine to extend the natural bounds of life beyond the age of forty? What if our world today seemed like a dream, a life too good to be true?
Eighth Amendment (Thomas Robins)
What if the death penalty was legal, but all methods of execution had been ruled inhumane? Lance Johnson knows, he’s been released from prison without any rights as a human being. There are those who can help, but Lance finds out the help comes with strings attached--strings he cannot cut loose.
A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel (Ken Liu)
At the height of the Great Depression, Emperor Hirohito of Japan proposed a breath-taking engineering project to be undertaken jointly by Japan and the United States: an undersea tunnel to connect Asia with North America. Years later, as the last of the Formosan tunnel-diggers, Charlie, courts an American woman, Betty, certain long-buried memories of that grand project threaten to resurface.
Agents of Change (Zig Zag Claybourne)
When the clock itself is god, who keeps it running? Where alternate histories come from often depends on where one agent is going.(less)
Les Meduses (Stacy Ericson)
What if the Ming Dynasty's armada turned their sights on invasion, in…moreHere's the summaries for each, copied from the book -
Les Meduses (Stacy Ericson)
What if the Ming Dynasty's armada turned their sights on invasion, instead of disbanding? Well cared for, but socially outcast, an executioner's daughter dreams of a quiet life, planning to run away on the eve of her father's triumph, Anne Boleyn's execution. Can we escape our fate? Or does it follow us even when the world shifts in it course?
Unnatural (Ann Christy)
What if Pope John Paul the First hadn't died after just a month as Pope? While the world waited for Papal opinion on the birth of the world's first test tube baby, this Pope stepped into office and then mysteriously died shortly afterward. What might his judgement have been and how might it have changed all that came afterward?
Old Ventures, New Partners (Nicolas Wilson)
What if the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a smokescreen for a Russian grab for technology? Hugh Howard's design for a man-portable spaceship could shape not only the space race, but the nature of the cold war as well. With the fate of his country and the world in the balance, what can one man with a steel suit do?
Concerns of the Second Sex (Pavarti K. Tyler)
What if the women's suffragist movement lost their battle for the right to vote? Women never entered the workforce during the World Wars, creating a class of immigrant workers lacking the rights insisted on by the unionizing and anti-child labor movements. Years later, civil rights are a luxury afforded only to the elite free white male ruling class.
Renegat (Logan Thomas Snyder)
A nuclear exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States at the height of the Cold War annihilates one superpower and leaves another struggling to piece itself back together. One year later, a Russo-American internment camp inmate and an American solider discover the best and worst of humanity in the world’s ashes—as well as each other.
108 Stitches (Tony Bertauski)
In the late 70s, an untimely accident turns Steve Wozniak’s focus on medical technology instead of personal computers. With the help of Drs. James Till and Ernset McCulloch, a synthetic stem cell becomes the perfect biological solution to genetic deficiencies and bodily harm. New arms and legs can be printed; brainsculpting can correct behavioral problems. With the power to control our bodies and minds, has utopia arrived?
Rengoku (Sam Best)
After winning the Battle of Midway in the second great world war, the Imperial Japanese Army pursue victory by beginning construction of an atom bomb. A sniper team, remnant of an American troop sent to prevent that from occurring, are cut off from their command for two years, but continues its mission. One day, they are finally able to repair their radio gear, and the signal they receive will send them through rengoku, the purgatory of the past two years of bloody war, and into a world changed forever.
The Sun Never Sets (Anthea Sharp)
What if a Victorian amateur astronomer discovers a new comet…that isn’t a comet at all? The course of the British Empire is changed forever one summer afternoon in 1850, when an alien craft lands on the lawns of Buckingham Palace.
The Factory (Michelle Browne)
What if slavery never died out? Martha and Juniper slave away as cogs in a cruel engine. But Juniper has a secret that could break the machine--for good.
Natural (Peter Cawdron)
What would the world look like if Edward Jenner died prematurely before developing a vaccine for smallpox? What if having a sniffle could signal the onset of a cold or crippling polio? What if the tables were turned and instead of anti-vaccine campaigners there were anti-naturalists—people advocating for medicine to extend the natural bounds of life beyond the age of forty? What if our world today seemed like a dream, a life too good to be true?
Eighth Amendment (Thomas Robins)
What if the death penalty was legal, but all methods of execution had been ruled inhumane? Lance Johnson knows, he’s been released from prison without any rights as a human being. There are those who can help, but Lance finds out the help comes with strings attached--strings he cannot cut loose.
A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel (Ken Liu)
At the height of the Great Depression, Emperor Hirohito of Japan proposed a breath-taking engineering project to be undertaken jointly by Japan and the United States: an undersea tunnel to connect Asia with North America. Years later, as the last of the Formosan tunnel-diggers, Charlie, courts an American woman, Betty, certain long-buried memories of that grand project threaten to resurface.
Agents of Change (Zig Zag Claybourne)
When the clock itself is god, who keeps it running? Where alternate histories come from often depends on where one agent is going.(less)
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