What if Hitler won the American Civil War? : Alternate History Megathread

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LaughMyselfTo: Nov 15, 2012; by XyloJW

Adar posted:

A lot of alt history is written by creeps (Stirling) but Turtledove is Jewish and not one of them. He also has a PhD in Byzantine history, so when he used to write books set in that era a lot of them were surprisingly worth reading for the history - the Videssos cycle and some other early books have a backstory featuring alt-history Catholic vs. Nestorian Christianity, and it's pretty well done/historically accurate from what I can tell.

Then he realized ACW/WWI/WW2 sold better and all of those sets are hot garbage.

Which leads me to my next question: are there other books set off the beaten path, i.e. not 20th century/Romans, that haven't been mentioned? The covers scared me off Flint but I'll give him a try.

Got to admit I loved the Turtledove books where aliens invaded during World War II, when I was a kid. Didn't get all the sex stuff at the time. Looking back, Turtledove really is a creep - just not a Nazi (or Confederate) creep. :v:

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LaughMyselfTo: Nov 15, 2012; by XyloJW

Pimpmust posted:

Ginger, GINGER, GINGER MISSILES

ALIENS FORCING CAPTURED HUMANS TO HAVE SEX JUST TO CONFIRM THAT HUMANS DO, IN FACT, HAVE SEX
DECADES LATER, A HUMAN TEENAGER MUST HAVE SEX WITH A GIRL RAISED BY ALIENS
IN SPACE

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