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A comprehensive guide to the speculative sub-genre of alternate history fiction, this book maps the unique terrain of this vibrant mode of storytelling and then explains how to write it.

First giving a concise conceptual overview and the critical tools to differentiate the different forms of counterfactual fiction, Jack Dann…

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I read this book just as I was finishing writing my novel, It's Real Life: An Alternate History of The Beatles. Jack Dann's book is brimming with useful information about how masterful science fiction writers have written alternate history stories.

From Paul's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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