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Explore fascinating, often chilling “what if” accounts of the world that could have existed—and still might yet . . .
Science fiction's most illustrious and visionary authors hold forth the ultimate alternate history collection. Here you'll experience mind-bending tales that challenge your views of the past, present, and future, including:…
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This anthology has many fine stories, including alternate history classics such as Moon of Ice and Bring the Jubilee, but for me, my all-time favorite is Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner’s Mozart in Mirrorshades and the combination of 80’s cyberpunk culture with a Baroque aesthetic in an alternate Salzburg.
Some of my favorite stories are the kitchen-sink-type stories that throw everything together, and this story has it. If you want to see time travel, an evil mega-corporation threatening Thomas Jefferson, or Mongol mercenaries, this story’s got them. Personally, I loved seeing a punk rock Mozart (with Marie Antoinette as…
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